MCAS Trivia
What is the date of the 3rd grade ELA MCAS?
Tuesday 4/8 and Thursday 4/11
What do you have to do to write a topic sentence for an essay writing prompt?
TTQA-Turn the Question Around.
When should you indent when writing an essay?
Every new detail (yellow sentence) and if you want to you can indent the concluding sentence.
Another word for Central Idea or what the passage is MAINLY ABOUT.
Main Idea
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two things. (Without using "like" or "as"
Ex: "Life is a journey" or "She is a ray of sunshine"
Is there a tool that crosses out incorrect multiple choice answers?
Yes. The answer eliminator.
You should write your topic sentence before you start writing your response.
YES!
How long should an essay be?
As long as it needs to be to fully answer the question (usually 3-6 paragraphs).
When a question wants you to pick the LEAST LIKELY reason, what do you have to pick?
An answer that is not going to be correct.
What is a simile?
A comparison of 2 things using the words "like" or "as".
Aside from going to sleep early to be rested what is essential in helping your brain for a challenging task like the MCAS?
A healthy breakfast.
What do you do after you write your topic sentence?
Highlight the evidence in the text you are going to use.
What should you create on your scrap paper to help you plan out your essay?
A Box.
What does cause and effect text structure do?
It organizes information by a (cause) something happened and the (effect) what happened after the event.
What is alliteration? Give an example.
The repetition of consonant sounds
Ex: The boy buzzed around, as busy as a bee.
True or False: If you are absent on the day of MCAS you do not have to take that session.
FALSE!!! You will have to make up the session you missed.
You should always do this BEFORE answering a multiple choice question.
Kick out wrong answers and go back and reread the passage to highlight the proof of the correct answer.
What should you create on your scrap paper to answer a prompt that asks you to write a story?
A stick figure, a house, 1, 2, 3.
What does "Be sure to use information from the passage to devellop your essay." mean?
To provide evidence from the text to show it supports your topic sentence.
What is a hyperbole? Give an example.
An extreme exaggeration
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
What are the 3 types of open responses you may have to write?
Paragraph, Essay, Story
If the writing prompt asks you to write a story, what do you do?
Write a fiction story with a beginning, middle and end.
What does the stick figure, house and 1,2,3 stand for?
The characters, the setting and the important events in a story.
What is an author's purpose?
The reason an author writes, what the author wants you to know after reading the passage.
What is Theme or a Moral?
The author's message or a lesson the character learns.