NJSLA Things
What is the application we use for NJSLA testing?
What is TestNav?
The beginning, middle and end of a story.
What is the plot?
What is the theme?
What is an LAT?
Literary Analysis Task
The class you are in right now
What is ELA/LAL/Miss Perez's class?
What does the term main idea refer to?
What the text is mainly about/the central idea of the text?
The main problem in the text
What is the conflict?
Narrator is all-knowing and can narrate the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
What is a third-persom omniscient narrator?
How many paragraphs belong in an LAT?
What is 5 paragraphs?
What should you do the night before taking the NJSLA?
What is sleep, eat a good dinner, not stay up til 3 AM on your phone?
How many paragraphs belong in an open-ended response?
What is 2 paragraphs?
The time and place where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
How can we identify POV/perspective in a text?
What is by checking pronouns/narration?
(may provide an example)
How many quotes should you have, at minimum, per paragraph?
What is at least one per paragraph?
How many texts are usually used in an LAT?
What are 2-3 texts?
How many paragraphs belong in a full-length essay?
What is five paragraphs?
The conclusion of the plot.
What is the resolution?
What is a thesis statement?
The controlling argument of your paper.
What kind of texts are featured/used in an RST?
What is non-fiction/scientific texts?
Define theme.
What is the life lesson/moral of the story?
When you finish your test, what should you do?
What is raise your hand, submit the test, put your head down, etc..
Different animals and people in a text.
What are characters?
Identify all three 3rd Person POV (narration).
What is limited, objective, and omniscient?
- Read the prompt
- Prepare evidence
- Reread the text
Define thesis statement
What is the main argument of your paper?