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Georgia High School Graduation Tests ***********

Georgia High School Graduation Tests ***********

GHSGT GHSWT !!!Must pass both to graduate!!! • Writing test given in fall of

GHSGT GHSWT !!!Must pass both to graduate!!! • Writing test given in fall of junior year • Persuasive writing • ELA given spring of junior year • ELA has three domains –Reading Comprehension –Literary Analysis –Conventions and writing

Graduation Writing Test • 100 minutes to write a persuasive essay • Scored in

Graduation Writing Test • 100 minutes to write a persuasive essay • Scored in four domains: – Ideas (40%) – Style (20%) – Organization (20%) – Conventions (20%)

Graduation Writing Test • Given three times per year • Scores range from 100

Graduation Writing Test • Given three times per year • Scores range from 100 -350 • 200 is minimum passing score

GHSGT • 50 -60 questions • Up to three hours and ten minutes if

GHSGT • 50 -60 questions • Up to three hours and ten minutes if needed • No penalty for guessing • 500 to pass • 516 for AYP

ELA Domain One: Reading Comprehension • Approx 48% of the test • Read passages

ELA Domain One: Reading Comprehension • Approx 48% of the test • Read passages for meaning, structure, main ideas, themes, vocabulary context, point-ofview, genre, audience, purpose

ELA Domain One: Reading Comprehension Poetry • • Alliteration Assonance Consonance End rhyme Internal

ELA Domain One: Reading Comprehension Poetry • • Alliteration Assonance Consonance End rhyme Internal rhyme Slant rhyme Sonnet • • • Blank verse Fixed ballad Free verse Haiku Lyric Narrative poem

ELA Domain One: Reading Comprehension Figurative Language • Allusion • Extended metaphor • Hyperbole

ELA Domain One: Reading Comprehension Figurative Language • Allusion • Extended metaphor • Hyperbole • Imagery • Irony • • • Metaphor Paradox Personification Symbolism Tone

ELA Domain Two: Literary Analysis • Approx 38% of the test • Analyze pieces

ELA Domain Two: Literary Analysis • Approx 38% of the test • Analyze pieces of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. • American Literature

ELA Domain Two: Literary Analysis Universal Themes • Evaluate how theme is presented •

ELA Domain Two: Literary Analysis Universal Themes • Evaluate how theme is presented • Across literary periods • Fiction, poetry, or non-fiction

ELA Domain One: Literary Analysis Non-Fiction • Language • Logic • Rhetorical Strategies •

ELA Domain One: Literary Analysis Non-Fiction • Language • Logic • Rhetorical Strategies • Style • Syntax

ELA Domain One: Literary Analysis Fiction • What is the effect of _______ on

ELA Domain One: Literary Analysis Fiction • What is the effect of _______ on _______? • How does ______ affect the meaning of _____? • Controlling images • Irony • Tone • Understatement

ELA Domain Three: Conventions & Writing • Approx 14% of the test • Revise

ELA Domain Three: Conventions & Writing • Approx 14% of the test • Revise selections • Use research strategies

ELA Domain Three: Conventions and Writing Proper English Usage • Cognates • Formal vs.

ELA Domain Three: Conventions and Writing Proper English Usage • Cognates • Formal vs. informal language • Idioms • Literal vs. figurative meanings of words

ELA Domain Three: Conventions and Writing Decisions • • • Grammar Structure Diction Syntax

ELA Domain Three: Conventions and Writing Decisions • • • Grammar Structure Diction Syntax Developing research questions • Logic • Coherence • Evaluating for audience, purpose & context • Primary & secondary sources

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