PARCC Writing Tasks and Examples. Grade 3

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1 Grade 3 Literary Narrative Stry TLI Cre Guide Freckle Juice: Related Reading 1 Chse ne f the tricksters... [and write] a new stry in which that trickster has the pprtunity t play a trick n anther character. Infrmatinal Narrative Narrative Descriptin TLI Cre Guide The Magic Schl Bus: Inside the Earth, Related Reading 1 Write... t tell the stry f a rck s trip frm the tp f a muntain all the way t the cean. Literary Analysis Analysis f illustratins cntributin Cmmn Cre Appendix B sample: Explain hw the illustratins cntribute t what is cnveyed in the text t create the md and emphasize aspects f characters and setting in the texts. (paraphrased) Central idea/lessn Cmmn Cre Appendix B sample: Restate the central message, lessn, r mral f the texts. (paraphrased) Characterizatin PARCC released item: Write an essay that explains hw [the characters ] wrds and actins are imprtant t the plts f the stries. Use what yu learned abut the characters t supprt yur essay. Authr s Study Research Simulatin Analysis f the relatinship between/amng ideas TLI Cre Guide If Yu Lived 100 Years Ag, Related Reading 1 Using the infrmatin in... [the texts], explain why reading was a valued skill and [why bks were] s belved by children ne hundred years ag. Analysis f illustratins cntributins Cmmn Cre Appendix B sample: Explain hw a specific image in a text cntributes t and clarifies the infrmatin in the text. (paraphrased

3 Grade 4 Literary Narrative Stry PARCC released item: Imagine that yu...[are like the character]. Write a stry abut hw yu wuld... [d what the character did]. Infrmatinal Narrative Narrative Descriptin TLI Cre Guide Hwling Hurricanes, Related Reading 4: Describe what happens t plants and animals when a hurricane cmes. Using details frm the texts, explain what happens t them befre the hurricane hits, hw they fare during the strm, and what happens after the strm passes. (paraphrased) Literary Analysis Analysis f text structure Cmmn Cre Appendix B sample: Refer t the structural elements f the pem and cntrast the impact and differences f thse elements t a prse versin f the pem s stry. (paraphrased) Central idea/lessn PARCC released item: Identify a theme in [each f the texts]. Write an essay that explains hw the theme f the stry is shwn thrugh the characters and hw the theme f the pem is shwn thrugh the speaker. Include specific details frm the stry and the pem t supprt yur essay. Analysis f characters, setting, r plt PARCC released item: Write an essay describing [ne character frm each stry]. Authr study Cnnecting a text and a presentatin f that text Cmmn Cre Appendix B sample: Identify hw the pictures f the characters reflect specific descriptins in the texts. (paraphrased)

4 Grade 4 Research Simulatin Analysis f the relatinship between/amng ideas PARCC released item: Using infrmatin frm [the texts], describe the [cncept]. Use evidence frm the [the texts] t supprt yur answer. Analysis f illustratins cntributins Cmmn Cre Appendix B sample: Interpret the visual chart that accmpanies the text. Explain hw the infrmatin fund within it cntributes t an understanding f the text. (paraphrased)

5 Grade 5 Literary Narrative Stry PARCC released item: Write a narrative stry retelling the stry frm the pint f view f [the ther character]. Infrmatinal Narrative Narrative Descriptin TLI Cre Guide The Lin, the Witch and the Wardrbe, Related Reading 4: [Write t tell] the stry f the life f a snwflake. Use infrmatin that yu learned frm the [text]. Literary Analysis Influence f narratr s r speaker s pint f view PARCC released item: The stries... bth include events that did nt happen exactly hw the narratrs expected them t happen. Write an essay describing hw each narratr s pint f view influenced hw these events are described. Central idea/lessn Cmmn Cre Appendix B sample: Cmpare and cntrast the stries by identifying similar themes and examining the stries appraches t the tpic. (paraphrased) Cmparisn f characters, settings, r plts Cmparisn f themes and tpics TLI Cre Guide The Lin, the Witch and the Wardrbe, Related Reading 3: [Explain] the similarities f the pets use f snw t its use in the [nvel]. Hw d the similar images f snw suggest different feelings in the pems and the nvel? Analysis f visual and multimedia elements

6 Grade 5 Research Simulatin Analysis f the relatinship between/amng ideas PARCC released item: Cmpare hw the articles... describe [the cncept]. Analysis f illustratins cntributins Cmmn Cre Appendix B sample: Interpret the visual chart that accmpanies the text. Explain hw the infrmatin fund within it cntributes t an understanding f the text. (paraphrased)

EDISON. The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure. The truth turns out to be far more amazing.

EDISON. The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure. The truth turns out to be far more amazing. EDISON The Mystery f the Missing Muse Treasure Tw unlikely friends build a vessel capable f taking them t the bttm f the cean as they search t find a missing treasure The truth turns ut t be far mre amazing.