FAST ELA Grade 9 Part 2 Nonfiction

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​FAST Reading Practice

​Today we are going to complete part of a FAST Reading practice test. First, you will work alone to determine which answers you think are correct. Then, you will work with your team to discuss the answers selected. Finally, you will individually enter your selected answers in our Quizizz. The winning team gets extra credit!

Open Ended

What is some of the best advice you have been given?

​FAST Reading Tips

​Preview the text by reading the title information & scanning the length.
Read each question first. Some (like vocabulary) can be answered in isolation.
Highlight key words in every question.
Return to the portion referenced in the question & read it closely.
Highlight key terms or ideas while reading.
Strike through answers if you are positive they are wrong on every question.
Read the portion of the text related to each question closely.
Use B to answer A in all 2 part questions. (Answer B first)
Main idea/purpose questions: refer to title, 1st, last paragraphs, repetition.

The following slides are questions that can be answered independent of the text.

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.

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Multiple Choice

Which benchmarks are covered the most on the Grade 10 FAST?

• Reading prose & poetry

• Reading informational text

• Reading across genres & vocabulary

Multiple Choice

Read this paragraph from the passage.

William continued to read his farm paper, but it was not Hester's custom to wait for an answer. She usually divined his arguments and assailed them one by one before he uttered them.

What is the meaning of assailed as it is used in the passage?

Hint: there is synonym context clue

• A. explained

• B. fought

• C. ignored

• D. understood

Multiple Choice

Read these sentences from the passage.

"I mind they had an elephant and six poll parrots, an' a Rocky Mountain lion, an' a cage of monkeys, an' two camels. My! but they were a sight to me then!"

How does this memory from Hester's childhood affect the mood in this section?

• A. by describing how wondrous the circus was

• B. by describing the circus as a confusing experience

• C. by revealing that Hester longs to go back to the circus again

• D. by showing that Hester regrets not having appreciated the circus

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from the passage. “‘The rats seem to be traveling back in time, revisiting places they have been,’ says Wilson.” (paragraph 9)

How does the phrase “traveling back in time” contribute to the tone of the paragraph?

• A by showing concern about rats’ dreams

• B by showing uncertainty about rats’ dreams

• C by creating a sense of wonder about rats’ dreams

• D by creating a sense of longing about rats’ dreams

Multiple Choice

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

Hint: there is an antonym context clue

• A. bragging

• B. calming

• C. dismissing

• D. minimizing

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Multiple Choice

7. How does the author establish his credibility to discuss the topic?

• A. by describing his goals

• B. by describing his opinions

• C. by describing his research

• D. by describing his frustrations

Multiple Choice

8 Part A: How does the author support the claim that determining whether a species has recovered is a complicated issue?

• A. He provides historical instances of endangered and recovered species.

• B. He shows which recovered species are at risk of becoming endangered again.

• C. He gives his personal opinions about which endangered species most deserve to recover.

• D. He explains conservational recovery needs to be addressed by many people in different fields.

Multiple Choice

8 Part B: Which sentence from the passage supports the answer in Part A?

• A. "...I see it as a way of measuring the impact of conservation and communicating conservation success stories, as well as learning from failures." (5)

• B. "A standard definition of recovery would prevent such inconsistencies and encourage wildlife managers to aim higher." (6)

• C. "And when flammable grasses burn in the U.S. Southeast, they fuel fires that maintain longleaf pine forests." (10)

• D. "One example is the American bison, which is a great conservation success story in terms of preventing its extinction." (13)

Match

9. Match the following subheading to its purpose in the passage.

• Defining recovery

• What's your function?

• Functional extinction

States the author's goal

Provides background information

Details a specific example

• States the author's goal

• Provides background information

• Details a specific example

Multiple Choice

10. What is the meaning of the word metrics as it is used in paragraph 17?

"To the contrary, according to new conservation metrics that I and other scientists have proposed for the Green List, the bison would receive high scores..."

• A. laws to consider

• B. guidelines to follow

• C. ideas to implement

• D. standards to measure

Multiple Choice

11. Which method does the author use to gain support for the Green List?

• A. He explains how the Green List scores recovered species.

• B. He relies on his experience to create guidelines for the Green List.

• C. He describes how the Green List could be used to influence policymakers.

• D. He evaluates the health of the osprey population according to the Green List.

Multiple Choice

12 Part A: What is a central idea of the text?

• A. More species are at risk of extinction now than at any other point in human history.

• B. Conversations about extinction should be tied to the ability of a species to fulfill its ecological role.

• C. The attempts of certain countries to enact policies to promote the recovery of endangered species have failed.

• D. Efforts that included prescribed conservation measures will still fail to recover endangered species at acceptable rates.

Multiple Choice

12 Part B: How does the author convey the central idea from Part A?

• A. by listing examples of the efforts to implement policies

• B. by mentioning the species that are currently endangered

• C. by detailing the environmental functions of different species

• D. by specifying the environmental impacts of conservation policies