Reading

EOG PREP

Prep for your End of Grade test with these sample passages and questions (answers are included -- no peeking!). Challenge yourself to use the "Grit Mentality" we have been practicing, and don't forget to use all of your test taking strategies!
- 6th Grade Sample Test (full test version from 2015)
- 7th Grade Sample Test (full test version from 2015)
- 8th Grade Sample Test (fell test version from 2013)
- 8th Grade Sample Test (full test version from 2016, Engage NY)

FICTION Sample Test Items: 6th Grade, 6th Grade #2, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

NONFICTION Sample Test Items: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

POETRY Sample Test Items: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 7th Grade #2, 8th Grade

CONTENT Sample Test Items: 6th Grade, 6th Grade #2, 7th Grade, 7th Grade #2, 8th Grade

CONSUMER Sample Test Items: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

dream 15

At the beginning of most every ELA class, you will enjoy 15 minutes of uninterrupted, blissful, independent reading, where you choose what to read.

READING FOR PLEASURE

As a part of your homework, you are to read for pleasure for at least 30 minutes every night.
I encourage you to keep an ongoing list of books or other reading material that you might like to read, and to set GOALS to finish books.
It is critical to establish routines around reading for pleasure into your life. When do you read? Where do you read? Protect and honor your love for reading!
Having trouble finding something to read? I can help! There's something out there for everyone, I promise; you just have to find it. Come see me.

close reading & annotating

Learning and practicing the best strategies to close read and annotate text are key to high engagement and deep understanding to the complex text you will read this year. Always keep your "Things Close Readers Do" bookmark (seen below) inside your book to help you remember to apply close reading strategies. While reading literature, identify the 6 "signposts" to help you understand and respond to character development, conflict, point of view, and theme. These strategies are the key to successfully interacting and engaging with the text.

Annotate YOUR Way! Some options:

1) Write annotations directly on the pages of your own purchased copy of a text.

2) Rip sticky notes into thirds. Write annotations on the sticky notes and stick to the corresponding pages. Draw arrows indicating to which sentence/paragraph your annotation exactly corresponds.

2) Record annotations in your writing notebook. House a digital "Annotations" folder within your ELA Google Drive Folder. Remember to include the page number for each annotation.

3) Record voice clips of your annotations and house in a "Annotations" folder within your ELA Google Drive Folder.

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