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Stand-Alone Reading Items #1-3
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Sample Reading Items for End of Grade 7
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Information about the Items
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| 1. What does the prefix trans mean in the word transatlantic?
A. beyond |
Key: C R-7-2.1 (prefix knowledge) Item Type: MC - stand alone Alignment to GLE R-7-2.1: Students identify the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary by…Using strategies to unlock meaning (e.g., knowledge of word structure, including prefixes/suffixes) Depth of Knowledge: Level 1 - Use language structure (pre/suffix)
to determine meaning of words |
| Joseph was tired and he wondered if he could tolerate
the long bus ride home.
2. What does tolerate mean? |
Key: A R-7-2.1 (use context) Item Type: MC - stand alone Alignment to GLE R-7-2.1: Students identify the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary by…Using strategies to unlock meaning (e.g., context clues) Depth of Knowledge: Level 2 - Use context cues to identify the meaning of unfamiliar words |
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Read the dictionary definition below. thwart (thwort) v 1. To prevent from taking place: FRUSTRATE. 2. To challenge, oppose, or offend: ANTAGONIZE. -adj. 3. Extending, lying, or passing across something: TRANSVERSE. 4. Perverse When the security officer asked him to move, the protester felt thwarted. A. definition 1 |
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| 3. See item above.
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Key: B R-7-2.1 (use context, resources) Item Type: MC - stand alone Alignment to GLE R-7-2.1: Students identify the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary by…Using strategies to unlock meaning (e.g., context clues; or other resources, such as, dictionaries) Depth of Knowledge: Level 2 - Use context cues or resources to identify the meaning of unfamiliar words |
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