by M. Hawas (Author)
Preparation for the MCAP English Language Arts Tests
This workbook focuses on developing a thorough understanding of informational texts. It contains a wide range of informational texts organized by type. Each passage is followed by a complete full-length question set. This workbook will ensure that students have strong reading comprehension skills and can respond to challenging passages. Students will also be fully prepared for the informational text reading tasks on the MCAP ELA assessments.
Focuses on Understanding and Analyzing Informational Texts
- Includes 18 practice sets containing a wide range of informational texts
- Includes science and history articles, reviews, interviews, speeches, flyers, advertisements, biographies, opinion pieces, and how-to articles
- Complex passages include features like charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, quotations, sidebars, and photographs
- Each passage is followed by a full set of 15 questions with a range of formats
- Complete reading comprehension question sets provide extensive practice responding to and analyzing texts Advanced Skill Development
- Covers the skills listed in the Maryland College and Career Ready Standards
- Challenging passages build strong reading comprehension skills
- Encourages close reading and using evidence from texts
- Focuses on advanced skills like evaluating texts, making connections, and looking at texts critically
- Provides experience with a wide range of question types Preparation for the MCAP ELA Assessments
- Provides experience with a wide range of informational text types
- Develops the student's ability to respond to and analyze complex texts
- Ensures that students are able to analyze complex text features
- Wide range of question formats challenge students and encourage strong skill development
- Includes practice writing short answers and essays based on informational texts
- Ongoing practice builds confidence
Number of Pages: 204
Dimensions: 0.43 x 10 x 8 IN
Publication Date: January 23, 2020
