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OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES: •Review, practice, and secure concepts.•Breakdown the barriers of vocabulary and format.•Analyze data from the District and State.
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Websites• MEAP: www.mi.gov/meap
– Released items– Guide to MEAP reports– Assessable GLCE information
• MI-Access: www.mi.gov/mi-access – Extended GLCE and Benchmarks– Accommodations Information
• MI-Access Information Center: www.mi-access.info
• Office of School Improvement: www.mi.gov/osi – Michigan Curriculum Framework– Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCE)
• Intermediate School Districts and MMLA connections:– www.mscenters.org – see what other districts have already done! – MMLA assessment builder and practice questions– www.jcisd.org (go to general education Math and Science Center Math GLCE and
Model Assessments– www.manistee.org (go to general education benchmark assessment project) – www.mictm.org
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5 ELA Strands on MEAP
• Reading • Writing• Speaking• Listening• Viewing Reading the GLCE Code:
R.WS.06.10Strand
(Content Area)Domain (Sub-Content Area like: Word Study, Fluency, etc.)
Grade Level
GLCE Number
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ReadingThe correct answer will be highlighted in the
following questions.
•If the answer is highlighted green, then we did better than the state by 5% or more.
•If the answer is highlighted yellow, then we did better than the state by 0-4%.
•If the answer is highlighted red, then we did worse than the state.
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State Results
District Results
A 21%
B 63%
C 10%
D 5%
Questions 13 – 20 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
14 Use context to determine word meaning
A Incorrect meaning
B Correct answer
C Incorrect meaning
D Incorrect meaning
GLCE: R.WS.06.01 explain and use word structure, sentence structure, and prediction to aid in decoding and understanding the meanings of words encountered in context.
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State Results
District Results
A 12%
B 26%
C 55%
D 7%
Questions 13 – 20 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
17 Determine meaning use sentence structure
A Incorrect meaning
B Incorrect meaning
C Correct answer
D Incorrect meaning
GLCE: R.WS.06.01 explain and use word structure, sentence structure, and prediction to aid in decoding and understanding the meanings of words encountered in context.
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State Results
District Results
A 9%
B 7%
C 80%
D 4%
Questions 21 – 28 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
27 Use context to determine meaning of phrase
A Incorrect meaning
B Incorrect meaning
C Correct answer
D Incorrect meaning
GLCE: R.WS.06.07 in context, determine the meaning of words and phrases including regional idioms, literary and technical terms, and content vocabulary using strategies including connotation, denotation, and authentic content-related resources.
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GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State Results
District Results
A 64%
B 8%
C 9%
D 19%
Questions 13 – 20 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
15 Identify character traits
A Correct answer
B Incorrect character traits
C Incorrect character traits
D Incorrect character traits
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GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State Results
District Results
A 67%
B 20%
C 8%
D 4%
Questions 21 – 28 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
25 Analyze character traits
A Correct answer
B Incorrect trait
C Incorrect trait
D Incorrect trait
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GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State Results
District Results
A 24%
B 53%
C 14%
D 8%
Questions 21 – 28 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
26 Identify climax
A Incorrect climax
B Correct answer
C Incorrect climax
D Incorrect climax
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GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State Results
District Results
A 6%
B 15%
C 10%
D 69%
Questions 29 – 33 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
32 Identify how narrators are alike across texts
A Correct statement for one text, not both
B Correct statement for one text, not both
C Correct statement for one text, not both
D Correct answer
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GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State Results
District Results
A 58%
B 17%
C 6%
D 19%
Questions 29 – 33 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
33 Identify how narrators reveal themselves across texts
A Correct answer
B Incorrect information
C Incorrect information
D Correct information for one text, not both
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State Results
District Results
A 77%
B 7%
C 13%
D 2%
Questions 21 – 28 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
21 Analyze use of imagery
A Correct answer
B Incorrect analysis
C Incorrect analysis
D Incorrect analysis
GLCE: R.NT.06.04 analyze how authors use literary devices including dialogue, imagery, mood, and understatement to develop the plot, characters, point of view, and theme.
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State Results
District Results
A 11%
B 60%
C 18%
D 10%
Questions 21 – 28 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
28 Interpret meaning using imagery
A Incorrect interpretation
B Correct answer
C Incorrect interpretation
D Incorrect interpretation
GLCE: R.NT.06.04 analyze how authors use literary devices including dialogue, imagery, mood, and understatement to develop the plot, characters, point of view, and theme.
