MAP Reading Section Test Prep Game and Worksheet for Grades 8 and 9
Inquiring Mind of the English Teacher Kind
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Grade Levels
8th - 9th
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRL.8.1
CCSSRL.8.3
CCSSRL.8.4
CCSSRL.8.10
CCSSRL.9-10.1
Formats Included
- Google Drive™ folder
Pages
30+
Inquiring Mind of the English Teacher Kind
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Description
Help middle and high school students perform well on the reading section of the NWEA MAP reading test (Measures of Academic Progress) for grades eight and nine with this Google Slideshow game, which facilitates recall and discussion of relevant concepts. In addition, a self-grading Google Form and editable Google Doc worksheet are included for those who wish to help students prepare in a more conventional manner.
Topics covered in this resource including the following:
- Synonyms
- Reference materials
- Parallel structure
- Idioms
- Discerning the best definition of a word using context clues
- Identifying the purpose of a given passage
- Connotation
- Rhetorical questions
- Affixes
- Broad generalizations
- Informational text
- The order of plot elements
- Discerning the author's viewpoint
- Deduction
- Determining an intended audience
- Purposes of sidebars and footnotes
- Poetic rhyme scheme
- Bandwagon
- Making logical inferences
- Identifying the mood of a given passage
- Allegory
- Hubris
This resource may be used as a beginning-of-the-year activity to help teachers gather formative data on incoming students' skills and deficits.
Total Pages
30+
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
N/A
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Standards
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CCSSRL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
CCSSRL.8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
CCSSRL.8.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSSRL.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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