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April 17, 18, & 19, 2012April 17, 18, & 19, 2012

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Little Changes

• A little longer than last year…• A little more difficult than last

year…• Grammar, spelling, and mechanics

count on the essays!

Extended Response Scoring

• Meaning

• Development

• Organization

• Language Use

• Writing Mechanics

Overall Scores

• 1 – below basic standards• 2 – meets basic standards• 3 – meets proficiency standards• 4 – exceeds proficiency standards

Three Books,Three Parts

• Book 1: Tuesday, April 17• Book 2: Wednesday, April 18• Book 3: Thursday, April 19

Book 1Tuesday, April 17

• 70 minutes• 7 passages (fiction and nonfiction)• 39 multiple choice questions

Book 2Wednesday, April 18

• 60 minutes• 1 listening selection (literary)• 5 multiple choice listening questions• 3 short response listening questions• 1 extended response listening question

(short essay)• 2 reading passages (fiction and

nonfiction)• 13 multiple choice reading questions

Book 3Thursday, April 19

• 50 minutes• 2 paired passages (informational)• 4 short response questions• 1 extended response question

(essay)

What have we done so far?

Reading comprehension practiceListening passagesShort response questionsMultiple choice questions

What about “paired passages”?

• We’ve done that with comparing and contrasting

• The Contender essays included paired passages

• We will do some direct practice with paired passages today

To summarize…

• April 17, 18, and 19• A bit more to do and a bit more

challenging• We’ve really been preparing all

year• Don’t Panic! You’ll be fine.

Questions or Comments?