OBJECTIVES:
•Review, practice, and secure concepts.
•Breakdown the barriers of vocabulary
and format.
•Analyze data from the District and State.
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Websites
MEAP: www.mi.gov/meap
– Released items
– Guide to MEAP reports
– Assessable GLCE information
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MI-Access: www.mi.gov/mi-access
– Extended GLCE and Benchmarks
– Accommodations Information
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MI-Access Information Center: www.mi-access.info
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Office of School Improvement: www.mi.gov/osi
– Michigan Curriculum Framework
– Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCE)
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Intermediate School Districts and MMLA connections:
– www.mscenters.org – see what other districts have already done!
– MMLA assessment builder and practice questions
– www.jcisd.org (go to general education  Math and Science Center Math GLCE and
Model Assessments
– www.manistee.org (go to general education benchmark assessment project)
– www.mictm.org
5 ELA Strands on MEAP
• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking
• Listening
• Viewing
Reading the GLCE Code:
R.WS.06.10
Strand
(Content Area)
Domain (Sub-Content Area
like: Word Study, Fluency, etc.)
GLCE
Number
Grade Level
Reading
The correct answer will be highlighted in the
following questions.
•If the answer is highlighted green, then we did better
than the state by 5% or more.
•If the answer is highlighted yellow, then we did better
than the state by 0-4%.
•If the answer is highlighted red, then we did worse
than the state.
GLCE: R.WS.06.01 explain and use word structure, sentence structure, and
prediction to aid in decoding and understanding the meanings of words
encountered in context.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 21%
14 Use context to determine word meaning
B 63%
A Incorrect meaning
B Correct answer
C 10%
C Incorrect meaning
D Incorrect meaning
D 5%
GLCE: R.WS.06.01 explain and use word structure, sentence structure, and
prediction to aid in decoding and understanding the meanings of words
encountered in context.
State
Results
A 12%
B 26%
C 55%
D 7%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
17 Determine meaning use sentence
structure
A Incorrect meaning
B Incorrect meaning
C Correct answer
D Incorrect meaning
GLCE: R.WS.06.07 in context, determine the meaning of words and phrases
including regional idioms, literary and technical terms, and content vocabulary
using strategies including connotation, denotation, and authentic contentrelated resources.
State
Results
A 9%
B 7%
C 80%
D 4%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
27 Use context to determine meaning of
phrase
A Incorrect meaning
B Incorrect meaning
C Correct answer
D Incorrect meaning
GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and
themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 64%
15 Identify character traits
B 8%
A Correct answer
C 9%
B Incorrect character traits
C Incorrect character traits
D 19%
D Incorrect character traits
GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and
themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 67%
25 Analyze character traits
B 20%
A Correct answer
B Incorrect trait
C 8%
D 4%
C Incorrect trait
D Incorrect trait
GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and
themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 24%
26 Identify climax
B 53%
A Incorrect climax
C 14%
B Correct answer
C Incorrect climax
D 8%
D Incorrect climax
GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and
themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 6%
32 Identify how narrators are alike across
texts
B 15%
A Correct statement for one text, not both
C 10%
B Correct statement for one text, not both
C Correct statement for one text, not both
D 69%
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.NT.06.03 analyze how dialogue enhances the plot, characters, and
themes; differentiates major and minor characters; and builds climax.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 58%
B 17%
33 Identify how narrators reveal
themselves across texts
A Correct answer
C 6%
D 19%
B Incorrect information
C Incorrect information
D Correct information for one text, not both
GLCE: R.NT.06.04 analyze how authors use literary devices including dialogue,
imagery, mood, and understatement to develop the plot, characters, point of
view, and theme.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 77%
21 Analyze use of imagery
B 7%
A Correct answer
B Incorrect analysis
C 13%
C Incorrect analysis
D Incorrect analysis
D 2%
GLCE: R.NT.06.04 analyze how authors use literary devices including dialogue,
imagery, mood, and understatement to develop the plot, characters, point of
view, and theme.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 11%
28 Interpret meaning using imagery
B 60%
A Incorrect interpretation
C 18%
B Correct answer
C Incorrect interpretation
D 10%
D Incorrect interpretation
GLCE: R.NT.06.04 analyze how authors use literary devices including dialogue,
imagery, mood, and understatement to develop the plot, characters, point of
view, and theme.