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State Results
District Results
A 6%
B 37%
C 48%
D 8%
37 Alice Evans wrote the following: “It seems that my role as a scientist was not to chart new paths into the unknown…but to sense discrepancies, call attention to them and do what I could to make corrections.” By this, she means that she
A was afraid of exploring the unknown.
B was always looking for new problems to solve.
C approach existing problems in a different way.
D did not consider herself to be a creative scientist
GLCE: R.NT.06.04 analyze how authors use literary devices including dialogue, imagery, mood, and understatement to develop the plot, characters, point of view, and theme.
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State Results
District Results
A 11%
B 69%
C 16%
D 4%
Questions 13 – 20 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
16 Analyze author’s purpose
A Incorrect purpose
B Correct answer
C Incorrect purpose
D Incorrect purpose
GLCE: R.IT.06.01 analyze the structure, elements, features, style, and purpose of informational genre, including research reports, “how-to” articles, and essays.
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State Results
District Results
A 69%
B 17%
C 6%
D 8%
35 This selection would most likely be found in
A a book about famous women scientists.
B a news article about people in education and research.
C a collection of short stories about life in the early twentieth century.
D a manual for dairy farmers.
GLCE: R.IT.06.01 analyze the structure, elements, features, style, and purpose of informational genre, including research reports, “how-to” articles, and essays.
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State Results
District Results
A 55%
B 6%
C 19%
D 20%
Questions 21 – 28 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
22 Identify organizational pattern
A Correct answer
B Compare/Contrast
C Cause and effect
D Problem and Solution
GLCE: R.IT.06.02 analyze organizational text patterns including descriptive, chronological sequence, and problem/solution.
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State Results
District Results
A 6%
B 7%
C 16%
D 71%
38 Which of the following lists important events in Alice Evan’s life in the order they occurred?
A earns a master’s degree, studies bacteria in milk, catches undulant fever, teaches school
B catches undulant fever, studies bacteria in milk, earns a master’s degree, teaches school
C earns a master’s degree, teaches school, studies bacteria in milk, catches undulant fever
D teaches school, earns a master’s degree, studies bacteria in milk, catches undulant fever
GLCE: R.IT.06.02 analyze organizational text patterns including descriptive, chronological sequence, and problem/solution.
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State Results
District Results
A 9%
B 16%
C 57%
D 17%
Questions 21 – 28 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
24 Explain use of illustration
A Incorrect use of illustration
B Incorrect use of illustration
C Correct answer
D Incorrect use of illustration
GLCE: R.IT.06.03 explain how authors use text features including footnotes, bibliographies, introductions, summaries, conclusions, and appendices to enhance the understanding of central, key, and supporting ideas.
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State Results
District Results
A 11%
B 23%
C 4%
D 62%
Questions 13 – 20 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
13 Select title
A Title focuses on detail
B Title focuses on detail
C Title focuses on detail
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative and informational text.
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GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative and informational text.
State Results
District Results
A 17%
B 4%
C 20%
D 58%
Questions 13 – 20 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
18 Identify relevant detail
A Incorrect information
B Incorrect information
C Incorrect information
D Correct answer
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State Results
District Results
A 10%
B 69%
C 7%
D 13%
Questions 13 – 20 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
20 Identify relevant detail
A Incorrect detail
B Correct answer
C Incorrect detail
D Incorrect detail
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative and informational text.
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State Results
District Results
A 10%
B 27%
C 6%
D 58%
Questions 21 – 28 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
23 Explain character’s action using cause/effect relationship
A Incorrect cause
B Incorrect cause
C Incorrect cause
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative and informational text.
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State Results
District Results
A 9%
B 6%
C 11%
D 73%
36 Undulant fever is caused by a bacterium
A in cow’s milk spoiled by high temperatures.
B known as tuberculosis.
C found in pasteurized goat’s milk.
D contained in unpasteurized cow’s milk.
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative and informational text.
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State Results
District Results
A 10%
B 60%
C 9%
D 20%
39 Based on the selection, which of the following statements is now true?
A Pasteurization is one of the leading causes of death.
B Undulant fever is rare in the United States and most Western nations.
C The United States is the only country in which milk is pasteurized.
D Thanks for pasteurization, undulant fever has been eliminated worldwide.
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative and informational text.
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State Results
District Results
A 83%
B 5%
C 5%
D 7%
40 According to the selection, most people in the early 1900s believed that
A fresh cow’s milk was safe.
