Stage H - English Language Arts
Assessments
English Language Arts Classroom Assessments Aligned
to the Illinois Learning Standards
The assessments are coded according to learning standard
and stage. Example: 1A.H is aligned to standard 1A,
stage H (eighth grade). Sample student work, when available,
follows the assessment.
 1A.H
- Crossword Puzzle 
The student will identify from a word list, the meaning
of unfamiliar words and develop a crossword puzzle using
the meanings and vocabulary words.
1B.H
- Literary Comparison
The student will read and compare two literary selections
and complete a Venn diagram to show understanding of
the selections.
1C.H
- Questions
The student will activate prior knowledge and use higher
level thinking skills to develop open-ended questions
and compare sample answers after reading several literary
selections
2A.H
- Story Scrapbook
After reading and discussing several literary works
as a class, pairs of students will develop a comparison
worksheet for a class scrapbook.
2B.H
- Folktale Quilt
After reading and summarizing information from different
genres, the student will select a folktale theme and
incorporate it into a modern day story.
3A.H
- Paul Revere's Ride
Using process writing, each student will write a multi-paragraph
narrative paper describing where you lived when Paul
Revere rode through the village on his famous historical
ride.
3B.H
- Job Interview
Each student is to write a multi-paragraphed, expository
composition in which he/she explains how he/she should
conduct himself/herself before, during, and after a
job interview.
3C.H
- School Day
Each student will write a multi-paragraph persuasive
essay on the prompt, “Extending the School Day.”
4A.H
- Recording Instructions
After listening and taking notes on a classmate’s
presentation and instructions on a demonstration, the
students will be paired and use notes to recreate the
instructions.
4B.H
- Honor Code
Students are to demonstrate group discussion skills
by participating in a small group discussion to reach
a consensus on a question.
5A.H
- Locating, Organizing and Using Information
Each student will generate ideas and formulate questions
using a graphic organizer and define a focus for a report,
5B.H
- Gathering and Analyzing Information
Each student will research and analyze information from
primary and secondary print and non-print sources and
develop an outline using relevant collected data.
5C.H
- Research Project
Each student will have investigated a research topic
and organized information to write a multi-paragraph
report or to present a report orally, using a created
visual enhancement.
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