NJSLA Basics
These are the tasks that you must be familiar with for the NJSLA.
What are the RST, Literary Analysis, and Narrative tasks?
These are the number of sources that appear on the Research Simulation task.
What are three sources?
These are both the number of sources that appear on a Literary Analysis Task and the number of Sources you are asked to use in your Literary Analysis Essay.
What are two?
If you are asked to write from a different character's POV for the Narrative task, you must write in this POV.
What is first person?
This strategy can help you think about the question being asked while reading
What is annotating?
This NJSLA task is concerned with you synthesizing findings of nonfiction texts.
What is the Research Simulation task?
These are the number of sources you are required to use in your essay for the RST.
What are two?
Unlike the RST which does not use these sources, these types of sources will appear on a Literary Analysis Task.
What are fictional texts?
This, which is usually found in the last sentence of the introductory paragraph, is a term used to describe the main or central idea of your argument for both the RST and the Literary Analysis task.
What is the thesis statement?
Crossing out answer choices that don’t make sense or do not apply to the question
What is process of elimination?
This NJSLA task is concerned with you understanding and creating a story.
What is the Narrative task?
The Research Simulation Task will ask you to read and synthesize only these types of texts.
What are nonfiction or informational texts?
Perspective in which a character or narrator Is speaking
What is point of view?
This usually appears in the first sentence of the body paragraphs of your essay.
What is the topic sentence?
Part A & B questions are……
What is connected?
This NJSLA task is concerned with you interpreting the meaning of fictional texts?
What is the Literary Analysis Task?
Keywords in directions to identify a Research Simulation Task
What is “sources”, Information”, “research”, 3 texts/titles.
*Must name at least 2
In literature, this refers to the major issue or problem that characters in a story must overcome.
What is the conflict?
This explains what you provide to support the claims you make in your essays.
What is evidence?
These self-care strategies can help you be well-rested and have energy so you can be successful on the day of your NJSLA.
What are get a good night's rest and have a good breakfast?
the amount of minutes you have for each ELA Unit
What is 90 minutes?
Tool used for listening to audio or video sources on the research simulation task
Headphones
In literature, this refers to the message of the story.
What is theme?
These are three possible things you may be asked to do for the Narrative Writing Task.
What are continue the story, create an alternate ending, or change the POV?
To ensure your success on the NJSLA, if you are finished early, you can do this to make sure you have completed each question to the best of your ability.
What is go back and review your answers before submitting?