CAASPP
The CA in CAASPP stands for this.
What is California?
This type of essay prompt is asking you to write a story.
What is a narrative essay?
This is a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
You're given 2-3 of these to quote and discuss in your essay.
What are sources?
He wrote "The Rose that Grew from Concrete."
Who is Tupac?
The CAASPP tests these two subjects.
ELA and Math
This type of essay prompt is asking you to write an opinion based on facts.
What is an argumentative essay?
This is replaces nouns in a sentence.
What is a pronoun?
This final paragraph contains a counterclaim and restates the main argument.
What is the conclusion?
"I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
The performance task tests this.
What is writing?
This type of essay prompt is asking you to write facts and figures.
What is an informational essay?
These answer the question, "Which one?"
What is an adjective?
These paragraphs contain evidence and explanations. There are usually 2 or 3.
What are body paragraphs?
What is a metaphor?
What is Level 3?
The performance task has you write 3 to 4 of these.
What are short responses?
What is the part of speech of the word in all caps?
TODAY, I saw a butterfly.
What is an adverb?
All essays regardless of type need to have these parts of the structure (think of your graphic organizers).
What are a beginning/intro, middle/body, end/conclusion?
The emotion an author is trying to get their audience to feel when reading. This can change what the poem is about.
What is tone?
After your scores are sent to your parents and the district, they are sent to this government department.
What is the California Department of Education?
The performance task is made up of these two types of responses.
What are short response and long response?
The beginning of a sentence, proper nouns, and names should always be ___________.
What is capitalized?
This sentence found in the intro paragraph tells the reader what the rest of the essay will be about. (It's not actually a chicken leg.)
What is a thesis or claim?
This is the moral or lesson of a poem or story.
What is the theme?