B cow’s milk was better than goat’s milk.
C cow’s milk should be pasteurized.
D healthy-looking cows could still be infected
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative and informational text.
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State Results
District Results
A 6%
B 50%
C 37%
D 6%
41 According to the selection, Alice Evans will be remembered most as
A a dedicated grade-school teacher.
B one of the country’s first women scientists.
C the scientist who discovered undulant fever.
D the first researcher of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative and informational text.
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State Results
District Results
A 7%
B 21%
C 65%
D 7%
42 Which of these statements about undulant fever is true?
A It affects only cows and goats.
B It is caused by bacteria in pasteurized milk.
C It makes a person’s temperature rise and fall.
D It is still a leading cause of death in the United States.
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative and informational text.
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State Results
District Results
A 74%
B 9%
C 6%
D 10%
Questions 13 – 20 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
19 Make inference to determine main idea
A Correct answer
B Incorrect inference
C Incorrect inference
D Incorrect inference
GLCE: R.CM.06.03 analyze global themes, universal truths and principles within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by drawing conclusions, making inferences, and synthesizing.
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State Results
District Results
A 5%
B 3%
C 14%
D 78%
Questions 29 – 33 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
29 Identify audience across texts
A Incorrect audience
B Incorrect audience
C Incorrect audience
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.CM.06.03 analyze global themes, universal truths and principles within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by drawing conclusions, making inferences, and synthesizing.
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State Results
District Results
A 21%
B 61%
C 7%
D 10%
Questions 29 – 33 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
30 Compare narrators across texts
A Describes similarities between narrators
B Correct answer
C Describes one narrator, not both
D Describes one narrator, not both
GLCE: R.CM.06.03 analyze global themes, universal truths and principles within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by drawing conclusions, making inferences, and synthesizing.
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State Results
District Results
A 24%
B 6%
C 66%
D 4%
Questions 29 – 33 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
31Compare themes across texts
A Theme for one text, not both
B Incorrect information
C Correct answer
D Incorrect information
GLCE: R.CM.06.03 analyze global themes, universal truths and principles within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by drawing conclusions, making inferences, and synthesizing.
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WritingThe correct answer will be highlighted in the
following questions.
•If the answer is highlighted green, then we did better than the state by 5% or more.
•If the answer is highlighted yellow, then we did better than the state by 0-4%.
•If the answer is highlighted red, then we did worse than the state.
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State Results
District Results
A 16%
B 78%
C 3%
D 2%
Questions 2 – 8 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
2 Identify organizational pattern
A Sequence
B Correct answer
C Compare/Contrast
D Description
GLCE W.PR.06.02 apply a variety of pre-writing strategies for both narrative (e.g., graphic organizers designed to develop a plot that includes major and minor characters, builds climax, and uses dialogue to enhance a theme) and informational writing (e.g., problem/solution or sequence)
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State Results
District Results
A 45%
B 10%
C 14%
D 31%
9 Which of the following would improve the first paragraph of this sample?
A combining sentences to eliminate repetition
B mentioning some specific winter activities
C telling why winter is the author’s favorite season
D including an introductory sentence
GLCE W.PR.06.03 revise drafts for clarity, coherence, and consistency in content, voice, and genre characteristics with audience and purpose in mind.
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State Results
District Results
A 9%
B 12%
C 76%
D 3%
Questions 2 – 8 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
6 Use simile to make comparison
A Incorrect comparison
B Incorrect comparison
C Correct answer
D Incorrect comparison
GLCE: W.PS.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly spell frequently encountered and frequently misspelled words.
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State Results
District Results
A 86%
B 4%
C 7%
D 2%
Questions 2 – 8 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
8 Identify quote that shows writer’s feelings
A Correct answer
B Quote unrelated to question
C Incorrect quote
D Incorrect quote
GLCE: W. PS.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly spell frequently encountered and frequently misspelled words.
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State Results
District Results
A 12%
B 13%
C 31%
D 44%
Questions 2 – 8 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
4 Edit punctuation; quotation marks
A Incorrect placement of quotation marks
B Incorrect placement of quotation marks
C Correct placement of quotation marks; incorrect capitalization at beginning of quotation
D Correct answer
GLCE: W.GR.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures in writing including indefinite and predicate pronouns; transitive and intransitive verbs; adjective and adverbial phrases; adjective and adverbial subordinate clauses; comparative adverbs and adjectives; superlatives, conjunctions; compound sentences; appositives; independent and dependent clauses; introductory phrases; periods; commas; quotation marks; and use of underlining and italics for specific purposes.
