January 5 , 2017

Brown
th

ELA/Reading

 ELAGSE8W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in

which the development, organization, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Learning
Target

Learning Target: Produce

writing that is developed,
organized, and shows your
style, when taking the
Milestone Assessment.
Quick write: Five MinutesWhat do you remember about
the Milestone last year? What
was easy about the test?
What was hard about the
test?

 Label the Section of

your ELA Journal:
Milestone Writing
Assessment.

Two-Column
Notes

Topics:
1. Types of ELA Tests
2. Writing Test
Breakdown
3. Things to Remember
when taking the test.

Reading/ELA

OpeningTwo Tests

Multiple Choice
Questions- Reading and
Language Arts.
Constructed Response
Items- BCR or Narrative
Prompts.
70 Minutes per Section
Tests Reading,
Grammar, and Writing
Standards in exclusion.

Writing
Read Text(s)
Answer a few
multiple choice
questions.
Constructed
Response Item
Extended Response
Item- Essay
90 Minute Section
Measures
comprehension and
application of highorder thinking skills.

100 Minutes:
1. Read two
passages.

Essay Times

2. Answer 4
Multiple Choice
Questions.
3. Construction
Response
4. Extended
Construction
Response

Only grading
what is on the
final copy of the
essay.

Things to
RememberWriting Test

Introduce your claim.

Support your claim with logical reasons and
relevant evidence from the passages.
Acknowledge and address alternate or
opposing claims.
Organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Develop your ideas clearly and use your own
words, except when quoting directly from the
passages.
Identify the passages by title or number
when using details or facts directly from the
passages.

Things to
Remember
Cont.

Use words, phrases, or clauses to

connect ideas and to clarify the
relationship among claims,
counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
Establish and maintain a formal style.
Use clear language and vocabulary.
Provide a conclusion that supports the
argument presented.
Check your work for correct usage,
grammar, spelling, capitalization, and
punctuation.

WRITING TASK

Model of
the Writing
Task

There are many ways that television and movies reflect

and influence society. Some people believe that
television and movies reflect society, while other
people believe that society influences television and
movies.
Think about the ideas in the two passages, and then
write an argumentative essay in your own words
supporting either side of this debate.
Be sure to use information from BOTH passages as you
write your argumentative essay. Write your answer on
the lines provided.

1. Read the two

articles.

Task:
Topic to
Outline

2. Take the topic

to outlinequickly.
3. You will have
twenty minutes.
4. Be Prepared to
share your
outline.

1. Share your outline

with the class.

ClosingReflect

2. What did you do well

when completing the
activity?
3. What did you have
problems with?
4. How are you going to
prepare yourself to be
successful?