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.07.01 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 9%
13 Use context to determine word meaning
B 11%
A Incorrect meaning in this context
B Incorrect meaning in this context
C 37%
C Incorrect meaning in this context
D Correct answer
D 43%
GLCE: R.WS.07.04 know the meanings of words encountered frequently in
grade-level reading and oral language contexts.
35 Read this excerpt from the selection.
State
Results
A 4%
B 87%
C 5%
D 3%
District
Results
…Eastwood was in charge of the Academy’s
collection of dried plants. These plant
specimens were extremely valuable for
scientific study.
Which word means the same as
specimens in this excerpt?
A journals
B samples
C conclusions
D drawings
GLCE: R.NT.07.02 analyze the structure, elements, style, and purpose of
narrative genre including mystery, poetry, memoir, drama, myths, and legends.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 82%
21 Identify genre: memoir
B 5%
C 9%
A Correct answer
B Myth
C Fable
D 4%
D Fantasy
GLCE: R.NT.07.03 analyze the role of antagonists, protagonists, internal and
external conflicts, and abstract themes.
State
Results
District
Results
36 What is Eastwood’s main conflict in the
opening section?
A 8%
A She is attempting to put out the fire in the
Science Academy.
B 4%
B She searches for a cord long enough to
reach the first floor.
C 79%
D 9%
C She is working to save a collection of rare
plant specimens.
D She fears her home may have been
destroyed by an earthquake.
GLCE: R.NT.07.03 analyze the role of antagonists, protagonists, internal and
external conflicts, and abstract themes.
State
Results
A 6%
District
Results
39 In “New Heights,” Alice Eastwood
displays all of the following
characteristics EXCEPT
B 5%
A determination.
C 85%
B bravery.
C humor.
D 4%
D intelligence.
GLCE: R.NT.07.03 analyze the role of antagonists, protagonists, internal and
external conflicts, and abstract themes.
State
Results
District
Results
41 Alice Eastwood most likely wanted to be
remembered as
A 61%
A a respected researcher and botanist.
B 23%
B a passionate collector of dried plants.
C a scientist who risked her life in a fire.
C 8%
D 8%
D a person who loved adventures in the
wild.
GLCE: R.NT.07.04 analyze author’s craft including the use of theme,
antagonists, protagonists, overstatement, understatement, and exaggeration.
State
Results
A 64%
B 21%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
15 Analyze use of imagery
A Correct answer
B Incorrect use
C 8%
C Incorrect use
D Incorrect use
D 7%
GLCE: R.NT.07.04 analyze author’s craft including the use of theme,
antagonists, protagonists, overstatement, understatement, and exaggeration.
State
Results
A 51%
B 4%
C 42%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
16 Identify image
A Incorrect image
B Incorrect image
C Correct answer
D 3%
D Incorrect image
GLCE: R.NT.07.04 analyze author’s craft including the use of theme,
antagonists, protagonists, overstatement, understatement, and exaggeration.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 59%
17 Explain use of symbolism
B 5%
A Correct answer
B Incorrect use
C 33%
C Incorrect use
D Incorrect use
D 3%
GLCE: R.NT.07.04 analyze author’s craft including the use of theme,
antagonists, protagonists, overstatement, understatement, and exaggeration.
State
Results
A 32%
B 46%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
18. Identify literary device
A Metaphor
B Correct answer
C 13%
D 8%
C Simile
D Rhyme
GLCE: R.IT.07.02 analyze organizational text patterns including sequential,
compare/contrast, and cause/effect.
42 Which is the most accurate chronological list of events
in the life of Alice Eastwood?
State
Results
District
Results
A
1. An Early Love of Plants
2. Searching for Plants
3. Earthquake
4. Rescuing Plants
B
1. An Early Love of Plants
2. Earthquake
3. Searching For Plants
4. Rescuing Plants
C
1. Earthquake
2. Rescuing Plants
3. An Early Love of Plants
4. Searching for Plants
D
1. Searching for Plants
2. An Early Love of Plants
3. Earthquake
4. Rescuing Plants
A 50%
B 16%
C 26%
D 8%
GLCE: R.CM.07.01 connect personal knowledge, experiences, and
understanding of the world to themes and perspectives in text through oral and
written responses.
State
Results
A 55%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
19 Make connection to text from personal
experience
B 28%
A Correct answer
C 12%
B Incorrect connection
C Incorrect connection
D 5%
D Incorrect connection
GLCE: R.CM.07.01 connect personal knowledge, experiences, and
understanding of the world to themes and perspectives in text through oral and
written responses.
