Test Day PAPER
Testing Strategies
Writing
The Great Shark Mystery
The Mystery of the Hidden Painting
100

This is what you should draw on your paper once the test begins.

An I chart.
100

Before reading the passages, read these first.

The writing prompt and the questions.

100

This is the number of paragraphs you need for your writing response.

FOUR

100

Other than Jessie, another one of the Aldrin children is ___________.

Violet

Henry

100

This is why the Alden children visited Mrs. Harkins.

To see about the necklace that had been stolen from their grandmother.

200

These letters should written on your I chart.

R, Y, B, G

200

This is how you get to the prompt as soon as you start the test.

Click on the last question number at the top. Click the NEXT button to be sure it's the last question.

200

Point 1 and Point 2 paragraphs each need this number of sentences.

3 each (topic and 2 details)

200

Large sea animals are called these.

Manatees

200

"Her voice was cold." is an idiom. It means this.

Not nice

Unfriendly

Mean

Rude

300

This is what you can use to start the information needed for your I chart.

The writing prompt.

300

The paper is ONLY used for this.

The writing prompt.

300

These are the transition words and phrases needed for Point 1, Point 2, and the Conclusion.

First

Next

This is how/why

300

"As the man walked away, Jessie glanced at the pad..."

This is another word for glanced.

Looked

300

This Alden child is mentioned in "The Mystery of the Hidden Painting" but not in "The Great Shark Mystery".

 Benny

400
These are the number of sentences you can include on your I chart before beginning the passages.

FOUR

400

Do this if you finish before the timer ends.

Check over your work.

400

These are the meanings of the letters in COPS.

Capitalization

Organization

Punctuation

Spelling

400

"Excuse me sir, she said politely..."

Give a synonym for politely.

Nicely

Kindly

400

Both passages are similar because ____________

The children are trying to solve a mystery.

500

Complete an I Chart for this prompt.

Write a multi-paragraph response that explains how butterflies change and grow. Include information about their life cycles. Use information from both passages to support your response. 

Butterflies change and grow.

First, butterflies change.

Next, butterflies grow.

This is how butterflies change and grow.

500

If you end your test and see an orange flag or box, it means this.

You missed a question.

500

This is when you should press the enter key in your response and the number of times.

After your introduction. 2 times

After point 1 paragraph. 2 times

After point 2 paragraph. 2 times

500

Jessie is ________ because ___________.

Clever.

She pretended to collect signatures to save the manatees and was able to get J's name and address.

500

This is the meaning of murmur as it's used in paragraph 26.

Whispering

Softly speaking

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