State
Results
A 6%
District
Results
37 Alice Evans wrote the following: “It seems
that my role as a scientist was not to chart new
paths into the unknown…but to sense
discrepancies, call attention to them and do
what I could to make corrections.” By this, she
means that she
B 37%
A was afraid of exploring the unknown.
C 48%
B was always looking for new problems to
solve.
D 8%
C approach existing problems in a different
way.
D did not consider herself to be a creative
scientist
GLCE: R.IT.06.01 analyze the structure, elements, features, style, and purpose
of informational genre, including research reports, “how-to” articles, and
essays.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 11%
16 Analyze author’s purpose
B 69%
A Incorrect purpose
B Correct answer
C 16%
C Incorrect purpose
D Incorrect purpose
D 4%
GLCE: R.IT.06.01 analyze the structure, elements, features, style, and purpose
of informational genre, including research reports, “how-to” articles, and
essays.
State
Results
District
Results
35 This selection would most likely be
found in
A 69%
A a book about famous women scientists.
B 17%
B a news article about people in education
and research.
C 6%
C a collection of short stories about life in
the early twentieth century.
D a manual for dairy farmers.
D 8%
GLCE: R.IT.06.02 analyze organizational text patterns including descriptive,
chronological sequence, and problem/solution.
State
Results
A 55%
B 6%
C 19%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released. Descriptors provided
for stem and foils.
22 Identify organizational pattern
A Correct answer
B Compare/Contrast
C Cause and effect
D 20%
D Problem and Solution
GLCE: R.IT.06.02 analyze organizational text patterns including descriptive,
chronological sequence, and problem/solution.
State
Results
A 6%
B 7%
C 16%
D 71%
District
Results
38 Which of the following lists important
events in Alice Evan’s life in the order
they occurred?
A earns a master’s degree, studies
bacteria in milk, catches undulant fever,
teaches school
B catches undulant fever, studies bacteria
in milk, earns a master’s degree,
teaches school
C earns a master’s degree, teaches
school, studies bacteria in milk, catches
undulant fever
D teaches school, earns a master’s
degree, studies bacteria in milk,
catches undulant fever
GLCE: R.IT.06.03 explain how authors use text features including footnotes,
bibliographies, introductions, summaries, conclusions, and appendices to
enhance the understanding of central, key, and supporting ideas.
State
Results
A 9%
B 16%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
24 Explain use of illustration
A Incorrect use of illustration
B Incorrect use of illustration
C 57%
D 17%
C Correct answer
D Incorrect use of illustration
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 11%
13 Select title
B 23%
C 4%
A Title focuses on detail
B Title focuses on detail
C Title focuses on detail
D 62%
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
A 17%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
18 Identify relevant detail
A Incorrect information
B 4%
C 20%
B Incorrect information
C Incorrect information
D Correct answer
D 58%
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 10%
20 Identify relevant detail
B 69%
A Incorrect detail
C 7%
B Correct answer
C Incorrect detail
D 13%
D Incorrect detail
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 10%
23 Explain character’s action using
cause/effect relationship
B 27%
A Incorrect cause
B Incorrect cause
C 6%
D 58%
C Incorrect cause
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
36 Undulant fever is caused by a
bacterium
A 9%
B 6%
A in cow’s milk spoiled by high
temperatures.
B known as tuberculosis.
C found in pasteurized goat’s milk.
C 11%
D 73%
D contained in unpasteurized cow’s milk.
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
39 Based on the selection, which of the
following statements is now true?
A 10%
B 60%
C 9%
D 20%
A Pasteurization is one of the leading
causes of death.
B Undulant fever is rare in the United
States and most Western nations.
C The United States is the only country in
which milk is pasteurized.
D Thanks for pasteurization, undulant fever
has been eliminated worldwide.
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
40 According to the selection, most people
in the early 1900s believed that
A 83%
A fresh cow’s milk was safe.
B 5%
B cow’s milk was better than goat’s milk.
C cow’s milk should be pasteurized.
C 5%
D 7%
D healthy-looking cows could still be
infected
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
41 According to the selection, Alice Evans
will be remembered most as
A 6%
A a dedicated grade-school teacher.
