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STAAR Expository Response English I

English I, II, and III Writing Essays weighted equally—each 26% of total writing score One page—a maximum of 26 lines for each composition (25 “light lines” plus the heavy “border line” at the bottom of the writing space); no “double-lining” allowed No “gatekeeper” (no automatic fail of the writing test for receiving a score of 1 on a composition) 2

STAAR Writing Performance Score Point 1—VERY LIMITED Score Point 2—BASIC Score Point 3—SATISFACTORY Score Point 4—ACCOMPLISHED 3

STAAR English I Expository Write an essay explaining whether people should be more concerned about others than about themselves. Be sure to— clearly state your thesis organize and develop your ideas effectively choose your words carefully edit your writing for grammar, mechanics, and sentences 4

Expository Writing Prompts focus on issues/questions that don’t require students to bring particular background knowledge or facts to the table in order to write a good essay The expository task requires students to clearly explain what they think about something Clear Explanation vs. Compelling Argument 5

Expository Writing Audience awareness Expository—the student is NOT TRYING to convince the reader to think a certain way or to accept a single viewpoint as valid Students may use 1 st or 3 rd person (though better to stay away from “one”); remember that prompts are written to elicit an explanatory response that reflects students’ own thinking about their lives and the world. 6

STAAR English I Expository Score Point 2 Thinking about others before you is a nice thing to think of, but if you think of yourself first it makes you feel isolated. Caring about others before you isn’t a bad thing, but thinking about yourself isn’t bad either. To me I think of others before me. Some people have the good life, others don’t. I’ll rather put myself in danger than others being in danger as well. I’m only one person but risking myself could save more than one life. When your in a room where there seems to be a fire some people will think of 7

STAAR English I Expository themselves while others think of the rest. The doctor could risk himself of getting polio but he could save hundreds of lifes that currently have polio. To me people that think of themselves before others are selfish and maybe greedy, but others that think of others are kind people. Handwritten version is 25 lines. 8

STAAR English I Expository Score Point 4 Humanity has a funny way of contradicting itself sometimes. All children are taught to share and put others’ needs before our own. Somewhere down the line we realize that the very people who preach these things to us don’t follow their own rules. It is very important in society today to remember the bigger picture, which often includes doing things to help others with no benefit to yourself. People use each other for personal gain all the time. A glorified outlook on this way of life is all around us. In media people are more concerned 9

STAAR English I Expository with which Hollywood star is going out with which millionaire rather than the thousands of people dying of hunger in third world countries. As consumers we see this life and wish to be like that. Doing something for monitary gain is just like money itself: easily expendable and transient. But doing something to help others leads to emotional or moral gain. The memmories and feelings you get from helping others won’t ever go away. It’s worth something to you. Worth more than money ever could be. Handwritten version is 22 lines. 10

In a Nutshell—Lower Score Range Typical problems we’ve seen in papers falling in the lower score range (1s and 2s) Wrong organizational structure/form for purpose Weak, evolving, or nonexistent thesis Wasted space: repetition, wordiness, extraneous details or examples, looping/meandering, meaningless introductions and conclusions Inclusion of too many different ideas for 1 page General/vague/imprecise use of language or inappropriate tone for purpose Essay poorly crafted Weak conventions 11

In a Nutshell—Higher Score Range Typical strengths we’ve seen in papers falling in the higher score range (3s and 4s) Explicit thesis and sustained focus “Narrow and deep” development—no wasted words or space. Think quality over quantity! Introduction and conclusion short but effective Specific use of language and appropriate tone for purpose Essay well crafted Strong conventions 12

Writing Your Own Expository Response 1.Indent your paragraphs. 2.Your thesis statement is the LAST sentence in paragraph 1. This one sentence should tell what your entire paper is about in the other 2 paragraphs. 3.You must have 3 paragraphs – introduction, body paragraph, conclusion. 4.Explain what you think about your life and the world. 5.Do not state the prompt in your story. 6.Do not use contractions. 7.You can use the dictionary throughout the entire paper! 13