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WorksheetsPARCC 1
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do you use the highlighter tool for?
a)
Making the question pretty.
b)
Highlighting important information in the text.
c)
Coloring in the correct answer.
d)
Fun.
2.
What tool can you use to eliminate answers that you know are not right?
a)
Highlighter tool
b)
Answer eliminator (it looks like an 'X')
c)
There is no such tool.
d)
Notepad
3.
What is an essay?
a)
A few sentences.
b)
A paragraph
c)
More than one paragraph.
d)
Something my teachers use to torture me with.
4.
What should I do if I see the word 'essay' during PARCC?
a)
Draw the 8 sentence graphic organizer we use in class and fill it in for my plan.
b)
Panic and maybe start crying.
c)
Start typing my thoughts right away.
d)
Write a couple of sentences to answer the question and call it good.
5.
What if I don't understand the question?
a)
Panic and cry, maybe pretend I'm going to throw up.
b)
Raise my hand and ask the teacher.
c)
Take a breath, reread it a couple of times to try to get the idea.
d)
Give up.
6.
What is point of view?
a)
A high place where you can see for a long ways.
b)
The exact spot where you are looking.
c)
My own opinion of the story.
d)
How the person who is telling the story changes how events are told.
7.
How do I find evidence from the text to support my answers?
a)
Use binoculars to look for it.
b)
Copy down everything.
c)
Use the highlighter tool to find evidence in the text that answers the question.
d)
This is impossible.
8.
What is a summary?
a)
When you restates the big idea and important details of the text.
b)
When you retell every single thing that you read.
c)
When you name all the characters and the setting.
d)
When you give your opinion of what happened in the text.
9.
What is cause and effect?
a)
When you are asked to find a detail supporting the main idea.
b)
When you are asked to state your opinion about the text.
c)
When you are asked to find the reason that something happened.
d)
When you are asked to retell the story.
10.
What are videos for on the PARCC?
a)
For fun - sit back, relax, and enjoy them!
b)
To let you know about something, but it doesn't have anything to do with the test.
c)
To distract you from the test.
d)
To give you information that you will need to answer the questions - so pay attention!
11.
What should you do if you feel like the test is really hard?
a)
Try to copy of someone else.
b)
Give up - decide you are just not smart enough to get this.
c)
Take a breath, don't stress and take it as an opportunity to show what you know
d)
Curl up under your desk, and, of course, cry.
12.
What is the PARCC for?
a)
To see if you are a good or a bad person.
b)
It is a chance for you to show what you know.
c)
To see if your teachers are great or terrible.
d)
To see if you need glasses or not.
13.
What happens if you don't do well on PARCC?
a)
You will be held back a grade.
b)
You will get a chance to take it again.
c)
You will still be a great kid.
d)
You will get a '1' on your report card.
14.
What does the word analyze mean?
a)
quote
b)
break down
c)
give details
15.
What does the word acknowledge mean?
a)
recognize
b)
give details
c)
break down
16.
What does the word articulate mean?
a)
quote
b)
express clearly
c)
to tell the difference
17.
What does the word cite mean?
a)
find
b)
quote
c)
give details
18.
What does the word compare mean?
a)
likeness
b)
to tell the difference
c)
give details
19.
What does the word describe mean?
a)
give details
b)
recognize
c)
find
20.
What does the word distinguish mean?
a)
to tell the difference
b)
break down
c)
quote
21.
Which of the following is NOT a tool that you can use on the PARCC test?
a)
Answer Eliminator
b)
Magnifier
c)
Bookmark
d)
A Google Search
22.
True or False:
Students are allowed to have cell phones in testing rooms as long as they are turned off or silenced.
Students are allowed to have cell phones in testing rooms as long as they are turned off or silenced.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
True or False:
Teachers are allowed to help students answer questions on PARCC tests.
Teachers are allowed to help students answer questions on PARCC tests.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Which of the following activities will help students feel prepared for PARCC testing?
a)
Eating a healthy breakfast
b)
Sleeping late
c)
A negative attitude
d)
Staying up all night to play video games
25.
What is the "mood" of a story?
a)
Emotions the audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
26.
Why is the setting important in a story?
a)
It tells us the end.
b)
It tells about the conflict.
c)
It sets the stage for the story, providing the reader with details needed to fully understand the plot.
d)
The setting describes the main characters.
27.
What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!"
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!"
a)
pleased
b)
suspicious
c)
happy
d)
angry
28.
issue that needs to be resolved
a)
conflict
b)
exposition
c)
climax
d)
resolution
29.
perspective from which a story is told
a)
point of view
b)
theme
c)
literary period
d)
rising action
30.
the sequence of events in a story
a)
Rhythm
b)
Evidence
c)
Plot
d)
Stanza
31.
a group of lines in a poem (similar to a paragraph, but in a poem)
a)
main idea/central idea
b)
alliteration
c)
stanza
d)
evidence
32.
to provide evidence for
a)
support
b)
rhythm
c)
visualize
d)
tone
33.
the life lesson or message that the reader can learn though the character and events in the story
a)
theme/central message
b)
simle
c)
point of view
d)
hyperbole
34.
to make a statement about someone or something based on clues given in the text; the author does not state it, the reader must figure it out
a)
simile
b)
infer
c)
contribute
d)
third person
35.
events are arranged in the order in which they happened; time order
a)
rhythm
b)
point of view
c)
visualize
d)
chronological order
36.
a statement or idea that can be supported with evidence
a)
elaborate
b)
alliteration
c)
analyze
d)
claim
37.
the key points in a text in a reader’s own words
a)
main idea/central idea
b)
visualize
c)
chronological order
d)
text organization
38.
Support
a)
To back up with facts and evidence
b)
to hold something
c)
Having more than one detail
d)
The main ideas in a sentence
39.
Contrast
a)
To show how things are different
b)
To show how things are the same
c)
To provide context clues
d)
To have more verbs in the sentence
40.
Paragraph
a)
A lot of sentences put together
b)
Writing began by indenting and telling one topic
c)
The last part of a story
d)
The chapter in a story
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