C'ArVA ilifi - Grade 3 A chievement Test Language Learning Part A: Writing June 1993 LB 3054 C2 /dibcrra D332 1993 V.1 EDUCATION C.2 CURR Ex Libris UNIVERSITY OF Universitatis ALBERTA Albertensis Copyright 1993, the Crown in Right of Alberta, as represented by the Minister of Education, Alberta Education, Student Evaluation Branch, 11160 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 0L2. All rights reserved. Additional copies may be purchased from the Learning Resources Distributing Centre. Special permission is g ranted to Alberta educators only to reproduce, for educational purposes and on a nonprofit basis, parts of this test that do not contain excerpted material only after the administration of this test. Excerpted material in this test shall not be reproduced without the written permission of the original publisher (see credits page, where applicable). GRADE 3 A CHIEVEMENT TEST LANGUAGE LEARNING Part A: Writing Instructions to Students • Read the story starter as your teacher reads it a loud. • To help you explore and plan some ideas for your writing, your teacher will give you up to 1 0 m inutes to talk in g roups of two to four. If y ou prefer, you can think about the writing by yourself. • Next, take 5 m inutes to write down your ideas and plan your writing on the page labelled IDEAS/PLANNING. • Decide which kind of writing (story, letter, diary/journal) will allow you to do your best writing. • Write your story, letter, or diary/journal entries. • When you have finished your writing, CHECK YOUR WORK and correct any mistakes you find. • You have 50 MINUTES to finish your writing. JUNE 1993 V .'PS^ i.pw^V s.jj^' vv ot ■a'<s ■ Ww^ ii‘^‘’..vi ;. ;.,v ioriri?i>}- 10 i S■ j ;'o T : • . * '■Vit'’'- i "■ J ‘ff.-'i-. '■j ■..i'''?‘t, ) ' S V - ■^ . .1;^ i ■ r v'ltMm"'l^f^;, .„7":.„.v' ..... ■ •'i^‘'*#V"''' ., j aPTW'.' v.^^>tR0WFiU0Y.'C . . , U-^ y.'^sy ■ - - '. ■ ^ - - .'-m r ■ '•■ , ‘ ,V. n:.., ^V V'i \ ' 'ii| f 'H--“ J^''''""'^'.’4' ^ ’'I""' <'''■• .-w/ 7'7:’''''^:‘ V; ''''C /■ M ■>; ■ •.'»;;«• ■/’?!'*'.• J- ..'■jv-;., ,v • • • < nfJi «■ • ' . .'^Xf^'V’''"' i ■' ■""'>. ''/v '■ ' ' ■ . .— . 7'’ »n74j1f ' : .■ , ^;J_ ■ ■ v/,. > !'< p ji :^i' ' ‘ ‘ ^ 7 . V V . ' ,. ^f. , /= • ■Vi .. .' . * . r-A *i A :y ■:^' .j ,s7 r ^n im ^ ' ■': "t - Jw-- ■ ^ C ■.'- M ' « ■ K; ' . ' . W' ., , t'f‘ UNIVERSITY LIBRARI , ." V UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA Follow along in this test booklet as your teacher reads the story starter aloud. You may choose to write a s tory, a l etter, or a series of diary/journal entries. Pretend that you find an interesting looking hat. It i s a very unusual hat because something special happens to anyone who wears it. Write about the adventures you or someone else might have while wearing the special hat. 3 IDEAS/PLANNING to , i -,=3ai ' < i-' 1*C ih G' 9eif'l tA H’S- v '' <K^X-ir'-T'» J. -'in ^'■, '1 \ -■^M: m : . .., ' t.;*Ji (Title of your writing) 5 6 7 8 S.'St'lfi