DRAFT
2nd Grade
Writing
CBA - 6
TEKS Assessed : 2.17AC-D, 2.20A, 2.21B, 2.21Avii
Read the introduction and the passage that follows it. Then read each
question. Decide which is the best answer to each question. Mark the space
for the answer you have chosen.
Mia read a book about the brain. She wrote this report to tell what she learned.
Read Mia’s report and think about how she should change it. Then answer the
questions that follow.
What Your Brain Does
(1) The human brain has different parts. (2) A biggest part is used for thinking.
(3) It help you read books, draw, and solve problems. (4) You also use it to
remember things. (5) Without this part of your brain, you would froget
everything!
(6) Another part of your brain is the boss of your muscles. (7) When your brain
knows you want to run or swim, it starts giving orders. (8) It tells your arm and
leg muscles to move. (9) Then it sends messages so your muscles will work
together. (10) If your brain didn’t do its job, all of the parts would not move at
the right time.
(11) Another part of your brain are called the stem. (12) It is small, but it does a
big job. (13) It tells your heart to beat! (14) It also makes sure that you breathe.
(15) Your brain keeps working even when you sleep. (16) Its work is never done!
1. Look at sentence 2 again.
(2) A biggest part is used for thinking.
How should this sentence be changed?
A. Change ​A​ to ​The
B. Change ​for​ to ​four
C. Make no changes
2. Look at sentence 3 again.
(3) It help you read books, draw, and solve problems.
How should this sentence be changed?
A. Change ​help​ to ​helps
B. Change ​read​ to ​reed
C. Make no changes
3. Look at sentence 5 again.
(5) Without this part of your brain, you would froget everything!
How should this sentence be changed?
A. Change ​froget​ to ​forget
B. Change the exclamation mark ( ! ) to a question mark ( ?)
C. Make no changes
4. Look at these sentences again.
(7) When your brain knows you want to run or swim, it starts giving orders. (8)
It tells your arm and leg muscles to move. (9) Then it sends messages so your
muscles will work together.
What word should go at the beginning of sentence 8?
A. Finally,
B. First,
C. Later,
5. Look at sentence 11 again.
(11) Another part of your brain are called the stem.
How should this sentence be changed?
A. Change ​are​ to​ is
B. Change ​called​ to ​calling
C. Make no changes
Expository Prompt
Explain why it is important for students to
learn how to do math.
(Write on a separate sheet of notebook paper)