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III. English Language Arts, Grade 4A. CompositionB. Reading Comprehension

Grade 4 English Language Arts TestTest StructureThe grade 4 English Language Arts test was presented in the following two parts: the ELA Composition test, which used a writing prompt to assess learning standards from theWriting strand in the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts andLiteracy (March 2011) t he ELA Reading Comprehension test, which used multiple-choice and open-response questions(items) to assess learning standards from the Reading and Language strands in the MassachusettsCurriculum Framework for English Language Arts and LiteracyA. CompositionThe spring 2015 grade 4 ELA Composition test was based on learning standards in the Pre-K–5 Writingstrand of the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy (March2011). The learning standards for the Pre-K–5 Writing strand appear on pages 23–28 of the Framework,which is available on the Department website at www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html.Each grade 4 ELA writing prompt assesses standard 1, 2, or 3 in the Pre-K–5 Writing strand in the 2011Framework. All grade 4 writing prompts also assess standards 4 and 5 in the Pre-K–5 Writing strand.ELA Composition test results are reported under the reporting categories Composition: TopicDevelopment and Composition: Standard English Conventions.Test Sessions and Content OverviewThe ELA Composition test included two separate test sessions, administered on the same day with a shortbreak between sessions. During the first session, each student wrote an initial draft of a compositionin response to the appropriate writing prompt on the next two pages. During the second session, eachstudent revised his or her draft and submitted a final composition, which was scored in the areas of TopicDevelopment and Standard English Conventions. The Scoring Guides for the MCAS English LanguageArts Composition are available at www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/student/elacomp scoreguide.html.In spring 2015, in response to extended weather-related closures, the Department allowed districts tochoose an alternate, later schedule for the administration of the Composition test. See the next two pagesfor the dates of administration for each of the prompts.Reference MaterialsAt least one English-language dictionary per classroom was provided for student use during ELAComposition test sessions. The use of bilingual word-to-word dictionaries was allowed for current andformer English language learner students only. No other reference materials were allowed during eitherELA Composition test session.25

English Language Arts TestGrade 4 Writing Prompt(Administered on April 2)ID:314851 CommonWRITING PROMPTWhile you are going for a walk on a breezy day, the wind lifts you up and youbegin flying through the air. Soon, you find yourself traveling through the air to adifferent land. What happens when you get there? How will you return home?Write a story about your adventure flying to a new land. Give enough details in yourstory to show readers what happens.You may use the space below to plan what you are going to write (notes, outlines, otherpre-writing activities).26MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

English Language Arts TestGrade 4 Writing Prompt(Administered on March 24 and April 8)ID:261565 CommonWRITING PROMPTWhile taking a walk, you discover a time travel machine! Without thinking, you stepinside and the door closes behind you. With a rattle and a bang, you feel yourselfstarting to lift slowly off the ground. Before you know it, you find yourself standingin the middle of a different time!Write a story about your experience traveling through time. Whom do you meet?What problems do you face along the way? What happens to you during your travels?Give enough details to help readers understand your experience traveling through time.You may use the space below to plan what you are going to write (notes, outlines, otherpre-writing activities).27MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

B. Reading ComprehensionThe spring 2015 grade 4 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension test was based on Pre-K–5learning standards in two content strands of the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for EnglishLanguage Arts and Literacy (March 2011) listed below. Page numbers for the learning standards appearin parentheses. Reading (Framework, pages 13–19) Language (Framework, pages 33–40)The Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy is available on theDepartment website at www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html.ELA Reading Comprehension test results are reported under two MCAS reporting categories, Readingand Language, which are identical to the two framework content strands listed above.The tables at the conclusion of this chapter indicate each released and unreleased common item’s reportingcategory and the standard it assesses. The correct answers for released multiple-choice questions are alsodisplayed in the released item table.Test Sessions and Content OverviewThe grade 4 ELA Reading Comprehension test included two separate test sessions. Each session includedreading passages, followed by multiple-choice and open-response questions. Selected common readingpassages and approximately half of the common test items are shown on the following pages as they appearedin test booklets.Reference MaterialsDuring both ELA Reading Comprehension test sessions, the use of bilingual word-to-word dictionarieswas allowed for current and former English language learner students only. No other reference materialswere allowed during any ELA Reading Comprehension test session.28MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

