MCAS Trivia
ELA MCAS is on these two days.
What are Wednesday and Thursday?
Although it is a good idea to use this tool to find the most important parts, my annotations won't stay when I move ahead to the next question.
What is the highlighter?
Each body paragraph should include this to support my claim.
What is evidence?
You can draw one of these to help organize your ideas before writing your essay.
What is a graphic organizer?
This form of figurative language makes a comparison using the word "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This tool allows you to cross out incorrect answers.
What is the answer eliminator?
If I don't understand a word on the MCAS test, I can' task my teacher for help, but I can do this.
What is use context clues? (or Word Gaps strategies).
This is the accepted length of an MCAS essay.
What is 5 paragraphs?
You should read each passage on MCAS at least this many times.
What is two? (One for gist, and once more to understand more deeply).
This happens when an author hints at something that will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
Unlike NWEA-MAP, MCAS does allow me to do this after I've submitted an answer.
What is change an answer?
I can use this tool to write my observations and questions while I read a passage on MCAS.
What is the notepad?
Doing this ensures that you will write a strong claim that responds to the prompt.
What is TTQA (turn the question around)?
I can do this if I am totally stuck on a question.
What is bookmark it and return to it later?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
A story written using words like he, they, and she is written in this point-of-view.
What is third person?
There are this many steps in the reasoning staircase; this is also the number of sentences I should include in my reasoning.
What is four?
These are the types of paragraphs that must be included in a text-based essay response.
Introduction, 3 Body paragraphs, conclusion
This is the number of pieces of evidence an MCAS essay should include.
What is three (at least!)?
"Each day is a gift, no doubt," from the poem "Days" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
In writing, CER stands for this.
What is Claim, Evidence, Reasoning?
Imagine you use the eliminator tool to cross out a question and then decide you do not want it eliminated. You would do this to remove the X from the question.
What is click on the eliminated answer again?
This strategy will allow you to figure out exactly what the prompt is telling you to do.
What is Do/What?
When I combine what I already know to draw a conclusion about something in a text, even though it isn't explicitly said.
What is make an inference?
A word that matches the sound it makes. An example of this is buzz.
What is onomatopoeia?