PWU 3.3- MCAS PRACTICE

PWU 3.3- MCAS PRACTICE

Do now: What do you know about the English MCAS?

Objectives:

• Understand the expectations of the English MCAS exam
• Review expectations of the English MCAS long comp

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. Overview: MCAS exam
3. Specifics: Long Comp
1. Sample prompts
2. Rubrics
3. Sample essays- score!
4. PROMPT: Often in works of literature, a character who is considered odd or different turns out to have great importance.
   
   
   From a work of literature you have read in or out of school, select a character who is considered odd or different but turns out to have great importance. In a well-developed composition, identify the character, describe how the character is considered odd or different, and explain how the character turns out to be important to the work as a whole
   
   
4. Practice
5. Summarizer

HW: Write a practice long comp for NEXT week