Grade 4 English Language ArtsReading ComprehensionDIRECTIONSThis session contains two reading selections with fifteen multiple-choice questions and two openresponse questions. Mark your answers to these questions in the spaces provided in your StudentAnswer Booklet.Read the folktale about an unusual way people could find out who is telling the truth. Then answer thequestions that follow.THE STICK OF TRUTHby Sam McBratney1234IN THE CENTRAL square of a great city, there stood the statue of afamous general. This bronze soldier was mounted on a horse with twosilver stirrups. Early one morning, a boy climbed up and stole the leftstirrup, an act that offended and enraged the public. However, the crimewas seen by a street cleaner and some others, and before long four boyshad been brought before the governor.Now, the governor had no idea which boy was the guilty one, for thethief didn’t own up. So he sent for a well-known judge, admitting thathe was not sure what to do. “I cannot let them go, for one is the thief.Yet I am unwilling to punish them all, for three of them are innocent.What would you advise in this situation?”It was a dilemma the judge understood well: should one punishthem all, including the innocent? Or free them all, including the guilty?Experience had taught him a way to proceed. It sometimes worked. Heturned to his assistant and said, “Bring me my red bag, the one with thestick of truth in it. I don’t think we have a great problem here.”When the bag arrived, the judge drew out four sticks, all sharpenedat one end, and each exactly the same length as the others. The judge29MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension gave one stick to each boy, telling him to bring it back the followingmorning. “One of you is the thief who stole the stirrup,” he said, “andthe thief has the stick of truth. It will show him up.”5The governor was puzzled. “But how does this work?” he asked.6The judge addressed the boys in front of him. “One of you fourhas the stick of truth. When you bring back the sticks in the morning,the stick of truth will be just a little longer than the others—about athumbnail longer. That’s how we’ll know the thief.” The judge waved ahand at the boys. “So off you go until the morning.”7When the morning came, they assembled once more, and in the midstof a great silence, the boys presented their sticks to the judge. Holdingup the sticks, he measured them against one another and found that onewas shorter than its fellows by about a thumbnail.8“This boy here, who presented the shorter stick, is the guilty one,”said the judge.9“But you said it would be longer,” the governor pointed out.10“So I did. And our thief decided to whittle away a bit of his stick,just in case. Now that his own conscience has betrayed him, I trust hewill lead us to the missing stirrup.”11Then the boy confessed, fetched the stirrup from its hiding place downa drain, and agreed on his punishment: that he should keep the statue ofthe general clean of dust and pigeon droppings for the rest of that year.“The Stick of Truth” by Sam McBratney, from One Voice, Please. Text copyright 2005 by Sam McBratney. Reprinted by permission ofCandlewick Press, Inc., on behalf of Walker Books, London.30MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension ID:307633 B Common1 ID:307632 A Common3 What is the governor trying to figure outat the beginning of the folktale?A. what is goneBased on the folktale, what is themost likely reason the governor doesnot punish all the boys?A. He believes that only one boy isresponsible.B. who the thief isC. why the thief stealsB. He believes what one boy took isunimportant.D. where to ask for helpC. He believes that the boys will uniteagainst him.ID:307636 C Common2 D. He believes only the boys shoulddecide who is guilty.Reread paragraph 3. Based on theparagraph, what is most likely trueabout the judge?A. He has a way to find another stirrup.B. He does not believe the stirrup is gone.C. He has a way to show who has thestirrup.D. He does not believe the stirrup isimportant.31MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension ID:307646 C Common4 ID:307649 B Common5 According to the folktale, what is theguilty boy’s punishment?A. to fix the stirrupRead the sentence from paragraph 2 in thebox below.Now, the governor had no idea whichboy was the guilty one, for the thiefdidn’t own up.B. to buy the stirrupC. to clean the statueD. to guard the statueIn the sentence, what does the phrase“own up” mean?A. to give to someoneB. to admit somethingC. to return somethingD. to belong to someone32MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension Question 6 is an open-response question. ead the question carefully.R Explain your answer. Add supporting details. Double-check your work.Write your answer to question 6 in the space provided in your Student Answer Booklet.ID:307653 Common6 Based on the folktale, explain an important