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State Results
District Results
A 19%
B 50%
C 9%
D 22%
Questions 2 – 8 not released. Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
7 Identify sentence fragment
A Punctuation error
B Correct answer
C Spelling error
D Verb tense error
GLCE: W.GR.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures in writing including indefinite and predicate pronouns; transitive and intransitive verbs; adjective and adverbial phrases; adjective and adverbial subordinate clauses; comparative adverbs and adjectives; superlatives, conjunctions; compound sentences; appositives; independent and dependent clauses; introductory phrases; periods; commas; quotation marks; and use of underlining and italics for specific purposes.
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State Results
District Results
A 9%
B 5%
C 13%
D 73%
10 Read the sentence below.Sometimes when I make snowballs, I take off my gloves. And my hands feel frozen as if they were ice.
Which is the best way to fix or edit these sentences?
A Sometimes when I make snowballs. I take off my I take off my gloves and my hands feel frozen as if they were ice.
B Sometimes when I make snowballs. I take off my I take off my gloves. And my hands feel frozen as if they were ice.
C Sometimes when I make snowballs I take off my I take off my gloves and my hands feel frozen. As if they were ice.
D Sometimes when I make snowballs, I take off my I take off my gloves and my hands feel frozen as if they were ice.
GLCE: W.GR.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures in writing including indefinite and predicate pronouns; transitive and intransitive verbs; adjective and adverbial phrases; adjective and adverbial subordinate clauses; comparative adverbs and adjectives; superlatives, conjunctions; compound sentences; appositives; independent and dependent clauses; introductory phrases; periods; commas; quotation marks; and use of underlining and italics for specific purposes.
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State Results
District Results
A 72%
B 12%
C 12%
D 5%
11 Read the sentence below.
When I came inside from playing, I look forward to a nice, hot cup of cocoa.
Which sentence has been fixed or edited correctly?
A When I come inside from playing, I look forward to a nice, hot cup of cocoa.
B When I was coming inside from playing, I look forward to a nice, hot cup of cocoa.
C When I cam inside from playing, I will look forward to a nice, hot cup of cocoa.
D When I came inside from playing, I looking forward to a nice, hot cup of cocoa.
GLCE: W.GR.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures in writing including indefinite and predicate pronouns; transitive and intransitive verbs; adjective and adverbial phrases; adjective and adverbial subordinate clauses; comparative adverbs and adjectives; superlatives, conjunctions; compound sentences; appositives; independent and dependent clauses; introductory phrases; periods; commas; quotation marks; and use of underlining and italics for specific purposes.
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State Results
District Results
A 5%
B 6%
C 80%
D 9%
Questions 2 – 8 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
3 Edit spelling of frequently encountered words
A Target word misspelled; incorrect verb tense
B Target word misspelled; incorrect punctuation
C Correct answer
D Target word misspelled; incorrect punctuation
GLCE: W.SP.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly spell frequently encountered and frequently misspelled words
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State Results
District Results
A 31%
B 12%
C 51%
D 5%
Questions 2 – 8 not released.Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
5 Edit spelling; drop final e before adding suffix
A Misspelled target word; conjunction omitted
B Misspelled target word; incorrect placement of comma
C Correct answer
D Misspelled target word; incorrect verb tense
GLCE: W.SP.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly spell frequently encountered and frequently misspelled words
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State Results
District Results
0 1%
1 17%
2 71%
3 11%
4 0%
12 Does the writer do a good job of explaining the main idea? Why or why not?
Use examples and details from Student Writing Sample #2 on page 9 to support your answer.
GLCE: W.GN.06.02 write a personal, persuasive, or comparative essay that includes organizational patterns supporting key ideas.
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1 Write about the theme: Kindness“No act of kindness, however small is ever wasted.” –
Aesop
Kindness can be shown in many ways and can have a meaningful impact. Write about the theme of kindness.
Do ONLY ONE of the following:describe a time when you were not kind and wish you
had beenOR
describe a time when you were treated with special kindnessOR
explain how kindness can affect or be shown by animalsOR
tell why it is important to treat everyone in a kind wayOR
write about the theme in your own way
GLCE: W.PR.06.01 set a purpose, consider audience, and replicate authors’ styles and patterns when writing a narrative or informational piece.
State Results
District Results
0 1%
1 5%
2 30%
3 45%
4 16%
5 3%
6 0%