Day 122: 3/29/22 - NY State Test Prep

Good day 6th Graders,      

       Believe it or not the State tests are coming up at the end of the week. Today we will practice answering multiple choice & short written response state test questions. 

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

• Fill out your Agenda with tonight's Homework
• Pick up a copy of Pit Ponies from the black table in front of the room

Homework:

• Complete Practice Test

Activity #2
Preparing for the NY State Common Core Test

Standards

RL6.1 - Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

RL6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

RL6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings

RL6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text & contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

There will be 3 types of questions

1. Multiple Choice
2. Short Written Response
3. Extended Essay

Passages:

• Pit Ponies
• Ring of Horses
• The Sea Turtles Built in Compass
• Snow Way
• Shackleton's Stowaway

Directions: 

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. 

Tips to do your best:

• Read closely
• Reread
• Work Carefully
• Take your time
• Check your answers
• Go back into the text
• Use the online tools 
• Preview the questions
• Check your mechanics on written responses
• Capitals
• Spelling
• punctuation