What You Need To Know To ACE T2T2
Term II Test II – November 4, 2015
I.
What can you expect to see on T2T2?
 (3) Literature Text Passages
 (14) Part A Multiple Choice Questions
 (1) Part B Multiple Choice Question with multiple answers (Providing more than one piece of text-based evidence in support of your answer.)
II.
What terminology do you need to be familiar with in preparation for this test?
(The below terms must be defined in the space provided. These terms should be used to study in advance of T2T2)
Brands
Divisions
Distinct
Characteristics
Economics
A particular type of something, made by a specific company
Separate categories
Specific and different from other things
A feature or quality of a person or thing
The study of the economy
Classifying
Emotion
Establish
Dialogue
Anticipation
Disinterest
Impatience
Nervousness
Idiom
Significant
Considerable
Necessary
Persuasive
Responsible
Approximated
Points of View
To arrange or order by category
Feelings of joy, sorrow, anger, etc…
To show to be valid
Conversation between two or more people
A feeling of expectation or hope
A feeling of not being interested
A feeling of not having patience, ready for something to happen
A feeling of anxiety
A figure of speech that is not meant to be translated literally
Important
Chronological Structure
Indicate
Previous
Credible
Perspective
Personal perspective
Excerpts
Reveal
Pushover
Forgiving
Debating
Gloomy
Stunned
Worthy of attention
Required
Something that convinces someone to do something
Reliable or dependable
To estimate
The perspective from which a story is told
A narrative told in order of how events happened
Point out
Before
Believable, Trustworthy
Point of View
Point of view of how a character sees events, generally 1 st person
Portions of a text
Show, Point Out
Someone who allows other people to push them around
Someone who forgives other people
Making a decision
Sad or depressed
Shocked

III.
What resource documents should you study in preparation for T2T2?
***Please note the importance of being present in class daily for practice and instructional preparation for tests.
(Initial next to each item when you have located it in your ELA binder.)
 Context Clues Handout (provided to students and discussed in class)
 Explicit Textual Evidence Handout (provided to students and discussed in class)
 Text Structure Handout
 8 th Grade ELA Terminology Reference Handout (please keep and reference for ALL tests throughout the school year)
 Ready Common Core Lessons
 Figurative Language Practice Worksheet
***ALL handouts have been provided to students in class and have been reviewed in advance of T1T1. These resources will be helpful for all future tests. With the exception of bell work and Ready Common Core lessons, these handouts should remain in each student’s ELA binder.
IV.
What does your teacher expect from you on T2T2?
 Follow ALL reading strategies taught in class.
 Use computer toolbar in EADMS to annotate on all reading passages prior to answering test items.
 Highlight key elements in ALL stems.
 Use strategies for answering Part B’s according to the instructions on the textual evidence handout provided.
 Provide answers that can be supported with AMPLE textual evidence from the passage.
 Pace yourself accordingly as to FINISH within the 90 minute block! The test is timed!
 Check your work!
 Ensure you have filled out all test answers accurately before submitting your test online.
 Be proud of your SUCCESS!!! 
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