MCAS Trivia
The dates of the ELA MCAS.
What are Monday, April 8th and Tuesday, April 9th?
True or False: I can't skip around the questions.
What is "False"?
Yes you can!
What is the most important portion of a body paragraph?
What is Evidence?
What type of writing is telling a story?
What is a narrative?
What is Theme?
What is "The message the author wants to convey to the reader"?
What subjects do you have MCAS in this year?
What is Math & ELA?
Name one of the common mistakes Mrs. Zenkert told you about.
What are: Not rereading the texts or questions/using incorrect information, not proofreading, dropping a giant quote, not answering the correct prompt
Reasoning is in ______________ words.
What is "Your"/"Your Own"?
Students will definitely be seeing a section where they have to read ____ (#) text(s) and write an essay in response using the information they have read.
What is "2"?
What do we use when we don't know the meaning of a word?
What are "context clues"?
During the test I should...
What is "Taking my time"?
What is the name of the strategy to cross out answers that are incorrect? There is an MCAS Tool for this!!!
What is Process of Elimination?
What is something you can create on your own to help you write your open response/essay?
What is an outline?
What is the highest score you can receive on an open response?
What is "8"? (5 for the content and 3 for grammar/punctuation/spelling)
What is a comparison without using Like or As?
What is a metaphor?
I will do what on the morning of MCAS?
What is "eating breakfast"?
What is another strategy to help you with open responses to find evidence?
What is "highlighting"?
How many CER paragraphs should you have in your essay?
What is "3"?
What is the biggest mistake students make on Open Responses?
What is "Not reading the whole question"?
What does it mean to make an inference?
What is "reading between the lines"?
What should you do the night before MCAS?
What is "Going to bed early"? OR What is "Get a good night of sleep."
What is a feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities?
What is "confidence"?
Name all of the parts of an introduction OR a conclusion paragraph
Introduction: Hook, necessary information, and thesis
Conclusion: Restate your thesis, summarize the main ideas, and give a "So What?/Now What?/What if?"
With a narrative essay, students will have to do what with the story?
What is "Continuing the story"?
To give human qualities to non-human things.
What is "Personification"?