Grade 9 11 PARCC Literacy Assessments What is

Grade 9 -11 PARCC Literacy Assessments

What is Given and When • • • Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) given at 75% point in the year 3 sessions/3 days narrative task literary analysis task research task • • End of Year Assessment (EOY) given at 90% point in the year 2 sessions half informational half literary

Item Types • PCR: Prose Constructed Response (crafted essay) • EBSR: Evidence-Based Selected Response (paired multiple choice questions OR multi-answer multiple choice) • TECR: Technology-Enhanced Constructed Response (drag and drop or highlight)

Length of Text • Text selections will be 500 -1500 words in length for grades 9 -11 • At least one of the texts for the Research task and one for the Literary Analysis task will be on the longer end of that range.

Performance Based Assessments (PBA) Reading • Given at the 75% point of the year • Three sessions: – Narrative – Literary Analysis – Research simulation

Gr 9 -11 Narrative Task 50 Minutes • One short text • One PCR scored against rubric: – 4 points reading comprehension – 12 points written expression – 4 points language and conventions • One TECR for two points • Four EBSR, two points each

Gr 9 -11 Literary Task 80 Minutes • 1 short literary AND 1 extended literary text • One PCR scored against rubric – 4 points reading comprehension – 12 points written expression – 4 points language and conventions • Two TECR, two points each • Four EBSR, two points each Note: There will be 2 vocabulary questions for this task.

Possibilities for Literary Analysis Impact of word choice Structural analysis Complex Characterization Analysis of how author draws on or transforms source material • Analysis of a subject or scene • •

Literary Analysis Gr 11 • In addition to other high school possibilities: • Expression of knowledge of eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth century treatment of similar themes and topics

Gr 9 -11 Research Simulation 85 Minutes • 2 short informational AND 1 extended informational text • One PCR scored against rubric – 4 points reading comprehension – 12 points written expression – 4 points language and conventions • Two TECR, two points each • Seven EBSR, two points each Note: There will be three vocabulary questions for this task

Possibilities for Research Simulation Task • • Focus on point of view and purpose Relationship of ideas Use of illustration and other visuals Analysis of argument

Writing Forms for Gr 9 -11 • Satires • Spoofs • Testimonials • . . . as well as any form from Gr 6 -8, and/or Gr 35

Writing Forms for Gr 6 -8 • Anecdotes • Apologies • Complaints • Editorials • Interviews. . . as well as any form from grades 3 -5!

Writing Forms for PARCC Grades 3 -5 • • Adventure stories Autobiography Book reviews Brochures Character Sketches Descriptions Diaries

• • Encyclopedia or Wiki entries Endings Essays Explanations Fables Fantasy stories Fiction

• • • How-to-do-it articles Humorous stories Legends Letters Magazine articles Myths News articles Pamphlets Persuasive letters

• • Reports Reviews Scenes (from a play) Short stories Science articles Science fiction stories Sequels Speeches

Implications Students need to read and write a variety of genres. They need to develop writing fluency by writing a lot.

EOY assessment Two 70 minute sessions ALL of the following: • One short/medium literary text (500 -800 words) • One medium/long literary OR two paired shorter literary texts (800 -1500 words) • Two short/medium informational text (500800 words) • One medium/long informational OR two paired informational texts (800 -1500)

About the informational text: • One is literary nonfiction • One is history/social studies OR science/technical text • The third is literacy nonfiction OR history/social studies OR science/technical

EOY • Four or five questions for each short/medium text on reading standards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and language standards 4, 5, 6 • Six questions for each medium/long OR paired texts on reading standards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and language standards 4, 5, 6 • All are EBSRs or TECRs: two points each -There will be one vocabulary question for each of the five passages.

There will always be a set of paired texts on the EOY, which could be: – two informational texts – two literary texts – one informational and one literary text Implication: Give students experience with paired texts often…literary, informational, and one of each!

How to Prepare • Trying to prepare for these assessments with question stems and packets is just not enough. Students need as much reading and writing experience as possible.