More Prep for Interim 1

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for ELA Interim 1

​Read the directions that will appear on the interim assessment. What important information should you keep in mind?

Multiple Choice

I ran out along the corridor, unencumbered by books, my mind unencumbered by facts and figures, quotations and dates. What does the word unencumbered mean as it is used in this sentence?

• Not burdened

• Not excited

• Not hurried

• Not aged

Multiple Choice

When we walked into the classroom and saw the candy bars on our desks, I misconstrued it to mean that we should ear them before waiting for instructions. I only realized my error after chewing up mine. To misconstrue means

• to correctly understand

• to understand incorrectly

• to eat

• to think

Multiple Choice

There was once an animal born into this world, and opening his eyes upon Life, he saw above and about him confining walls, and before him were bars of iron through which came air and light from without; this animal was born in a cage. As used this paragraph, what does the word confining suggest about the walls?

• The walls are small

• The walls are limiting

• The walls are helpful

• The walls are reassuring

Multiple Choice

There was once an animal born into this world, and opening his eyes upon Life, he saw above and about him confining walls, and before him were bars of iron through which came air and light from without; this animal was born in a cage. Which detail from this same text best supports the statement that the walls are limiting?

• "There was once an animal born into this world..."

• "...opening his eyes upon LIfe..."

• "...through which came air and light..."

• "...this animal was born in a cage..."

Knowing the plot will help you to

identify a text's sequence of events

Read "Space Junk" by Josh Adler.

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​With your team, use the story map to create a summary

by arranging the correct details into the correct places.

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​1. Trash is a problem in both Earth and space.

2. There are more than 22,000 pieces of space junk orbiting Earth

3. Space junk moves at high speeds and can damage satellites and injure astronauts.

​4. When space junk collides with something else, it creates more space junk.

​5. Countries have agreed to keep space tools in orbit for no more than 25 years.

6. Scientists all over the world are proposing ways to minimize space junk.

Theme

the central message or idea that a writer attempts to communicate through his or her writing. It's almost always inferred and not directly stated.

Open Ended

Read the passage, "Limited Resources" and then identify a possible theme with your team.

To end today...

Try the practice interim with a partner. Review what you did well and what you didn't. Make a list of skills you need to pay special attention to.