State
Results
A 7%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
20 Identify how event affects character’s
perspective
B 13%
A Incorrect perspective
C 7%
B Incorrect perspective
C Incorrect perspective
D 73%
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.CM.07.01 connect personal knowledge, experiences, and
understanding of the world to themes and perspectives in text through oral and
written responses.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 25%
22 Make connection to text from personal
experience
B 52%
A Incorrect connection
B Correct answer
C 16%
C Incorrect connection
D Incorrect connection
D 6%
GLCE: R.CM.07.02 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 20%
24 Identify relevant detail
B 5%
A Incorrect detail
B Incorrect information
C 63%
C Correct answer
D Incorrect detail
D 12%
GLCE: R.CM.07.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
A 22%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
25 Identify relevant detail
A Incorrect information
B 52%
B Correct answer
C 19%
C Incorrect detail
D Incorrect information
D 6%
GLCE: R.CM.07.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
A 7%
B 78%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
27 Explain character’s feelings
A Incorrect explanation
B Correct answer
C 5%
C Incorrect explanation
D Incorrect explanation
D 10%
GLCE: R.CM.07.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
A 14%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
28 Identify character’s actions
A Incorrect action
B 4%
B Incorrect action
C 77%
C Correct answer
D Incorrect action
D 4%
GLCE: R.CM.07.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
37 Which of the following is one of the
messages of this selection?
A 14%
A Understanding safety techniques can
save a life.
B 4%
B More people should study to become
botanists.
C 12%
C Everyone should learn how to preserve
plants.
D 69%
D An enjoyable hobby can lead to a
rewarding career.
GLCE: R.CM.07.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
38 Which is the best alternative title for
“New Heights”?
A 8%
A “How To Preserve Plants”
B 78%
B “A Passion for Plants”
C “Finding Plants”
C 5%
D 9%
D “The Importance of Plants
GLCE: R.CM.07.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level narrative
and informational text.
State
Results
A 7%
B 6%
District
Results
40 When she was younger, how did
Eastwood demonstrate her love for
plants?
A She built a greenhouse to display the
plants she found.
B She made a variety of school projects
with flowers she collected.
C 8%
C She displayed her flowers in a variety of
ways around her house.
D 78%
D She collected and studied plants in her
uncle’s garden.
GLCE: R.CM.07.03 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 19%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
14 Make an inference about narrator
A Incorrect inference
B 15%
C 61%
B Incorrect inference
C Correct answer
D Incorrect inference
D 5%
GLCE: R.CM.07.03 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 66%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
23 Make inference from dialogue
B 12%
A Correct answer
B Incorrect inference
C 7%
C Incorrect inference
D Incorrect inference
D 14%
GLCE: R.CM.07.03 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 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 7%
26 Analyze character traits
B 19%
A Incorrect trait
B Incorrect trait
C 68%
C Correct answer
D Incorrect trait
D 6%
GLCE: R.CM.07.03 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 4%
29 Compare how tone is alike across texts
B 17%
A Incorrect tone
B Incorrect tone
C 9%
C Incorrect tone
D Correct answer
D 70%
GLCE: R.CM.07.03 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 74%
30 Compare how meaning of symbols are
alike across texts
B 9%
C 5%
A Correct answer
B Incorrect meaning
C Incorrect meaning
D 13%
D Incorrect meaning
GLCE: R.CM.07.03 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 31%
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
31 Compare sensory appeal across texts
A Incorrect senses
B 7%
C 4%
B Incorrect senses
C Incorrect senses
D Correct answer
D 58%
GLCE: R.CM.07.03 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 13%
32 Compare themes across texts
B 3%
A Incorrect theme
B Incorrect theme
C 76%
C Correct answer
D Incorrect theme
D 8%
GLCE: R.CM.07.03 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 5%
33 Compare ideas by drawing conclusions
across texts
B 18%
A Incorrect conclusion
B Incorrect conclusion
C 26%
D 49%
C Incorrect conclusion
D Correct answer
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.07.01 set a purpose, consider audience, and replicate authors’
styles and patterns when writing a narrative or informational piece.
State
Results
A 20%
B 8%
C 15%
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
6 Identify how writer shows awareness of
audience
A Use of opinion
B Use of fact
C Use of pinion
D 56%
D Correct answer
GLCE: W.PR.07.03 revise drafts to reflect different perspectives for multiple
purposes and to ensure that content, structure, elements of style and voice,
literary devices, and text features are consistent.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 7%
8 Revise using question from peer editor
B 9%
C 12%
A Irrelevant detail
B Irrelevant detail
C Irrelevant detail
D 72%
D Correct answer
GLCE: W.PR.07.03 revise drafts to reflect different perspectives for multiple
purposes and to ensure that content, structure, elements of style and voice,
literary devices, and text features are consistent.
State
Results
A 4%
B 6%
District
Results
9 The tone of this paper is best
described as
A cautious.
B hopeful.
C admiring.
C 86%
D 3%
D relaxing.
