An English Language Arts Reading Comprehension Practice Test for Grade 10 asks scholars to read a poem and answer two multiple-choice questions about the poem. They finish the task by responding to an open-response essay question. 

Concepts

test preparation, poetry analysis, essay writing, informative writing, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• As a comprehension strategy, allow readers to draw pictures, highlight, underline, and make other marks to the poem
• Read the poem aloud to students, asking them to visualize the images

Classroom Considerations

• Writers may need additional paper for the essay
• Designed for the ELA MCAS Assessment
  

Pros

• The poem is highly accessible 
• Provides a helpful checklist for the writing exercise

Cons

• Does not include an answer key or scoring rubric
• Not a comprehensive assessment; includes only three questions

Common Core

RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.2.a