Organization
Questions

Strategies
MCAS Day
MCAS Eve
100

What is the first thing you should do when writing your open response? 

What is indent?

100

How should you start a text-based open response question?

What is Based on the passage?

100

The number of times students should read anything for MCAS.

What is two to three?

100

Before the test start what should you do?

What is go to the bathroom and get water?

100

What is the most important thing you should do the night before MCAS?

What is charge your chromebook?

200
The kind of sentence that should begin each paragraph. 

What is a topic sentence?

200

What type of essay questions might be asked on MCAS? (Hint there are 3)

What are narrative, information and argumentative?

200

A strategies for answering multiple choice questions?

Process of elimination

200

How many body paragraphs should a text-based response have?

What is 3?

200

What are two things that you can bring with you on MCAS day? 

A free-reading book and 

300

What students do when actively reading.

What is highlighting and taking notes? 

300

The number of text evidence needed in each body paragraph.

What are two quotes?
300

What should you do before you start a section or session?

Read the directions

300

The final step you should take before submitting your open response or narrative writing.

What is reread and edit?

300

What should you make sure you do the night before MCAS?

Get a good night's rest. 

400

The punctuation mark needed to go around the title of a short story or text evidence. 

What is quotes?

400

The strategy used to plan a writing response before drafting.

What is a graphic organizer?

400

Two tools that can help you take notes while reading MCAS passages? 

What are the notepad and highlighter tools?

400
Use this tool if you do not know the answer to something and go back to it later.

What is the bookmark tool?

400

What are two things you should do before you come to school on MCAS day? 

Eat a healthy breakfast and get enough sleep.

500

To show organization in your writing, you should use theses at the start of each paragraph. 

What are transition words?

500

The two sections of the scoring rubric are called? 

What are 1. Topic/Idea Development and 2. Standard English Conventions?

500

The formula used to write a text-base response.

What is R.A.C.E.S?

500

MCAS stands for this?

What is Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System? 

500

What are two strategies that you can remember for the test?

Take a breathe and take your time?