ENGLISH II EOC Tips and Specs THE TEST

ENGLISH II EOC Tips and Specs

THE TEST Four hours allowed Estimated time = 150 minutes Two 2 -minute breaks 50 minutes per session Five minute warning

# OF QUESTIONS - READING 68 total questions Multiple choice Technology enhanced (about 5) Short answer (3 -4) 7 passages Four informational (non-fiction) Two fiction (chapter, short story) One poem

TYPES OF QUESTIONS - READING Short story or chapter Poetry Informational text (essay) History/Social Studies Science/Technology

TIPS ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS – THERE IS NO PENALTY FOR INCORRECT ANSWERS GET TO EVERY SECTION – DON’T GET BOGGED DOWN IN A SECTION. THERE ARE EASY QUESTIONS IN EACH SECTION. GET TO THEM ALL. THOSE THAT ARE LEFT WITH 2 MINUTES LEFT, BUBBLE IN A CONSISTENT ANSWER.

TIPS (READING) HIGHLIGHT KEY IDEAS, and DETAILS THAT THE AUTHOR SETS UP AS A LIST READ “ALOUD” SILENTLY IN YOUR HEAD READ QUICKLY but ACTIVELY, GRASPING THE MAIN IDEA, PURPOSE, and THEME THEN LOOK BACK FOR THE ANSWERS

TYPES OF READING ? ’S Broad INFERENCE – deduce something about whole passage - includes MAIN IDEA & AUTHOR’S PURPOSE WRITER’S VIEW = AUTHOR’S ATTITUDE FUNCTION – Why an author does something in a specific part of the passage Narrow INFERENCE – deduce something about a part of a passage DETAIL –Specific Information from passage VOCABULARY – define a word or phrase as used in the passage