LEAP 2025

LEAP 2025

Leap 2025 ELA Tasks

• Research Simulation (Always)

• Literary Analysis or Narrative Writing Task

• Always 2 tasks and 3 Sessions

3 Sessions

• Session 1: Literary Analysis and a passage set OR the Research Simulation Task

• Session 2: Research Simulation Task OR the Narrative Writing Task and a passage set with one or two texts

• Session 3: Reading Literary/ Informational Tasks : No essay Passages only

All 3 Sessions are Taken

• Session 1: 90 minutes

• Session 2:90 minutes

• Session 3: 80 minutes

Multiple Choice

Which Task is always taken on LEAP 2025?

• Research Simulation Task

• Literary Analysis Task

• Narrative Writing Task

Multiple Select

Which options (choose 2) describe which set of tasks you may have on LEAP 2025?

• Research Simulation and Literary Analysis Tasks

• Research Simulation and Narrative Writing Task

• Literary Analysis and Narrative Writing Tasks

Research Simulation Task

• Nonfiction

• Three texts on a topic

• Multiple choice and Multiple Select questions

• Essay/ Prose ( any writing that is not poetry) Constructed Response

• (analysis of argument, comparison/contrast of information)

• REQUIRES EVIDENCE

Literary Analysis

• Analyze Literature (poem, story)

• Two texts on a topic

• Multiple choice and Multiple Select questions

• Essay/ Prose ( any writing that is not poetry) Constructed Response

• (analysis of plot and characterization; comparison of themes; interaction of literary elements)

• REQUIRES EVIDENCE

Narrative Writing

• Read fiction

• Multiple choice and Multiple Select questions

• Create a narrative

• (finish the story ; retell the story from another point of view

Multiple Choice

How many texts do you read for the Research Simulation Task?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

Multiple Choice

Which type of task is this essay prompt:

You have now read three articles about the beginning of sound technology and one article about modern technology. Write an essay explaining how the process of refining and marketing the phonograph is similar to the development of the Audio Spotlight in “Psst . . . Hey, You.” Be sure to use details from all three articles to support your answer.

• Research Simulation Task

• Literary Analysis Task

• Narrative Writing Task

Multiple Choice

Which type of task is this essay prompt:

Both Charles Dickens and James Joyce incorporate dialogue into their passages. Use evidence you have gathered from both passages to write an essay analyzing how the dialogue in each passage functions to reveal aspects of the characters. You should discuss more than one character from each passage

• Research Simulation Task

• Literary Analysis Task

• Narrative Writing Task

Multiple Choice

Which type of task is this essay prompt:

Beginning after paragraph 9, write an alternate ending to the folktale using details about the characters and events from the passage. You may choose to use dialogue in your new ending.

• Research Simulation Task

• Literary Analysis Task

• Narrative Writing Task

Writing Categories

• Written expression- organization, development of ideas

• Knowledge and Use of Language- grammar, mechanics, and usage

Reading Categories

• Literary Text - poetry, drama, fiction

• Informational Text- history, science, and the arts

• Vocabulary

Achievement Levels

• Advanced - Exceeded Expectations

• Mastery - Met Expectations

• Basic - Nearly Met Expectations

• Approaching Basic - Partially Met Expectations

• Unsatisfactory - Not Yet Met Expectations

Ideal Achievement Levels

• Advanced

• Mastery

Which two categories are below expectations

• Basic

• Approaching Basic

• Unsatisfactory

Multiple Select

Which two achievement levels meet or exceed expectations?

• Advanced

• Mastery

• Basic

• Approaching Basic

Multiple Select

Which three achievement levels are below grade-level expectations?

• Mastery

• Basic

• Approaching Basic

• Unsatisfactory