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Here are some suggestions to help you do your best:
• Be sure to read all the directions carefully.
• Most questions will make sense only when you read the whole passage. You may read the passage more than once to answer a question. When a question includes a quotation from a passage, be sure to keep in mind what you learned from reading the whole passage. You may need to review both the quotation and the passage in order to answer the question correctly.
• Read each question carefully and think about the answer before making your choice.
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Grade 62018English Language Arts TestSession 1 April 11 – 13, 2018
Released Questions
Excerpt from “The Story of Urashima Taro, The Fisher Lad,” by Yei Theodora Ozaki, from Japanese Fairy Tales. Auckland: The Floating Press, 2014.
“The Thirst for First Is the Worst,” by Reilly Blum: WABE/Youth Radio Atlanta, May 29, 2015.<https://youthradio.org/news/article/the-thirst-for-first-is-the-worst/>.
Excerpt from “The Importance of Winning,” by Andy Jobanek and Billy Low: whitmanpioneer.com; The Whitman Pioneer, March 12, 2009. <http://whitmanpioneer.com/sports/full-court-press-sports/2009/03/12/the-fullcourtpress-the-importance-of-winning/>.
Developed and published under contract with the New York State Education Department by Questar Assessment Inc., 5550 Upper 147th Street West, Minneapolis, MN 55124. Copyright © 2018 by the New York State Education Department.
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TIPS FOR TAKING THE TEST
Here are some suggestions to help you do your best:
• Be sure to read all the directions carefully.
• Most questions will make sense only when you read the whole passage. You may read the passage more than once to answer a question. When a question includes a quotation from a passage, be sure to keep in mind what you learned from reading the whole passage. You may need to review both the quotation and the passage in order to answer the question correctly.
• Read each question carefully and think about the answer before writing your response.
• In writing your responses, be sure to
– clearly organize your writing and express what you have learned;
– accurately and completely answer the questions being asked;
– support your responses with examples or details from the text; and
– write in complete sentences using correct spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation.
• For the last question in this test book, you may plan your writing on the Planning Page provided, but do NOT write your final answer on this Planning Page. Writing on this Planning Page will NOT count toward your final score. Write your final answer on the lined response pages provided.
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