1. Grade 8 PARCC Assessment: What Should You Expect on the PARCC Test?

2. Multiple Choice and Writing on the PARCC:  Literature Analysis Task (12 Multiple Choice and 1 Essay)  Research Simulation Task (18 Multiple Choice and 1 Essay)  Narrative Writing Task (10 Multiple Choice, 1 Narrative)

3. Literature (FICTION or SHORT STORY) Task Analysis You will read: 1 SHORT PASSAGE AND 1 LONG PASSAGE Multiple Choice Standards Assessed: (12 Multiple Choice Questions) RL8.2 (Theme) RL 8.3 (Lines of Dialogue/Incidents in a Story that Propel Action, Reveal Aspects of Character, Provoke a Decision) RL 8.4 (Vocabulary) RL 8.5 (Compare/Contrast Structure of a Text)

4. Literature Task Analysis (continued): The Essay You will write 1 PROSE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE WHICH MEANS 1 ESSAY Standard for Essay: RL 8.6 (Differences in Point of View) Reminders: Introduction (Thesis) Body Conclusion Text Evidence Strong Analysis

5. Research Simulation Task Analysis You will read: 1 EXTENDED INFORMATIONAL TEXT and 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAL TEXTS and use of ILLUSTRATIONS/VISUALS Multiple Choice Standards Assessed: (18 Multiple Choice Questions) 6 Questions about Vocabulary 12 Questions about Standards RI 8.2 (Central Idea), RI 8.3 (Text Connections and Distinctions), and RI 8.5 (Text Structures), RI 8.6 (Point of View), RI 8.7 (Different Mediums), and RI 8.8 (Evaluating an Argument)

6. Research Simulation Task Analysis You will write 1 PROSE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE WHICH MEANS 1 ESSAY Standard for Essay: RI 8.6 (Differences in Point of View) RI 8.7 (Different Mediums of Presenting Information) RI 8.9 (Comparing Text Information) Reminders: Introduction, Body, and Conclusion Discuss BOTH TEXTS Cite Text Evidence

7. Narrative Task You will read: 1 SHORT LITERATURE TEXT You will answer: 10 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (5 PAIRS OF QUESTIONS WITH Part A and Part B) You will: WRITE A NARRATIVE OR A STORY Reminders: Character, Setting, Plot, Theme, Dialogue