MCAS Expectations
What is silent!
The Japanese folktale "New Year's Hats for the Statues" tells the story of an old man's surprising night. Read the folktale and answer the questions that follow.
What is fiction?
Describe the challenge that Black Beauty faces in the story and how she responds. Use two details from the text to support your answer.
What is an essay?
Based on the selection, explain how fire can be both friend and foe. Support your answer with important details from the selection.
What is "Fire can be both friend and foe because..."
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
This is THE ONLY thing allowed to be under your desk during the MCAS ELA test.
What is an independent reading book?
This article gives advice and instructions for bird watching. Read the article and study the diagram. Answer the questions that follow.
What is non-fiction?
Explain how the students in the poem see the rain as both good and bad. Support your answer with important details from the poem.
What is an essay?
Based on the poem, explain how both the dog and the squirrel show confidence. Support your answer with important details from the poem.
What is: "Both the dog and the squirrel show confidence in the poem by...."
The personality of a character such as kind, mean, or boring.
What are character traits?
This is what you must do before submitting your MCAS ELA test.
What is check your answers and REREAD YOUR WRITING.
This passage is narrated by a horse named Black Beauty.
What is fiction?
Write a journal entry about the day the table arrived from the point of view of either Sarah, Daddy or Mama. Use details from the story to describe how the table was used, the emotional effect that the table had on the family member chosen, and thoughts about how the table will affect business in the future.
What is a narrative?
Based on the passage, explain why it has been helpful for scientists to study the frozen body of a woolly mammoth. Support your answer with important details from the passage.
What is: "It has been helpful for scientists to study the frozen body of a woolly mammoth because..."
The problem or struggle in a story.
What is conflict?
This is the amount of time you get for each MCAS ELA test.
What is as long as you need to complete the test?
William Driver, a sea captain from Massachusetts, was the first person to use the nickname "Old Glory" to describe the American flag. His feelings for the Old Glory were strong, even during the Civil War that divided the north and the south in the US. Read the selection about William Driver and Old Glory and answer the questions that follow.
What is non-fiction?
Continue the narrative and include meaningful dialogue and description to explain what happens to Rachel's garden.
What is a narrative?
Based on the article, explain why a trip to Antarctica could be considered a great adventure. Support your answer with important information from the selection.
What is: "A trip to Antarctica could be considered a great adventure because..."
A message about life or human nature that a writer wants readers to understand.
What is theme?
These are the materials you will have during the MCAS ELA test. (5 things)
What is:
1. Chromebook
2. blank paper
3. pencil
4. IR book (under desk)
5. login sheet
Fire can be destructive, but it also plays an important role in the life of our natural environment. Read the selection to find out more and answer the questions that follow.
What is non-fiction?
Based on the selection, explain a lesson that can be learned from the actions of Wangari Maathai. Support your answer with important details from the selection.
What is an essay?
Based on the article, explain how raising a guide dog can be difficult. Support your answer with important details from the article.
What is: "Raising a guide dog can be very difficult because..."
The most important point an author wants you to understand in a nonfiction text.
What is central idea?