GLCE: W.GR.07.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g.,
Modern Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures
including participial phrases; adverbial subordinate clauses; superlative adjectives and
adverbs; present, past, future, continuous verb tenses; parentheses; singular and plural
possessive forms; and indefinite pronoun referents.
State
Results
A 9%
B 80%
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
2 Edit punctuation; apostrophes in
contractions
A Apostrophe missing from contraction;
incorrect use of comma
B Correct answer
C 5%
C Apostrophe missing from contraction;
incorrect spelling
D 6%
D Apostrophe missing from contraction;
incorrect placement of quotation marks
GLCE: W.GR.07.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures including participial
phrases; adverbial subordinate clauses; superlative adjectives and adverbs; present, past,
future, continuous verb tenses; parentheses; singular and plural possessive forms; and
indefinite pronoun referents.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 23%
3 Identify part of speech that provides
strong voice
B 7%
C 6%
A Adjectives
B Nouns
C Pronouns
D 63%
D Correct answer
GLCE: W.GR.07.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures including participial
phrases; adverbial subordinate clauses; superlative adjectives and adverbs; present, past,
future, continuous verb tenses; parentheses; singular and plural possessive forms; and
indefinite pronoun referents.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 16%
4 Edit verb tense
B 8%
A Incorrect verb tense
B Incorrect verb tense
C 73%
C Correct answer
D Incorrect verb tense
D 3%
GLCE: W.GR.07.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures including participial
phrases; adverbial subordinate clauses; superlative adjectives and adverbs; present, past,
future, continuous verb tenses; parentheses; singular and plural possessive forms; and
indefinite pronoun referents.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 81%
5 Revise by forming compound sentence
B 5%
A Correct answer
B Simple sentences; incorrect tense
C 7%
C Incorrect punctuation
D Incorrect punctuation
D 5%
GLCE: W.GR.07.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures including participial
phrases; adverbial subordinate clauses; superlative adjectives and adverbs; present, past,
future, continuous verb tenses; parentheses; singular and plural possessive forms; and
indefinite pronoun referents.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 52%
7 Edit punctuation: quotation marks
B 14%
A Correct answer
B Incorrect punctuation and capitalization
C 7%
C Incorrect punctuation and capitalization
D Incorrect capitalization and spelling
D 27%
GLCE: W.GR.07.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures including participial
phrases; adverbial subordinate clauses; superlative adjectives and adverbs; present, past,
future, continuous verb tenses; parentheses; singular and plural possessive forms; and
indefinite pronoun referents.
State
Results
A 6%
District
Results
10 Read the sentence below.
Thats my heroine, the person I most admire.
Which sentence has been fixed or edited
correctly?
B 8%
C 83%
D 3%
A Thats my heroine the person I most
admire.
B Thats’ my heroine the person I most
admire.
C That’s my heroine the person I most
admire.
D Thats my heroine the people I most
admire.
GLCE: W.GR.07.01 in the context of writing, correctly use style conventions (e.g., Modern
Language Association Handbook) and a variety of grammatical structures including participial
phrases; adverbial subordinate clauses; superlative adjectives and adverbs; present, past,
future, continuous verb tenses; parentheses; singular and plural possessive forms; and
indefinite pronoun referents.
State
Results
District
Results
11 Which of the following is a sentence
fragment?
A 20%
A She is smart and caring.
B 48%
C 16%
B Always knowing what to do.
C Many people like superheroes.
D Smiles come in bundles from her.
D 17%
GLCE: W.GN.07.01 write a cohesive narrative piece such as a memoir, drama,
legend, mystery, poetry, or myth that includes appropriate conventions to the
genre employing literary and plot devices (e.g., internal and/or external
conflicts, antagonists/protagonists, personification).
State
Results
0 2%
1 21%
2 61%
3 15%
4 1%
District
Results
12 Good writers often vary their sentence
structure and their word choices. Was this
writer effective in doing so? Why or why not?
Use examples and details from Student
Writing Sample #2 on page 9 to support your
answer.
GLCE: W.GN.07.01 write a cohesive narrative piece such as a memoir, drama,
legend, mystery, poetry, or myth that includes appropriate conventions to the
genre employing literary and plot devices (e.g., internal and/or external
conflicts, antagonists/protagonists, personification).
State
Results
0 1%
1 2%
2 20%
3 47%
4 25
5 5%
6 0%
District
Results
1 Write about the theme: Resolving Conflict
Conflict is defined as a state of opposition between
people or ideas.
In life there are often conflicts between individuals
or groups. It can take a great deal of effort to
resolve conflict in a productive way. Write
about the theme of resolving conflict.
Do ONLY ONE of the following:
Describe a time when you or someone else had to
resolve a conflict
OR
Explain a historical conflict and how it was resolved
OR
Tell about a time when a conflict was not resolved
OR
Explain why it is important to resolve conflict
OR
Write about the theme in your own way