1. GRADE 4 Writing Benchmark Bryan ISD

2. Look at the picture below. Sometimes something happens that we will never forget. Think about an experience you will always remember. Write about a time you had a special experience. Be sure to — write about a personal experience organize your writing develop your ideas in detail choose your words carefully use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentences Writing Composition #1: Personal Narrative

3. Open a word document to plan and begin writing.

4. A Comfortable Invention: The Sneaker Devin did some research on the history of sneakers and discovered that sneakers began when an inventor cam up with a new process for making rubber in 1840. This led to mass marketing of many different types of sneakers like Keds and Converse. Sneakers are a very popular kind of shoe and are worn by people all over the world. Not all countries call them “sneakers”, but everyone will agree they are comfortable shoes. Read the selection about sneakers and answer the questions that follow. Click on the “speaker” icon to have this story read to you.

5. Revising and Editing

10. Oliver’s First Night Oliver was a very fortunate pet because he was adopted by a special family and given a home. Oliver was overjoyed to have a family, but at night when they went to bed he was very lonely. Oliver needed “animal” friends and in the darkness of the basement he was quickly befriended by an unlikely group of animals. Read the selection and answer the questions that follow. You must read and answer the questions to this story on your own.

16. BE SURE YOU HAVE RECORDED ALL OF YOUR ANSWERS ON THE ANSWER DOCUMENT