Literature: The Wreck of Hesperus
How does the scene depicted in stanza 15 affect the plot?
A.by describing the outcome of events
B.by describing the location where the ship is headed
C.by building suspense as the ship sails without guidance
D.by revealing a conflict between the maiden and the sailor
What is C (by building suspense as the ship sails...)
Advance your vocabulary. Instead of using bad, you could use....
Dreadful
Unfavorable
Horrible
Terrible
Grim
Unacceptable
The Great Blizzard
The following question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A: What inference can be made, based upon paragraphs 2-3?
A. Most people had no interest in the victims of the storm.
B. The snowstorm did not cause harm to the coastal area.
C. The information provided about the blizzard at the time was incomplete.
D. Newspaper readers were not interested in reading reports about blizzards.
Part B: Which quotation supports the answer to Part A?
A. "There was a violent snowstorm, which raged until Monday. " (paragraph 2)
B. "When Sunday night closed in, it was quite fierce here and left awful scenes of wreckage and death." (paragraph 2)
C. "The papers of 1839 told the sad story of 'dreadful disasters at Gloucester,' . . . " (paragraph 3)
D. ". . . I believe that the reporters should have provided more details about the event." (paragraph 3)
What is C (The information provided....)
What is D ("...I believe that the reporters...)
How many minutes do you have to fill out the rubric?
What is 5 minutes?
Your first sentence is always a....
What is a hook?
How does the author's use of structure in stanzas 10-12 add meaning to the poem?
A.The repetition of questions helps to build rising action.
B.The end rhyme helps to develop the child's confidence.
C.The use of exclamation marks helps to describe the climax.
D.The use of dialogue helps to depict the child's independence.
What is A (The repetition of questions...)
Elegant: Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive, slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops.
What is the meaning of the word elegant?
What is beautiful and graceful?
How do paragraphs 8-10 support the author's purpose?
A.They provide another record of the storm from someone who lived through it.
B.They describe the need for more accurate counts of the people who died in the storm.
C.They report numbers of injuries that are different from the facts presented by the reporter.
D.They introduce the fact that many victims died because of the inexperience of ship captains.
What is A (They provide another record...)
Give five examples of transition words to use in your writing.
What is first, next, in conclusion, second, lastly, however, in addition to, etc?
Should the United States revise the history lessons taught in public school?
What type of essay response is required to answer this prompt?
What is argumentative?
Which stanza reveals a contrasting point of view between characters?
A. stanza 4
B. stanza 5
C. stanza 12
D. stanza 14
What is B (stanza 5)
Don’t wear an Abraham Lincoln hat on your first date.
What type of allusion is this?
What is a historical allusion?
Read the claim below from paragraph 3.
The storm was so great that readers have always wanted to know as much as possible about it.
Select two quotations that provide additional support for the claim into the box on the right.
A. ". . . Saturday, December 14, 1839, was a beautiful day on the New England coast." (paragraph 1)
B. "The first gale began that night about midnight." (paragraph 2)
C. "The public knows that calamities at sea or on land are rare, so this event has been especially interesting to them." (paragraph 3)
D. "Many news reports have been printed through the years to meet the readers' demand for more information about the storm." (paragraph 3)
E. ". . . they generally anchored too far north." (paragraph 5)
What is C (The public knows...)
What is D (Many news reports have been...)
What are 3 types of essay responses you may encounter on the MAAP? What is the formula for each?
What is informative (HATMAT, TEM2, TTAC), argumentative (HATMAT, TEM2, TTAC), narrative (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution):
Are you distracted by technology?
What type of essay response is used to answer the following prompt? What's the formula?
What is argumentative?
What is HATMAT, TEM2, TTAC?
How does the author use the structure of stanza 4 to contribute to the meaning of the poem?
A. by using rhyme to describe the home of the sailor
B. by using rhyme to create the sailor's hostile nature
C. by using a direct quotation to depict the skipper's confidence
D. by using a direct quotation to describe an important warning
What is D (by using a direct quotation to describe an important warning)
The dew on the grass made my running shoes damp. It didn't bother me. The sound of my feet hitting the street formed a rhythm, a steady pattern of light thumps. I timed my breathing with the rhythm. These sounds filled my head. I thought of nothing other than the next step and keeping my tempo. I soared over the sidewalks like concrete clouds.
What point of view is the passage written from?
What is first person?
Which two statements express central ideas of the passage?
A. The winds from the storm began late at night.
B. The storm moved quickly as it traveled across the coast.
C. Citizens met in large groups to get information about the storm.
D. People made heroic efforts to save the lives of those affected by the storm.
E. The storm caused many deaths, including a woman, sailors, and passengers on ships.
What is D (People made heroic...)
What is E (The storm caused many...)
You have read an excerpt from The Call of the Wild. Write an essay that analyzes how the author uses Buck’s character traits to develop a theme. Use key details and examples from the passage to support your ideas.
Your writing will be scored on the development of ideas, organization of writing, and language conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
What type of essay will you write to respond to this prompt?
What is an informative essay?
Label the rubric in 5 minutes.
What is the rubric?
Part A: What is a synonym for the word aghast as it is used in stanza 20?
A. astonished
B. calmly
C. satisfied
D. timid
Part B: How does the use of the word aghast affect meaning?
A. It adds an element of shock.
B. It adds an element of shyness.
C. It adds an element of confidence.
D. It adds an element of acceptance.
What is B (calmly)
What is B (It adds an element of shyness)
The Hard Way Out by Terry Vaughn
In this novel, Brian is struggling. After losing both of his parents in a tragic car accident, Brian is living at his Aunt's house and sharing a room with his cousin. Basketball is his only escape. But after getting benched for low progress report grades, Brian's world shatters. Does he have it in him to improve his grades? Will Brian come to peace with his emotions? Can anyone help him?
What GENRE is this story? What SUBGENRE is this story?
What is fiction? What is realistic fiction?
Part A: Why does the author include paragraph 7?
A.to emphasize rescue efforts with credit to crews of certain ships
B.to explain the expert knowledge needed to sail through difficult waters
C.to share the number of men needed to tend to the victims of the storm
D.to suggest that some rescue efforts were more sincere than other efforts
Part B: Which phrase from paragraph 7 helps to convey the power of nature?
A."hardy fishermen"
B."over the tops"
C."hungry waters"
D."their daring deeds"
What is A (to emphasize rescue efforts...)
What is C (to share the number of men)
You have read the poems “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert Service and “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. In both poems, the authors structured the text and ordered the events within the texts to create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. As you read and reread the poems, think about the structure of each poem. Then, write an essay in which you evaluate the effectiveness of each author’s choice in how they structured the text to create mystery, tension, and surprise. Be sure to use evidence from both texts to support your ideas.
What type of essay response would you use to respond to this prompt? What's the formula?
What is an informative essay?
A. Do boys have less intense friendships than girls?
B. Write about a time when you experienced hardship or failure. Elaborate on the hardship. Explain the events and your feelings surrounding the hardship or failure, and how you have grown from the experience.
C. Write an essay explaining what makes a great leader.
What type of essay response is needed to respond to each prompt (in order)?
What is argumentative, narrative, and informative?