Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 Thursday, April 12th, 2018 2018 NYS ELA Assessment Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 Thursday, April 12th, 2018

“…students will need to make hard choices between ‘fully correct’ and ‘plausible but incorrect’ answers that are designed specifically to determine whether students have comprehended the entire passage and are proficient with the deep analyses specified by the standards.” - Grade 6 Common Core ELA Test Guide

Day 1 5 Passages to read with 35 Multiple-Choice Questions Day 2 3 Passages with 6 Short-Response Questions and 1 Extended-Response Questions

CLOSE READING IS REQUIRED! Thoroughly examine the text to get as much meaning as possible

Close Reading TAKES TIME! You must read slowly and carefully! You can do it! If you want to…

How do I apply this to the NYS ELA test?

Preview the text (background knowledge) Read the questions and/or prompt and underline key words Read the text for the FIRST TIME and annotate Write the main idea Read the text a SECOND TIME Think about the author’s purpose, the theme, etc. Read the questions and/or the prompt… search for the answers in your annotations/passage Prove your answer using evidence from the text

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

SHORT-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

We have been practicing this since GREAT NEWS! We have been practicing this since October! ESSC

How will my response be scored?

EXTENDED-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

Multi-Paragraph Essay Introduction Body Paragraph #1 Body Paragraph #2 Conclusion