MCAS ELA

When you are asked to compare in your writing, what does this mean?

• write about characters

• write about differences

• write about similarities

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

If the narrative tells you to continue the ending or write a new ending, you should ___________.

• write about something that has happened in your life

• give all of the characters new names

• use the same characters, settings, and important ideas from the original passage

• change your story so that it is not similar to the original passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

Narrative essays should have_____________

• Exactly 5 paragraphs

• Enough paragraphs to answer the prompt and show off your descriptive writing

• Between 10 and 20 paragraphs

• A topic intro, 3 body paragraphs, and an ending

TIDE essays should have

• 5 paragraphs at least (T, ID ID ID, E)

• information from the main character's point of view

• However many paragraphs you want

• 10-30 paragraphs

Analyze

• Analyze means to examine something in detail.

• Analyze means to quickly look at something

• Analyze means to ignore something

• Analyze means to fix something

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Cause and Effect

• Skip the identification of the action and outcome

• Choose any random action without considering the outcome

• Determine the outcome first, then identify the action

• Explain what caused something to happen and the effect it had

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Convey

• To fly a plane

• To swim in the ocean

• To communicate or make known

• To bake a cake

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Summarize

• Create a story

• Ignore information completely.

• Sum up the main points

• Expand information into a detailed form.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read the sentence from paragraph 11 in the box. Now read the dictionary entry in the box. Which definition of hitch is used in the sentence from paragraph 11?

• definition 1

• definition 2

• definition 3

• definition 4

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

In paragraph 21, what is the most likely reason the word pig is in italics?

• to show that the man is unable to hear Lorenzo

• to emphasize that the man knows Lorenzo is joking

• to indicate that the man is surprised by what Lorenzo said

• to prove that the man thinks it is the name of the animal Lorenzo is entering in the race

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3