B 50%
B one of the country’s first women
scientists.
C 37%
C the scientist who discovered undulant
fever.
D 6%
D the first researcher of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
GLCE: R.CM.06.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
42 Which of these statements about
undulant fever is true?
A 7%
A It affects only cows and goats.
B 21%
C 65%
D 7%
B It is caused by bacteria in pasteurized
milk.
C It makes a person’s temperature rise
and fall.
D It is still a leading cause of death in the
United States.
GLCE: R.CM.06.03 analyze global themes, universal truths and principles within and
across texts to create a deeper understanding by drawing conclusions, making
inferences, and synthesizing.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 74%
19 Make inference to determine main idea
B 9%
A Correct answer
B Incorrect inference
C 6%
C Incorrect inference
D Incorrect inference
D 10%
GLCE: R.CM.06.03 analyze global themes, universal truths and principles within and
across texts to create a deeper understanding by drawing conclusions, making
inferences, and synthesizing.
State
Results
A 5%
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
29 Identify audience across texts
A Incorrect audience
B 3%
C 14%
B Incorrect audience
C Incorrect audience
D Correct answer
D 78%
GLCE: R.CM.06.03 analyze global themes, universal truths and principles within
and across texts to create a deeper understanding by drawing conclusions, making
inferences, and synthesizing.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 21%
30 Compare narrators across texts
B 61%
A Describes similarities between narrators
C 7%
B Correct answer
C Describes one narrator, not both
D 10%
D Describes one narrator, not both
GLCE: R.CM.06.03 analyze global themes, universal truths and principles
within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by drawing
conclusions, making inferences, and synthesizing.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 24%
31Compare themes across texts
B 6%
A Theme for one text, not both
C 66%
B Incorrect information
C Correct answer
D 4%
D Incorrect information
Writing
The correct answer will be highlighted in the
following questions.
•If the answer is highlighted green, then we did better
than the state by 5% or more.
•If the answer is highlighted yellow, then we did better
than the state by 0-4%.
•If the answer is highlighted red, then we did worse
than the state.
GLCE W.PR.06.02 apply a variety of pre-writing strategies for both narrative
(e.g., graphic organizers designed to develop a plot that includes major and
minor characters, builds climax, and uses dialogue to enhance a theme) and
informational writing (e.g., problem/solution or sequence)
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 16%
2 Identify organizational pattern
B 78%
A Sequence
B Correct answer
C 3%
C Compare/Contrast
D 2%
D Description
GLCE W.PR.06.03 revise drafts for clarity, coherence, and consistency in
content, voice, and genre characteristics with audience and purpose in mind.
State
Results
District
Results
9 Which of the following would improve the
first paragraph of this sample?
A 45%
A combining sentences to eliminate
repetition
B 10%
B mentioning some specific winter
activities
C 14%
C telling why winter is the author’s favorite
season
D including an introductory sentence
D 31%
GLCE: W.PS.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly spell frequently encountered
and frequently misspelled words.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 9%
6 Use simile to make comparison
B 12%
A Incorrect comparison
C 76%
B Incorrect comparison
C Correct answer
D 3%
D Incorrect comparison
GLCE: W. PS.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly spell frequently
encountered and frequently misspelled words.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 86%
8 Identify quote that shows writer’s feelings
B 4%
A Correct answer
B Quote unrelated to question
C 7%
D 2%
C Incorrect quote
D Incorrect quote
GLCE: W.GR.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures in writing including
indefinite and predicate pronouns; transitive and intransitive verbs; adjective and adverbial phrases;
adjective and adverbial subordinate clauses; comparative adverbs and adjectives; superlatives,
conjunctions; compound sentences; appositives; independent and dependent clauses; introductory
phrases; periods; commas; quotation marks; and use of underlining and italics for specific
purposes.
