181 ODE Assessment Item, Grade 7: What Is It?: Identifying details Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 7 Professional Commentary: This two-point, short-answer question asks students to apply a reading comprehension strategy which involves using information in text. This is a sample constructed response test item used in a past Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments).... 182 ODE Assessment Item, Grade 7: A Man for All Time: Leonardo da Vinci: Interpreting figurative language Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 7 Professional Commentary: This short-answer question asks students to show they understand or can interpret the meaning of figurative language (metaphor or simile). They also need to understand what detail or details from the passage support this meaning. This is a sample constructed response test item used in a past Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the reading passage and information regarding the general performance on this item.... 183 ODE Assessment Item, Grade 7: Do You Want to Write Haiku?: Summarizing Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 7 Professional Commentary: This two-point, short-answer question asks students to summarize information in a text. A correct response to this question depends on a student’s ability to effectively summarize a passage containing two main topics. This is a sample constructed response test item used in a past Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments).... 184 ODE Assessment Item, Grade 7: A Child Prodigy: Connecting texts Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 7 Professional Commentary: This multiple-choice question asks students to explain how the text of a work of non-fiction may relate to other texts on a similar topic.This is a sample test item used in a past Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the reading passage and information regarding the general performance on this item.... 185 ODE Assessment Item, Grade 7: A Healing Place for Animals: Use text features Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 7 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to use text features such as a Table of Contents to locate information about what to do if an injured wild animal is found. This is a sample multiple choice test item used in a past Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the reading passage and information regarding the general performance on this item. The Ohio Department of Education's IMS website allows visitors to search for test items and build a printable database of questions by choosing the "Add to Backpack" function. This resource is also available in Word format. ODE Reference Information: 2008-Grade 7 Reading, Annotated Item 30.... 186 ODE Assessment Item, Grade 7: A Healing Place for Wild Animals: Cause and effect Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 7 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to apply reading strategies which help understand the relationship between a cause and an effect. This is a sample multiple choice test item used in a past Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the reading passage and information regarding the general performance on this item. The Ohio Department of Education's IMS website allows visitors to search for test items and build a printable database of questions by choosing the "Add to Backpack" function. This resource is also available in Word format.... 187 ODE Assessment Item, Grade 7: The Tulip Touch: Describe and analyze characters Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 7 Professional Commentary: This short-answer question asks students to describe and analyze the character of Julius as well as another character in the passage. This is a sample constructed response test item used on a past Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the reading passage and information regarding the general performance on this item.... 188 ODE Assessment Item, Grade 7: A Healing Place for Wild Animals: Analyze author's argument Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 7 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to analyze the argument an author presents in the passage by stating, “None of us is equipped to help these animals.” This is a sample multiple choice test item used in a past Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the reading passage and information regarding the general performance on this item. The Ohio Department of Education's IMS website allows visitors to search for test items and build a printable database of questions by choosing the "Add to Backpack" function. This resource is also available in Word format. ODE Reference Information: 2008-Grade 7 Reading, Annotated Item 29.... 189 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Thank You: Which best describes boy's feelings in story Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 8 Professional Commentary: After reading the passage, students recall details from the story to describe one of the key characters. This is a sample multiple choice test item used in a past National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) assessment (for more information, see About NAEP).... 190 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Bargain: Write ad on printed order form Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 8 Professional Commentary: Students use information from the text to create a classified ad. This is a sample constructed response test item used in a past National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) assessment (for more information, see About NAEP).... |