lesson that can be learned. Support your answer withimportant details from the folktale.33MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension Guide dogs are used to help people, but before they can help they have to be trained. Read the article tolearn what it is like to raise a guide dog and answer the questions that follow.Raising Her Sightsby Jessica ArcePuppy Steps1The first step in getting a puppy to raise was educating myself. Iattended three guide dog meetings and dog obedience classes. I receiveda puppy application that I filled out and sent to the Guide Dogs forthe Blind School in San Rafael, California. A couple of months later,I received a letter from the school saying that my application had beenapproved and that I would receive a puppy at the next Fun Day.2Fun Day is a day when guide dog raisers and their dogs meet in oneplace and listen to talks and demonstrations from guide dog instructors.They go through an obstacle course so the instructors can help with anyproblems the dog might have.Meeting Adriana3Finally, the day came to meet my puppy. Her name was Adriana. She wasa tiny ball of dark red fluff. I had no idea how much work she’d be! Forthe next few months, I taught Adriana that she had to go potty outsideinstead of all over the house, and that the furniture was not her place totake a nap.4After Adriana had all her shots, I started taking her out with me to getused to different sights, smells, and sounds. She especially needed to getused to such distractions as food on the floor, loud noises, and people. Wewent to restaurants, schools, shopping, out of town trips, and the Fair. Ialso took her on stairs, elevators, boats, cars, buses, and trains. When shewent outside, Adriana had to wear a green jacket that said, “Guide DogPuppy in Training.” Socializing gets a puppy ready for anything a blindperson might encounter.34MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension Is a Guide Dog Puppy for You?As Jessica points out, raising a guide dogpuppy can be fun and frustrating. It’s hardwork but puppy love is a great reward!Think you can give a puppy what it needsand say goodbye when it’s time for her tomove on?The Next Step5Before I knew it, a year flew by, and my time with Adriana was up. Shehad grown to be a polite, well-behaved dog. Another letter came tellingme it was time to return Adriana to the Guide Dog School, so she couldbegin her training.6Returning guide dogs are put in a group with three to four instructors.Some of the first things that Adriana and the dogs in her group learnedwere to stop for curbs and stairs and to avoid obstacles and distractions.7One day, a lady from the school called and said that Adriana had beenpulled out of training because they wanted to use her for breeding,and that I was invited to her graduation. I was so excited that I startedbouncing off the walls. After three long months of waiting, we set outfor San Rafael.8Adriana lives with “Breeder Keepers.” BreederKeepers live within a 50-mile radius of the schooland agree to keep a breeder dog in their home.The puppies that breeder dogs have hopefullybecome guide dogs.Adriana is a Mommy!9A few months after I got back, Adriana’s familywrote and said that Adriana had her first litter ofpuppies. I was excited, because I was going to raiseone of Adriana’s babies. The new puppy, Sahara,made me so happy. But the year with Sahara spedby, and soon it was time to return Sahara to theschool for training as a working guide dog.35MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension 10It isn’t easy to say goodbye to these lovable dogs, but it feels great to knowthat I have played a part in helping train a dog who can help someone whoneeds assistance. A working dog can help them live an independent life.11And I know that there will always be another guide dog puppy in my future!Did you know . . .About half of guide dog puppies don’t graduate as guide dogs.But that doesn’t mean they can’t have a career! Some dogs trained asguide dogs become therapy dogs, search and rescue dogs, or breederdogs. Others become wonderful family pets!There are three kinds of “assistance dogs.” Along with guide dogsfor the blind (and visually impaired), there are also hearing dogs forthe deaf (and hard of hearing) and service dogs for people with otherspecial needs.The average wait for an assistance dog is about two years. Dogsare matched to their new owners’ needs. It takes anywhere from sixmonths to five years to be matched with the right dog.Not all guide dogs are raised from puppies. Sometimes the rightdog comes from an animal shelter! These dogs are usually full grown,but less than three years old.There are several breeds that make the best guide dogs. They are:Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers, Golden/Labrador crosses andGerman Shepherds. Less common but sometimes used breeds are Flator Curly coated Retrievers, Viszlas, Boxers, Standard Poodles, SmoothCollies, Australian Shepherds and Dobermans.Hearing dogs are often rescue dogs. Friendly, small to medium-sizeddogs from shelters often make great hearing dogs! Just about any dogcan be trained to do this work, and mixed breeds are very common.Assistance dog breeds vary. There are many types of assistance dogs.Some help physically challenged people with mobility. Others assistpeople with challenges such as autism, seizures, and psychiatric disorders.