New York State English Language Arts Exam 7th Grade

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New York State English Language Arts Exam7th
Grade
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What is the ELA Assessment?

• The New York State English Language Arts
  Assessment is designed to measure your
  proficiency in
• reading
• writing
• listening

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Preparations

• Get a good night sleep before each test session.
• Eat breakfast on test mornings.
• Be confident!
• Dont panic! You are well prepared. Nows the
  time to show what you know!

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Materials What do I bring?

• 2 sharpened No. 2 pencils
• red pen
• your thinking cap!

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General Overview
Day 1 Timing
Reading comprehension 26 multiple choice questions 2 short responses 50 minutes
Day 2 Timing
Listening comprehension 4 multiple choice questions 2 short responses Editing paragraph 15 minutes 10 minutes
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Day 1

• Students must
• read several passages
• answer 26 multiple choice questions
• answer 2 short responses
• Remember to pace yourself!

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Reading Comprehension Strategies

• Read all directions carefully.
• Underline key words or phrases.
• Use your reading strategies (i.e. predict,
  clarify).

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Strategies for Answering Multiple Choice Questions

• Be aware of the question type (main idea, detail,
  authors purpose).
• Look back in the selection for details to help
  you answer the questions.
• Use process of elimination.

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Multiple Choice Strategies Continued

• Eliminate the obviously wrong answers.
• When deciding between two seemingly correct
  answers, choose the best possible answer.
• Use all of your available time.
• Check over all of your answers.

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Strategies for Writing

• Short Responses
• Read the questions carefully.
• Decide what the questions are asking.

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Strategies for Writing Continued

• Short Responses
• Look back in the passages for information to
  answer the questions.
• Use specific, concrete details (more than one).

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Day 2-Listening

• Students must
• listen to a passage
• take notes
• answer 4 multiple choice questions
• answer 2 short responses

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Strategies for Listening/Note-taking

• During the FIRST reading
• listen carefully for the genre of the piece
• biography/autobiography
• informative article
• persuasive article
• the curveball!
• listen for big ideas
• take some notes

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Strategies for Listening/Note-taking

• During the SECOND reading
• listen for specific details such as who, what,
  where, when, why or how
• take plenty of notes

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Strategies for Writing

• Short Responses
• Read the questions carefully.
• Decide what the questions are asking.
• Look back in your notes for information to answer
  the questions.
• Use specific, concrete details (more than one).

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Day 2-Editing

• Students must
• carefully read a paragraph and correct errors in
• sentence structure i.e. run-ons
• punctuation i.e. comma use
• capitalization i.e. titles
• grammar i.e. verb tense
• usage i.e. their/there/theyre

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• THERE ARE NO SPELLING ERRORS!

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Strategies for Editing

• Read the paragraph VERY slowly, saying each word
  to yourself.
• Use your pencil to touch each word and each
  punctuation mark.

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Strategies for Editing Continued

• You may need to add something, remove something
  or change something.
• Correct only what is wrong. You are editing not
  revising.

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Pace Yourself for the Listening/Editing Task

• Keep an eye on the clock
• Suggested Pacing
• 5 minutes to answer multiple choice
• 10 minutes to write short responses
• 10 minutes to edit the paragraph
• Total 25 minutes
• You may go back to the listening portion after
  you finish editing if time permits.

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GOOD LUCK!