MCAP Practice

Multiple Select

You should do which of the following when writing your essay?

• Use "I think" to state your thoughts

• Separate and indent your paragraphs

• Think through the essay BEFORE you start typing.

• Jump right into typing while the thoughts are fresh in your mind.

, and

, or

, but

"​Tortilla Sun" was in first person point of view. The point of view impacted the characters.

​"Confetti Girls" was about two friends. "Tortilla Sun" was about a mother and father.

She didn't know what to do. She would have already done something to help.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Mark went to the game, but Alex wasn't allowed to go until his homework was done.

• Mark went to the game but Alex wasn't allowed to go until his homework was done.

• Mark went to the game; Alex wasn't allowed to go until his homework was done.

• I think mark went to the game, but alex wasn't allowed to go until his homework was done.

:

;

;

​"​Tortilla Sun" was in first person point of view. The point of view impacted the characters.

Multiple Select

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• ​"​Tortilla Sun" was in first person point of view. the point of view impacted the characters.

• ​"​Tortilla Sun" was in first person point of view. The point of view impacted the characters

• ​"​Tortilla Sun" was in first person point of view, and the point of view impacted the characters.

• ​"​Tortilla Sun" was in first person point of view; the point of view impacted the characters.

Multiple Choice

Which order is correct for writing an introduction?

• Hook, Background, Thesis

• Transition, Hook, Thesis, Background,

• Hook, Transition, Background, Evidence

• Claim, Evidence, Reason

Fill in the Blanks

The last statement of the introduction that tells the reader what the essay will be about is...

Draw

What are possible transition words/phrases for your body paragraph 1 AND 2 on similar topics?

The reader would be able to connect the author's point of view to the setting when the author wrote, "It was just another day in Alaska where I was bundled up in multiple layers of clothes" (Smith, 5).

For example...

use " " around the quoted evidence

Put a citation at the end of the quote

Use the author's last name AND section in parenthesis

​Word for word...

Supporting with Evidence...

Draw

Order the parts of the body paragraph...

Evidence

Transition

Reasoning

Claim about Story 1

Multiple Choice

Your multiple choice questions/answers will determine the path of your MCAP test.

• True- once I pick, the computer moves on to the next question level.

• False- It doesn't matter how I answer the questions.

• False- I can go back anytime to change my answers and it will re-adjust.

• False- If I don't know the answer, I can skip most of them and come back later.

Multiple Choice

You should include NEW information in the conclusion before your mic drop/final thought.

• True

• False

​Essay

Multiple Choice

Regardless of where I am for testing, I should submit my test/essay BEFORE asking the testing teacher.

• True

• False

Open Ended

I will be testing with (teacher's last name)...