“Raising Her Sights” by Jessica Arce, from New Moon Girls magazine (July/August 2009). Copyright 2009 by New Moon Girls magazine.Reprinted by permission of New Moon Girls magazine/New Moon Girl Media. Photograph 1 copyright iStockphoto/Lisa Fletcher.Photograph 2 copyright Fritz Liedtke/Alamy.36MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension ID:297762 B Common7 ID:297763 D Common9 What is true about the author of “RaisingHer Sights”?A. She uses a guide dog to help her.A. People cannot keep guide dogpuppies as pets.B. She has trained a guide dog puppy.C. She has run a school that findsguide dogs.B. Guide dog puppies cannot be raisedin a home.D. She thinks that guide dog puppiesmake good pets.C. Schools and trainers for guide dogpuppies are in many differentplaces.D. Raising guide dog puppies can beboth a satisfying and a challengingexperience.ID:297767 D Common8 What is the main idea of the informationin the box titled “Is a Guide Dog Puppyfor You?”According to the article, what did theauthor do first?A. She brought Adriana to the vet toget her shots.ID:297773 C CommonB. She decided what breed of dog shewanted to raise.10 C. She let Adriana get used to differentsights and sounds.Which sentence from the articlesupports the idea that not all dogscan be guide dogs?A. Returning guide dogs are put in agroup with three to four instructors.D. She attended meetings and classes tolearn about guide dogs.B. The puppies that breeder dogs havehopefully become guide dogs.C. About half of guide dog puppiesdon’t graduate as guide dogs.D. Not all guide dogs are raisedfrom puppies.37MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension ID:297776 A Common11 ID:297766 B Common13 Based on the information in the sectiontitled “Did you know . . .,” whichstatement is true?Read the phrases from the article in thebox below.   A couple of months later, . . .   Finally, the day came . . .   Before I knew it, . . .   A few months after I got back, . . .A. Dogs can help people in manydifferent ways.B. Only large dogs are used as assistancedogs for people.C. Only a few kinds of dogs can betrained to assist others.The phrases are used toD. Dogs must be trained as puppiesto be good helper dogs.B. show the passing of time.A. show a change in setting.C. introduce a change in topic.D. compare two different things.ID:297777 B Common12 Read the headings from the article in thebox below.ID:297783 D Common14   Puppy Steps   Meeting Adriana   The Next Step   Adriana is a Mommy!Read the sentence from paragraph 5 in thebox below.She had grown to be a polite,well-behaved dog.Based on the headings, how is the articleorganized?In the sentence, what part of speech iswell-behaved?A. in order of importanceA. verbB. in the order that events happenedB. nounC. by asking and answering questionsC. adverbD. by describing a problem and solutionD. adjective38MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

ELA Reading Comprehension ID:297780 C Common15 ID:297781 D Common16 Read the sentence from paragraph 2 in thebox below.Fun Day is a day when guide dograisers and their dogs meet inone place and listen to talks anddemonstrations from guide doginstructors.Read the sentence from paragraph 4 in thebox below.She especially needed to get used tosuch distractions as food on the floor,loud noises, and people.Based on the sentence, distractions arethings thatBased on the sentence, demonstrationsare most likeA. might cause fear.B. could be necessary.A. parties.C. could be played with.B. movies.D. might interrupt concentration.C. lessons.D. parades.Question 17 is an open-response question. ead the question carefully.R Explain your answer. Add supporting details. Double-check your work.Write your answer to question 17 in the space provided in your Student Answer Booklet.ID:297788 Common17 Based on the article, explain how raising a guide dog can be difficult. Support your answer withimportant details from the article.39MCAS 2015 Gr4 ELA RID

Grade 4 English Language ArtsReading ComprehensionSpring 2015 Released Items:Reporting Ca

The grade 4 ELA Reading Comprehension test included two separate test sessions. Each session included reading passages, followed by multiple-choice and open-response questions. Selected common reading passages and approximately half of the common test items are shown on the following pages as they appeared in test booklets. Reference Materials

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