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

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)

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)

Literature Task Analysis (continued): The Essay

You will write 1 PROSE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE WHICH MEANS 1 ESSAYStandard for Essay: RL 8.6 (Differences in Point of View) Reminders: • Introduction (Thesis)• Body• Conclusion• Text Evidence• Strong Analysis

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)

Research Simulation Task Analysis You will write 1 PROSE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE WHICH MEANS 1 ESSAYStandard 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

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