doing my best with reading elpa test 2012 yelena kniep pps

Doing My Best with Reading

ELPA Test

2012 Yelena Kniep PPS

Explore With Your Eyes

• Scan the test task. • Read the questions first. Get an idea of what i

t’s about!• Carefully look at any images, such as pictures,

charts, diagrams.


Make Sure!

• Always read and review all choices before going to the next question.

• Ask yourself questions to help you think through your answers.

• Make a picture in your mind about what you are reading and connect it with something you already know about.


Printing a Passage

• Yes, it is possible and allowed!

• Remember! You need to ask for it!


Word Meaning Questions• You may be asked to choose a definition.

– Usually it’s the italicized word. Study its parts!

– Read the sentence with this word. Then read the sentence before it, and after it. Explore the context!

– Make connections!

– Try replacing the italicized word with the one you chose and see if it makes sense.


Do you know what it means?

• What is the opposite of …?• Which one is not included…?• All of these happened except …• What is associated with…?


If asked to SEQUENCE events =put them in ORDER they happened,

• Look for signal words such as– First– Next– Then– Afterwards– Second– Finally


If you are asked about CAUSE and EFFECT = WHY something happened,

• Look for key words such as:– Because– That’s why– Since– As … so– As a result of…– Therefore…


I don’t know the answer! NO CLUE!

• Guess it!

• Try to eliminate the unlikely options and then guess.

• Do not leave any item unanswered!

• Who knows! You might guess right! 2012 Yelena Kniep PPS

Too much! Too long! Too tired?

• Work on easier ones first!• If an item is too hard or too long, skip it and

flag it.• Get back to it later, when your mind is rested.


YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!

• YOU CAN DO IT ALL!!!!!!


So what? Reflect – Record –Turn – Talk

1. I am aware of the fact that ___________

2. I will remember to __________________

3. (Verb)ing_____________ will not be a problem for me.

4. (Verb)ing_____________ may be a challenge for me.


K-1multiple choice


Grades 2-3multiple choice


Review the tips and reflect

• Today I noticed that I need/can _____

• I reminded myself of __Ving__/ to Verb.

• I added an idea that I need/ can___________

• I paid attention to the fact that I should______


WHAT IS LIFE ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE? There is no gravity in space. That means that very simple jobs are

complicated. Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane says that a simple job like changing the batteries in a Walkman can take five times longer in space! The astronaut floats, the old and new batteries and the machine float, all in different directions!

Inside the Space Shuttle, there are controls on all the surfaces, and astronauts use Velcro to attach themselves or other objects. There are special cupboards for sleeping, or astronauts can use sleeping bags they attach to the wall, ceiling or floor!

Astronauts have individual menus of dehydrated foods and normal foods like biscuits or chocolate. Eating is quite easy, but astronauts can only drink with straws. Drinks are in bags. People always ask astronauts how they go to the toilet. The answer is "with difficulty"! There is one toilet for the seven or eight astronauts and it resembles a vacuum cleaner.


1. This text is about

• A. everyday life in space

• B. Mike Mullane's life•

C. the technical aspects of a space shuttle


2. Where do astronauts sleep?

• A. in beds•

B. in sleeping bags/special cupboards•

C. they don't sleep; they take vitamins


3. What do they eat?

• A. straws

• B. dehydrated food

• C. they can't eat; they can only drink


4. What is the opposite of dehydrated?

• A. cooked

• B. moist

• C. all water removed, dried


Mystery QueenAgatha Christie was probably the most successful writer in history.

She wrote 78 crime novels, six other novels, 150 short stories, four non-fiction books and 19 plays. That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare!

Christie became a writer by accident. She was bored when her husband was away in the First World War. Agatha was working in a hospital dispensary (which is where she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her books). She decided to write a novel to pass the time. She chose a detective novel because she loved reading them. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success. Each book had a new ingenious plot. Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the readers all the information they needed to find the solution.

Christie loved traveling. When she became rich she could go all over the world. She used the travels in her writing. Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular. Many have been adapted for film or television.


1. Agatha Christie

• A. only wrote plays

• B. only wrote novels

• C. wrote plays, novels and short stories


2. She knew a lot of things about poisons thanks to

• A. her husband

• B. a hospital dispensary

• C. television


3. Why did she begin to write books?

• A. because her husband was at war

• B. because she wanted to be rich

• C. because she had an accident


4. The word ingenious means the same as

• A. confusing

• B. very clever

• C. disappointing


A Hundred Million HamburgersOnce upon a time, a businessman named Ray Kroc discovered a restaurant owned by two

brothers. The restaurant served just four things: hamburgers, French fries, milk shakes and coca cola. But it was clean and inexpensive, and the service was quick. Mr. Kroc liked it so much that he paid the brothers so that he could use their idea and their name: Mc Donald's.

Beef, big business and fast service were the ingredients when Mr. Kroc opened his first Mc Donald's in 1955. Four years later, there were 100 of them. Kroc knew Americans liked success. So he put signs saying how many millions of Mc Donald's hamburgers people had bought. In just four years, the number was one hundred million. Now, there are more than 13,000 Mc Donald's restaurants from Dallas to Paris and from Moscow to Beijing.

Anyone who wants to open a Mc Donald's must first work in one for a week. Then, they do a nine-month training program, in the restaurants and at "Mc Donald's University" in Chicago. There they learn the Mc Donald's philosophy: quality control, service, cleanliness and cheap prices. Mc Donald's has strict rules, Hamburgers must be served before they are ten minutes old, and French fries, seven.

Mc Donald's has never stopped looking for new methods to attract customers, from drive-in windows to birthday parties. Chicken, fish, salad and, in some places, pizza are now on the menu. Mc Donald's in Holland even sells a vegetarian burger.Their international popularity shows they have found the recipe for success.


1. Who is Ray Kroc?

• a) the founder of Mc Donald's• b) the brother of the man who built the

first Mc Donald's• c) Mc Donald's 1,000,000th customer


2. When was the first Mc Donald's built?

• a) about twenty years ago• b) about forty years ago• c) about fifty years ago


3. Where is Mc Donald's University?

• a) in New York• b) in Washington• c) in Chicago


Links to Support Reading Strategies

• http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/

• http://www.rong-chang.com/children/

• http://www.guest.portaportal.com/llaurett


http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/

http://www.rong-chang.com/children/

http://www.guest.portaportal.com/llaurett

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