Certificate of Mastery Example Writing Questions

Certificate of Mastery Example Writing Questions - Short, Timed

Informational Memo

Day One: Writing Task A

Directions: This is the first of three writing tasks contained in this booklet. This writing task is designed to produce a short, timed piece of writing in which you will be writing a draft. You will have 20 minutes to complete this task. Please note: The only piece of writing that will be scored for this writing task is your first draft. Your score will be based on the scoring criteria listed on the previous page. (For this website, the scoring criteria is listed below.)

Community Reminder Memo

A memo is meant to be clear concise writing directed to a specific person or group people. It clearly states its purpose and presents relevant information in an easy-to-read format. All important information should be included.

YOUR TASK

Write a memo to a group of community volunteers reminding them about the details of an upcoming event.

Since this is an assessment of your writing ability, be sure to refer to the scoring criteria provided to develop an appropriate memo.

Certificate of Mastery Example Writing Questions - Short, Timed

Day One: Scoring Criteria for Writing Task A

Scoring Criteria

An effective piece of writing for this task demonstrates control over the following elements:

Content and organization: In other words the writing

maintains a clear focus on the topic and has supporting details;
provides logical organization and a whole, complete piece of writing.

Style: In other words, the writing

uses engaging and appropriate language for the intended audience and purpose;
uses fluent sentences, or phrases when appropriate, of varied length and structure.

Standard conventions: In other words, the writing

contains complete sentences;
uses words, capitalization, and punctuation correctly;
contains grammatically correct sentences;
contains words spelled correctly.

Draft

Write a memo to a group of community volunteers reminding them about the details of an upcoming event.

Use the lines provided to write your draft.

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