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Formulaic Writing Grade 8 Writing Assessment

Formulaic Writing Grade 8 Writing Assessment. Formulaic Writing Characteristics of A Formulaic Paper 1.The writer announces his or her thesis and three

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Formulaic Writing

Grade 8 Writing Assessment

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Formulaic Writing

Characteristics of A Formulaic Paper

1. The writer announces his or her thesis and three supporting ideas in the opening paragraph.

2. The writer restates one supporting idea to begin each of the three body paragraphs.

3. The writer repeats or restates his/her controlling idea and three supporting points in the final paragraph.

4. Entire sentences may be copied verbatim from the introduction, used as topic sentences in each of the body paragraphs, and repeated in the conclusion.

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Formulaic Writing

• Formulaic writing does not demonstrate an understanding of the principles of effective organization.

• Formulaic writing does not demonstrate a purposeful grouping or sequencing of ideas.

• Formulaic writing does not demonstrate an understanding of transitions.

• Formulaic writing will adversely affect a writer’s scores in Ideas, Organization, Style, and Conventions because the repetition limits the variety demonstrated in each scoring domain.

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Cancelled TV Show

• The first reason you should put my favorite show back on TV is because it is entertaining.

• The second reason you should bring back my show is because it teaches kids how to do the right thing.

• The third reason you should bring back my show is because lots of people love this show.

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Sample of Formulaic Writing

I am writing to let you know that you should not have cancelled my favorite TV show. The first reason you should put my favorite show back on TV is because it is entertaining. The second reason you should bring back my show is because it teaches kids how to do the right thing. The third reason you should bring back my show is because lots of people love this show.

The first reason you should put my favorite show back on TV is because it is entertaining. It is one of the funniest shows on TV, and it is has a lot of excitement. It is really entertaining.

The second reason you should bring back my show is because it teaches kids how to do the right thing. There are kids my age on the show and they go through the same things I do. So it teaches us to do the right thing.

The third reason you should bring back my show is because lots of people love this show. It will make lots of people happy if they could watch the show again. I know if you put the show back on, lot’s of people will watch it.

So in conclusion, I have told you three reasons why you should bring back my favorite show. It is entertaining, it teaches kids to do the right thing, and lots of people want to watch the show.

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Sample of Formulaic Writing

I am writing to let you know that you should not have cancelled my favorite TV show. The first reason you should put my favorite show back on TV is because it is entertaining. The second reason you should bring back my show is because it teaches kids how to do the right thing. The third reason you should bring back my show is because lots of people love this show.

The first reason you should put my favorite show back on TV is because it is entertaining. It is one of the funniest shows on TV, and it is has a lot of excitement. It is really entertaining.

The second reason you should bring back my show is because it teaches kids how to do the right thing. There are kids my age on the show and they go through the same things I do. So it teaches us to do the right thing.

The third reason you should bring back my show is because lots of people love this show. It will make lots of people happy if they could watch the show again. I know if you put the show back on, lot’s of people will watch it.

So in conclusion, I have told you three reasons why you should bring back my favorite show. It is entertaining, it teaches kids to do the right thing, and lots of people want to watch the show.

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Sample of Formulaic Writing

I am writing to let you know that you should not have cancelled my favorite TV show. The first reason you should put my favorite show back on TV is because it is entertaining. The second reason you should bring back my show is because it teaches kids how to do the right thing. The third reason you should bring back my show is because lots of people love this show.

It is one of the funniest shows on TV, and it is has a lot of excitement.

There are kids my age on the show and they go through the same things I do.

It will make lots of people happy if they could watch the show again.

So in conclusion, I have told you three reasons why you should bring back my favorite show.