CCSS Toolkit: ELA/Literacy Claim 1 Sample Summative Items (6-8)

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CCSS Toolkit: ELA/Literacy Claim 1 Sample Summative Items (6-8)

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Claim 1: Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational text.

These sample items have been provided by Smarter Balanced as preliminary examples of the types of items that students might encounter on the summative assessment. Each item includes a reference to the target standard(s) it addresses, the student text, and evaluation rubrics, where appropriate.

SR = Selected Response CR = Constructed Response ER = Extended Response TE = Technology Enhanced PT = Performance Task

Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Summer on Wheels (SR)		The Southland (SR)
Sojourner Truth (TE)		Remember (TE)
	Annie John (CR)
	The Forsaken Merman (SR)	The Southland (SR)
		The Legends (CR)
Summer on Wheels (CR)	The Foresaken Merman (SR)	The Legends (TE)
Orbits (CR)	What Are Hurricanes? (SR)	Native Americans (SR)
Judicial Review (SR)
Sojourner Truth (TE)
Remote Community Gets High-Tech Pharmacy (CR)		What Are Coral Reefs? (CR)
		The Legends (TE)
Remote Community Gets High-Tech Pharmacy (SR)	What is Mold? (SR)
Remote Community Gets High-Tech Pharmacy (CR)	What is Mold? (CR)
	Excerpt from The Biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe (CR)	Italy (CR)