2019 MCAS
Grade 5 English Language Arts
Question 9

The response is a minimally developed description of what happens next in The Wild Robot. The details do not fully address the development of characters, settings, or events in the narrative, beyond the fact that "The robot stood up and started to walk by the ocean but the otter knew what electricity was." The conclusion shows some connection to the prompt but does not clearly describe what happens next. There is a lack of organization exhibited in the length of the narrative and minimal awareness of the purpose for writing.

The response contains several errors that demonstrate a lack of control of conventions, including the lack of commas. Additional errors in punctuation as well as capitalization errors are also present. Given the errors and the brevity of the narrative, the response demonstrates only minimal control of Standard English conventions for this grade level.