State
Results
A 12%
B 13%
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
4 Edit punctuation; quotation marks
A Incorrect placement of quotation marks
B Incorrect placement of quotation marks
C 31%
D 44%
C Correct placement of quotation marks;
incorrect capitalization at beginning of
quotation
D Correct answer
GLCE: W.GR.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures in writing including
indefinite and predicate pronouns; transitive and intransitive verbs; adjective and adverbial phrases;
adjective and adverbial subordinate clauses; comparative adverbs and adjectives; superlatives,
conjunctions; compound sentences; appositives; independent and dependent clauses; introductory
phrases; periods; commas; quotation marks; and use of underlining and italics for specific
purposes.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 19%
7 Identify sentence fragment
B 50%
A Punctuation error
B Correct answer
C 9%
D 22%
C Spelling error
D Verb tense error
GLCE: W.GR.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures in writing including
indefinite and predicate pronouns; transitive and intransitive verbs; adjective and adverbial phrases;
adjective and adverbial subordinate clauses; comparative adverbs and adjectives; superlatives,
conjunctions; compound sentences; appositives; independent and dependent clauses; introductory
phrases; periods; commas; quotation marks; and use of underlining and italics for specific
purposes.
State
Results
A 9%
District
Results
10 Read the sentence below.
Sometimes when I make snowballs, I take off my
gloves. And my hands feel frozen as if they were
ice.
Which is the best way to fix or edit these sentences?
B 5%
C 13%
D 73%
A Sometimes when I make snowballs. I take off my I take off
my gloves and my hands feel frozen as if they were
ice.
B Sometimes when I make snowballs. I take off my I take off
my gloves. And my hands feel frozen as if they were
ice.
C Sometimes when I make snowballs I take off my I take off
my gloves and my hands feel frozen. As if they were
ice.
D Sometimes when I make snowballs, I take off my I take off
my gloves and my hands feel frozen as if they were
ice.
GLCE: W.GR.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures in writing including
indefinite and predicate pronouns; transitive and intransitive verbs; adjective and adverbial phrases;
adjective and adverbial subordinate clauses; comparative adverbs and adjectives; superlatives,
conjunctions; compound sentences; appositives; independent and dependent clauses; introductory
phrases; periods; commas; quotation marks; and use of underlining and italics for specific
purposes.
State
Results
A 72%
District
Results
11 Read the sentence below.
When I came inside from playing, I look forward to a
nice, hot cup of cocoa.
Which sentence has been fixed or edited correctly?
B 12%
C 12%
A When I come inside from playing, I look forward to a
nice, hot cup of cocoa.
B When I was coming inside from playing, I look
forward to a nice, hot cup of cocoa.
C When I cam inside from playing, I will look forward
to a nice, hot cup of cocoa.
D 5%
D When I came inside from playing, I looking forward
to a nice, hot cup of cocoa.
GLCE: W.SP.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly spell frequently encountered
and frequently misspelled words
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 5%
3 Edit spelling of frequently encountered
words
B 6%
A Target word misspelled; incorrect verb
tense
C 80%
B Target word misspelled; incorrect
punctuation
C Correct answer
D 9%
D Target word misspelled; incorrect
punctuation
GLCE: W.SP.06.01 in the context of writing, correctly spell frequently encountered
and frequently misspelled words
State
Results
A 31%
B 12%
C 51%
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
5 Edit spelling; drop final e before adding
suffix
A Misspelled target word; conjunction omitted
B Misspelled target word; incorrect
placement of comma
C Correct answer
D 5%
D Misspelled target word; incorrect verb
tense
GLCE: W.GN.06.02 write a personal, persuasive, or comparative essay that
includes organizational patterns supporting key ideas.
State
Results
0 1%
1 17%
2 71%
3 11%
4 0%
District
Results
12 Does the writer do a good job of
explaining the main idea? Why or why
not?
Use examples and details from Student
Writing Sample #2 on page 9 to support
your answer.
GLCE: W.PR.06.01 set a purpose, consider audience, and replicate authors’
styles and patterns when writing a narrative or informational piece.
State
Results
0 1%
1 5%
2 30%
3 45%
4 16%
5 3%
6 0%
District
Results
1 Write about the theme: Kindness
“No act of kindness, however small is ever wasted.” –
Aesop
Kindness can be shown in many ways and can have a
meaningful impact. Write about the theme of
kindness.
Do ONLY ONE of the following:
describe a time when you were not kind and wish you
had been
OR
describe a time when you were treated with special
kindness
OR
explain how kindness can affect or be shown by animals
OR
tell why it is important to treat everyone in a kind way
OR
write about the theme in your own way