Instructions Today you will be taking Benchmark A. This is a writing exam. You will be using the skills you learned from the Narrative Writing Module. This is an exam to access what you have learned thus far. Please read the directions carefully, because this is an exam your teachers are not able to help you through the process. You must complete this on your own.

You will be given a writing prompt and two articles to read.

Read the prompt. Get familiar with what you are going to need to be writing about.
Read the two passages. These passages will give you background information so that you are able to write your essay.
This is a narrative essay.
You must complete your essay using the 5 paragraph model.

The gandhi video focuses on a daily spiritual" ritual in this leader's later life. how does the informational piece differ in its focus

It's to know your purpose before you read something because a purpose can:

She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. the spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. she did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. she had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. if the animal had died of ebola, this was not a clear case. she opened up the intestine. there was no blood inside it. the gut looked okay. then she examined the stomach. there she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. this could be a sign of ebola, but it was not a clear sign. it could also be a sign of simian fever, not ebola. therefore, she could not confirm the presence of ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy.