Student’s name: _______________________Grade Level:___________ School:_______________________

Tester’s name: ________________________Date: _________

Secondary Placement Test: Writing Sample G. 6-7

You will have 20 minutes to plan and write a short essay.
Please choose the idea you find most interesting. For option A, write a story using the text as your first
sentence. For option B, respond with your opinion.

A. From where I was standing it looked like…

or​ B. Which is more important, hard work or natural
talent?
Your writing will be graded on the six traits of good writing, which are:
Ideas (Does the author address the topic and include relevant details? Do they express an
interesting or original take on the subject?)
Organization (Is there a clear and logical structure to the writing? Are there transitions between
paragraphs?)
Voice (Does the author consider their audience and does the author's personality shine
through in their writing?)
Word Choice (Is interesting and appropriate language used?)
Sentence Fluency (Are the sentences of varied complexity and rhythm?)
Conventions (Does the writing have correct punctuation, spelling, grammar?)

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