FAST ELA 10 Reading Poetry Edition

​FAST Reading Practice

Sign in Using Microsoft Edge Please!​

Today we are going to complete part of the 10th Grade Released FAST Reading practice test.

Draw

Draw something that is stressing you out...OR something you absolutely love.

​FAST Poetry Preparation

Agenda
Our Standard
Test Taking Tips (Poetry Edition)
"The Pebble & the Acorn" Preview
FAST Poetry Practice

​FAST Reading Practice

​Today we are going to complete part of a 10th grade FAST Reading practice test. First, you will work alone to determine which answers you think are correct. Then, you can work with your peers to discuss the answers selected. Finally, you will individually enter your selected answers in our Quizizz.

Reorder

Order these 5 steps to approaching the FAST Reading Test.

• Read the title, scan the length of the text.

• Read each question, highlighting key words.

• Read the paragraph mentioned in the question.

• Use strikethrough to eliminate wrong options.

• Select the best answer.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

​Poetry ELA.10.R.1.4: Analyze how authors create multiple layers of meaning and/or ambiguity in a poem.

Clarification 1: For more information, see Literary Periods.

Highlight the KEY WORDS in each question.
Reread the portion of the text referenced.
For whole-text questions, review your highlights in the text.
Use B to answer A! Two part questions should be completed as a single unit.
Use process of elimination to remove wrong answers (two should easily go).
Once you're down to 2 options, ask yourself why each option is wrong.
Always pick the answer that is most supported by the text.
Remember to flag questions to review any that are tricky.

​Test Tips Quick Review (Poetry Edition)

​Start by reading & annotating the title of the text/s & previewing the length
Then read EVERY QUESTION & highlight the KEY WORDS in each
Next read the passage slowly & carefully.
~With poetry, you should read the text at least TWO TIMES. It will likely be a narrative, which means you MUST read the entire poem!
~Break the poem into sentences. Read each sentence & paraphrase it.
~Identify figurative language & consider its connotations (why that simile, etc.)
~Look for indications of the author's attitude (how do they feel?)
~Find the buts. Look for places that shift (time, tone, focus, feeling)
~You will be asked about theme. Find lines that support that theme.

​Test Tips Quick Review (Poetry Edition)

Poll

How confident are you about taking the FAST ELA Reading at the end of this year?

• I'm utterly terrified.

• I am a little nervous.

• I hope I'll do okay.

• I'm pretty sure I'll be okay.

• I am ready.

Home

Open in new tab

Copy link

What does the title tell us?

Find & highlight the 5 sentences in the 1st stanza.
Find & highlight the 3 sentences in the 2nd stanza.
Find & highlight the 7 sentences in the 3rd stanza.
How does bracketing out each sentence help with analyzing poetry?

Highlight the 2 similes in the 1st stanza. What do they tell us?
What do you know after stanza 1?
What shift happens at the start of stanza 2?
What do you know after stanza 2?
What takes place in stanza 3?
What could be a theme of the poem?

​"The Pebble & the Acorn" Text Preview

​​"The Pebble & the Acorn"

Read & highlight key words in #10-15.
Reread the portion of the text as each question requires.

Discuss & eliminate options alone or as a team.
Remember to consider why an answer is wrong.
Record your personal answers on your index card.
Prepare to document your answers in Quizizz.
You have ten minutes...

Multiple Choice

In the first stanza, how does the Pebble's exaggeration of its accomplishments add to the author's purpose?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Select

"She never before had been so near

This gravely ball, the mundane sphere;

And she felt for a time at loss to know

How to answer a thing so coarse and low"

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

Which line from the poem suggests that the Pebble receives the same treatment that it gave the Acorn?

• line 35

• line 36

• line 37

• line 38

Multiple Choice

What does the word "vaunting" mean as it is used in these lines?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Match

Match the following trait with the character

• feels humbled by others

• is proud of itself because of feelings of superiority

• is patient with others when faced with adversity

Both

Pebble

Acorn

• Both

• Pebble

• Acorn

Multiple Select

Select two universal themes that are developed throughout the poem.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

How does the author develop the themes in Part A?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Poll

How confident are you about taking the FAST ELA Reading at the end of this year?

• I'm utterly terrified.

• I am a little nervous.

• I hope I'll do okay.

• I'm pretty sure I'll be okay.

• I am ready.