ELA Grade 7: Semester One Final Exam Information

Semester one final exams will be given over the course of three minimum days. Final exam periods will last approximately two hours each. Between each day’s first and second final exams, students will have a break and an ESP period. ELA semester exam is worth approximately 10% of students’ overall grade.

January 24th: exams for periods 1 and 2

January 25th: exams for periods 3 and 4

January 26th: exams for periods 5 and 6.

The test consists of three different sections: writing, reading comprehension, and listening.

Writing:Students will revise their initial pre-benchmark narrative essay which was previously taken on My Access December 6th or 7th. Using specific narrative strategies taught during unit two, students will edit and revise their narratives in order to improve their initial scoring. Revision will take place during class on January 22nd and 23rd. A grading rubric will be provided and discussed prior to completion. Additionally, two questions on the reading comprehension section will require an informational writing paragraph response supplying textual evidence to support a claim.

Reading Comprehension:Students will read four different text selections. Using skills taught during both unit one and unit two, students will answer multiple choice questions based on skill sets, strategies, and standards taught over the course of first semester. (The list of specific standards covered on the exam is available on Haiku.) Students can review by locating their completed SKILL activities within their Study Sync binders.

Listening Comprehension: Students will listen to approximately two to three specifically chosen selections using Listen Wise. Note-taking during the listening of the audio is encouraged. Students may listen to the selections as many times as necessary in order to answer the multiple choice questions.

ELA Semester One: Terminology

Informational Text Structure Connotation and Denotation

Cause and EffectConnotation

Problem and SolutionDenotation

Sequential Positive Meaning

Comparison and Contrast Negative Meaning

Textual Evidence Author’s Purpose and Point of View

Explicit EvidenceAuthor’s Point of View

Inference Author’s Purpose

Persuade

Word Meaning