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LEAP Parent Night: ELA. Ms. Graziano. LEAP Schedule: Phase 1. MARCH 18, 2014: 5 SCHOOL DAYS! ELA- Essay Math- Constructed Response. LEAP Schedule: Phase 2. Monday, April 7, 2014: ELA Tuesday, April 8, 2014: Math Wednesday, April 9, 2014: Science
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LEAP Parent Night: ELA Ms. Graziano
LEAP Schedule: Phase 1 • MARCH 18, 2014: 5 SCHOOL DAYS! • ELA- Essay • Math- Constructed Response
LEAP Schedule: Phase 2 • Monday, April 7, 2014: ELA • Tuesday, April 8, 2014: Math • Wednesday, April 9, 2014: Science • Thursday, April 10, 2014: 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: • Writingconsists 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/Languageconsists 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).
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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!
Resources • Study Island • http://www.studyisland.com/ • Louisiana Dept. of Education • http://www.louisianabelieves.com/ • Louisiana Dept. of Education Practice Test • http://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/assessment/practice-test-ela-grade-8.pdf?sfvrsn=5