PART 2 - Performance Task DIRECTIONS:
• You are about to begin PART 2 of the Language Arts
Benchmark.
• PART 2 is a Performance Task.
• You will use evidence from the passage(s) to support your
essay.
• Enter your essay in the space provided.
You have read "To Mars or Not?," in which the author explains the
reasons for and against a human space mission to Mars. Write an
essay arguing whether or not a human mission to Mars is worth the
risk. Use evidence from the text to support your response.
Your writing will be scored based on the development of ideas,
organization of writing, and language conventions of grammar, usage,
and mechanics.