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

2. “…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

3. 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

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

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

7. How do I apply this to the NYS ELA test?

8. 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

9. MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

24. SHORT-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

25. We have been practicing this since
GREAT NEWS!
We have been practicing this since
October!
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26. How will my response be scored?

51. EXTENDED-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

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