Practice makes perfect. A practice test designed for the ELA MCAS Assessment gives seventh grade learners the opportunity to answer reading comprehension questions and respond to essay prompts. Questions involve general fiction and historical nonfiction texts.

Concepts

reading comprehension, essay questions, essay writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Go over question formatting, pointing out bold words and other key terms
• Model how to outline and write an essay like those included in the practice test

Classroom Considerations

• Instead of printing out answer sheets, record responses on regular sheets of paper

Pros

• Includes questions that require readers to compare and contrast two texts on the same topic
• Offers graphic organizers and computer-based testing to accommodate different learning styles and classroom formats

Cons

• Lacks a rubric or sample responses to help assess responses to essay prompts

Common Core

RL.7.1 RL.7.2 RL.7.9 RI.7.1 RI.7.2 W.7.9.a