MP3 - Week 8

   MONDAY   3-26-18    B-Day:  ELA Test Prep: The ELA Test - Why Take it Anyway? and Logging into the Test           

     Announcements                                       

• Note to Self: Take Attendance in the first 15 min of Periods 1 & 2!
• Check Your Gmail! 
• Homework Check of Structured Notes for Chapters 17 & 18 of To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.

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     DO Now - Copy into New Comp Book Entry                       

Entry Title: The NYS English Language Assessment 2018

What is the NYS ELA

The ELA test is an untimed test that contains several different types of questions. Students answer multiple choice questions based on short passages they read, and write responses to open-ended questions based on stories, articles, or poems they listen to or read.

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     Learning Target(s)                                   

• I can explain the benefits of taking the NYS ELA by view a presentation for parents.
• I can log into the Computer Based Testing (CBT) site for the NYS ELA using a Chromebook.

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     Mini-Lesson:  The New NYS ELA!     

1. Mr. DeGrandis will present a PowerPoint about the new and improved NYS ELA for 2018.
2. You will complete the Structured Response Activity in Google Classroom as you listen, with a partner or on your own.
3. Mr. DeGrandis will demonstrate how to log in to the NYS Website that has three Test Samplers we will be using in order to understand the test format, digital tools available and some of the most common questions you will encounter during the test.

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     Work Time                                             

 

• Go to:   https://ny.nextera.questarai.com/tds/

or Click Here!

Login to the Testing Site Using the following information...

• Once you login in successfully...
• Select Test 1
• Try to do the following...
• Figure out what the REVIEW button does.
• Try highlighting some text.
• Make the font larger or smaller.
• Select an answer.
• Block out answers you don't want to see.
• Write three notes on three different questions.
• Bookmark a question.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • None

   TUESDAY    3-27-18    C-Day:  ELA Test Prep: Begin Practice Test 2    

     Announcements     

• Note to Self: Take Attendance in the first 15 min of Periods 1 & 2!
• New Grades are posted that include the last three quizzes!
• Verify your phone number! (Period 1 only)
• Check Your Gmail! 

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     DO Now - Fill it In Now!                               

Add this information to your NYS ELA TEST entry

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     Learning Target(s)                                   

• I can explain how to respond to MCQs and short answer questions on the NYS ELA. 

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     Mini-Lessons:  Life Hacks for Testing          

 
• Answering Multiple Choice Questions
• Writing Short Responses

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     Work Time                                                    

 

• Login to the NYS ELA Practice Exam #2 and get to work.

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • None

   WEDNESDAY   3-28-18    D-Day:  ELA Test Prep: Finish Practice Test II     

     Announcements                                           

• Note to Self: Take Attendance in the first 15 min of Periods 1 & 2!
• Check Your Gmail! 

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     DO Now - Hacking the Extended Response      

Add this to your notes...

The extended response question is basically an extended short answer.  Use a good intro paragraph that includes Hook, Link, Thesis (Controlling Idea), Bridge and body paragraphs that follow the TREES structure and a concluding paragraph.

Want to review it?  What's Opera Doc?

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     Learning Target(s)                                   

• I can explain how to respond to the extended response questions on the NYS ELA by using a practice test.

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     Mini-Lesson:  None                                 

     Work Time                                

 

• Finish Practice Test II

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • None

   THURSDAY  3-29-18    Finish Practice Test II and Start Practice Test III (due after Spring Break)     

     Announcements     

• Note to Self: Take Attendance in the first 15 min of Periods 1 & 2!
• Check Your Gmail! 

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     DO Now - None                   

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     Learning Target(s)     

• I can prepare for the NYS ELA by using a CBT practice test.
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     Work Time                           

 

• Begin Practice Test III

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • Finsih Practice Test III over the break.

   MONDAY   4-9-18    B-Day:  ELA Test Prep: Review Responses for Sample Test III           

     Announcements                                  

• Note to Self: Take Attendance in the first 15 min of Periods 1 & 2!
• Check Your Gmail!

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     DO Now - XXX                                

Entry Title: XXX

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     Learning Target(s)     

• XXXX 

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     Mini-Lesson:  XXX     

 
• XXXX

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     Work Time       

 

• XXXX  

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     Assessment / Homework       

• • XXXX