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1. Preparing for the
ELA Provincial
Assessment:
3 Types of Reading
Comprehension
Questions
6. Literal Response
2. Table of Contents
9. Telling the Question
Types Apart
3. Curricular
Objectives
4. 3 Question Types
5. Question Type
Distribution
7. Inferential Response
8. Personal/ Critical/
Evaluative Response
10. More Tips on
Answering Multiple
Choice Questions
11. Objectives Revisited
GCO 4: Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding
a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts
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GCO 5: Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information
using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies
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GCO 6: Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts
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GCO 7: Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts,
applying their knowledge of language, form, and genre
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Literal Response (L)
Read ‘the lines’.
Inferential Response (I) Read ‘between the lines.’
Personal/Critical/
Evaluative Response
(PCE)
Read ‘beyond the lines’
50 Questions
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Literal
Inferential
P/C/E
Literal
Inferentia
l
40 out of 50
Questions
require you
to Find
Evidence
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Answers found in the
passage or ‘in the lines’.
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No thinking, just
remembering and/or
finding.
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Underline or circle your
answer in the passage.
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Label your answer with
the question number.
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Match you answer with the
choices offered.
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20% = 10 Questions
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 Answers need evidence.
Thinking required.
 Find other facts or evidence that
point to the answer.
 Underline or
circle your
evidence in the passage.
 Label your evidence with
question number.
 Match your evidence with the
choices offered.
 60% = 30 Questions
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Thinking questions; consider your evidence.
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Different types of opinions:
Personal - How you feel about something.
Critical - Identify the positive/negative aspects.
Evaluative - Consider evidence and decide.
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All opinions must be supported with
evidence
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Underline or circle evidence and label
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20% = 10 Questions
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 Stay focused on the finding the proof or the
evidence.
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L are based on proof, I & PCE are based on evidence.
 Is the question looking for a fact or an
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L & I are based on facts, PCE are based on opinions
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opinion?
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Notice the names of the
questions types have
changed, but the process is
still the same
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Try using what you have
learned in a practice
situation before writing the
actual test.
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With some practice of these
techniques, a willingness to
try, and your best effort, you
will do just fine.
GCO 4: Students will be expected to select, read, and view with
understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts
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GCO 5: Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine
information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies

GCO 6: Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts
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GCO 7: Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts,
applying their knowledge of language, form, and genre
Good
You Luck!!
can do
this !
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