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 should write in this POV.
What is the first-person POV?
This is the first thing you should do when opening to ANY NJSLA task.
What is peeking at the essay question?
This NJSLA Writing 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 three?
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 central idea of your argument for both the RST and the Literary Analysis task.
What is the thesis statement?
This is the multiple choice strategy for ruling out answers.
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 texts?
In literature, this refers to the life lesson learned by characters that can be applied to other stories
What is the theme?
These are words used to connect ideas.
What are transition words?
True or False: You shouldn't waste time planning your written responses.
What is FALSE?
This NJSLA task is concerned with you interpreting the meaning of fictional texts?
What is the Literary Analysis Task?
These are the types of sources you may receive on the RST.
What are two texts and one form of media/video?
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 answers/claims you make in your essays.
What is textual evidence?
If you come across an unfamiliar word, what is a piece of language we have studied for weeks that might help?
What is prefixes/suffixes?
N - necessary information
T - thesis
These are three parts of a conclusion paragraph.
What are:
T - Restate thesis
S - brief summary of essay information
C - concluding sentence: final thoughts/call to action
These are the MINIMUM number of paragraphs for an LAT.
What are 4?
These are three possible things you may be asked to do for the Narrative Writing Task.
What is continuing the story, creating an alternate ending, or changing 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 recheck your answers before submitting?