LEAP Parent Night: ELA Mrs. Haulbrook

LEAP Schedule: Phase 1 MARCH SCHOOL DAYS! ELA- Essay Math- Constructed Response

LEAP Schedule: Phase 2 Monday: ELA Tuesday: Math Wednesday: Science Thursday: Social Studies

English Language Arts (69 pts. Total) The grade 8 LEAP English language arts assessment includes a written composition, short-answer questions, multiple-choice questions, and an extended-response (essay) question. Phase I: Writing consists of a prompt that requires students to write a composition. (12 pts.) Phase II: Reading and Responding consists of 20 multiple-choice questions, 8 short-answer questions, and one 4-point essay question based on reading passages. (40 pts.) Using Information Resources consists of 5 multiple-choice questions and 2 short-answer questions. (9 pts.) Proofreading/Language consists of 8 multiple-choice questions. (8 pts.)

English Language Arts: 69 points total Read, Comprehend, and Respond 10 Read, analyze, and respond to literature 12 Apply Reasoning Skills and Problem-Solving Skills 18 Writing 8 Use conventions of language 12 Using information resources 9 Multiple Choice, Constructed Response, and Extended Response

The Reading & Responding Section of the ELA Test: (40 pts. total) Read, comprehend, & respond to literature (10 pts.) Read, analyze, & respond to literature (12 pts.) Apply Reasoning and Problem-Solving Skills (18 pts.)

The Writing Section of the ELA Test: (12 pts. total) Students’ compositions are scored for elements of composing [4 pts.] (such as elaboration and coherence); for style and audience awareness [4 pts.](such as vocabulary and sentence variety); and for sentence formation, usage, mechanics, and spelling [4 pts.].

Proofreading (8 pts. total) All items in the Proofreading session measure the use of the conventions of standard English (punctuation, capitalization, complex sentence structures, etc.) There are 8 multiple choice questions. (1 pt. each)

Using Information Resources (9 pts. total) Items require students to locate, select, and synthesize information from a variety of texts, media, references, and technological sources to acquire and communicate knowledge. There are 5 multiple choice questions (1 pt. each) and 2 constructed response questions (2 pts. each).

LEAP/iLEAP Test Talk Form Student:________________Teacher: _____________________ Date Tested: _____________Student Signature: _____________ Grade:_________________ “Test Talk” Date: _______________ 8 thh ELAMathScS.S.7 th ELAMathScS.S. 6 th ELAMathScS.S. Adv Adv 383– – – – 500 Adv 387– – – – 500 M M 344– – – – 371 M 341– – – – 363 B B 286– – – – 338 B 280– – – – 337 AB AB 236– – – – 292 AB 239– – – – 291 U U100– – – – 261 U100– – – – 260 Last YearGoalResultsCheck if student met goal (√) ELA Math Science Social Studies

Absences and Participation It is of the utmost importance that your child be in class on time everyday through LEAP It is also important that your child participate…now is NOT the time to mentally check out…it’s crunch time!

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