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.04.07 in context, determine the meaning of words and
phrases including similes, metaphors, content vocabulary, and literary
terms using strategies and resources including context clues, semantic
feature analysis, and a thesaurus.
State
Results
A 18%
B 19%
C 10%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
14 Use context to determine word
meaning
A Incorrect meaning
B Incorrect meaning
C Incorrect meaning
D 53%
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.WS.04.07 in context, determine the meaning of words and
phrases including similes, metaphors, content vocabulary, and literary
terms using strategies and resources including context clues, semantic
feature analysis, and a thesaurus.
State
Results
A 10%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
21 Use context to determine
word meaning
B 66%
A Incorrect meaning
C 12%
D 11%
B Correct answer
C Antonym
D Incorrect meaning
GLCE: R.WS.04.07 in context, determine the meaning of words and
phrases including similes, metaphors, content vocabulary, and literary
terms using strategies and resources including context clues, semantic
feature analysis, and a thesaurus.
State
Results
District
Results
36 In this selection, semi-aquatic means
to
A 84%
B 6%
A be in water about half of the time.
B breathe under the water.
C 3%
C be under the water at all times.
D swim fast in the water.
D 6%
GLCE: R.WS.04.07 in context, determine the meaning of words and
phrases including similes, metaphors, content vocabulary, and literary
terms using strategies and resources including context clues, semantic
feature analysis, and a thesaurus.
State
Results
A 8%
B 7%
District
Results
42 Which expression describes an animal
that controls its body temperature by
moving about?
A warm-blooded
B semi-aquatic
C 81%
C cold-blooded
D meat-eating
D 3%
GLCE: R.NT.04.02 identify and describe the structure, elements, and
purpose of a variety of narrative genre including poetry, myths, legends,
fantasy, and adventure
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 10%
22 Identify genre; poetry
B 6%
A Incorrect genre
C 4%
B Incorrect genre
C Incorrect genre
D 80%
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.NT.04.02 identify and describe the structure, elements, and
purpose of a variety of narrative genre including poetry, myths, legends,
fantasy, and adventure
State
Results
A 13%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
25 Identify author’s purpose
B 4%
A Incorrect purpose
C 32%
B Incorrect purpose
C Incorrect purpose
D 50%
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.NT.04.03 analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through
dialogue, various character roles, and functions including hero, antihero, or narrator; know first person point of view and identify conflict
and resolution.
State
Results
A 12%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
13 Analyze character’s action using
cause/effect relationship
B 5%
A Incorrect cause
C 77%
B Incorrect cause
C Correct answer
D 6%
D Incorrect cause
GLCE: R.NT.04.03 analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through
dialogue, various character roles, and functions including hero, antihero, or narrator; know first person point of view and identify conflict
and resolution.
State
Results
A 80%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
15 Analyze character’s feelings using
cause/effect relationship
B 8%
A Correct answer
C 7%
D 5%
B Incorrect cause
C Incorrect cause
D Incorrect cause
GLCE: R.NT.04.03 analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through
dialogue, various character roles, and functions including hero, antihero, or narrator; know first person point of view and identify conflict
and resolution.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 11%
18 Identify problem
B 7%
A Incorrect problem
C 11%
B Incorrect problem
C Incorrect problem
D 71%
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.NT.04.03 analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through
dialogue, various character roles, and functions including hero, antihero, or narrator; know first person point of view and identify conflict
and resolution.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 6%
19 Predict character’s feelings
B 69%
A Incorrect feeling
C 18%
B Correct answer
C Incorrect feeling
D 7%
D Incorrect feeling
GLCE: R.NT.04.03 analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through
dialogue, various character roles, and functions including hero, antihero, or narrator; know first person point of view and identify conflict
and resolution.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 66%
20 Identify lesson
B 5%
A Correct answer
C 8%
B Incorrect information
C Detail
D 21%
D Detail
GLCE: R.NT.04.03 analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through
dialogue, various character roles, and functions including hero, antihero, or narrator; know first person point of view and identify conflict
and resolution.
State
Results
A 73%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
24 Analyze character’s feelings using first
person point of view
B 5%
A Correct answer
C 5%
B Opposite feeling
C Opposite feeling
D 16%
D Incorrect feeling
GLCE: R.NT.04.03 analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through
dialogue, various character roles, and functions including hero, antihero, or narrator; know first person point of view and identify conflict
and resolution.
State
Results
A 7%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
26 Use dialogue to analyze character’s
feeling
B 6%
A Incorrect feeling
C 80%
B Incorrect feeling
C Correct answer
D 6%
D Incorrect feeling
GLCE: R.NT.04.03 analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through
dialogue, various character roles, and functions including hero, antihero, or narrator; know first person point of view and identify conflict
and resolution.
State
Results
A 8%
B 74%
C 11%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
27 Analyze character’s feeling
A Incorrect feeling
B Correct answer
C Incorrect feeling
D 7%
D Incorrect feeling
GLCE: R.NT.04.03 analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through
dialogue, various character roles, and functions including hero, antihero, or narrator; know first person point of view and identify conflict
and resolution.
State
Results
A 63%
B 5%
C 27%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
28 Predict character’s actions
A Correct answer
B Incorrect prediction
C Incorrect prediction
D 4%
D Incorrect prediction
GLCE: R.NT.04.04 explain how authors use literary devices including
flash-forward and flashback to depict time, setting, conflicts, and
resolutions to enhance the plot and create suspense.
State
Results
A 22%
District
Results
Questions 13 – 20 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
16 Explain meaning of figurative
language
B 21%
A Incorrect meaning
C 48%
B Incorrect meaning
C Correct answer
D 9%
D Incorrect meaning
GLCE: R.IT.04.01 identify and describe the structure, elements,
features, and purpose of a variety of informational genre including
autobiography/biography, personal essay, almanac, and newspaper.
State
Results
District
Results
35 This selection is nonfiction because it
A 4%
A shows pictures of alligators.
B 81%
B provides facts about alligators.
C tells a story about alligators.
C 8%
D 6%
D is written from an alligator’s point of view.
GLCE: R.IT.04.03 explain how authors use text features including
appendices, headings, subheadings, marginal notes, keys and legends,
figures, and bibliographies to enhance the understanding of key and
supporting ideas.
State
Results
District
Results
39 According to the map and the text,
American alligators can be found
A 14%
B 4%
A in all of the United States.
B in fields and forests.
C 76%
C in warm, wet regions.
D in all of the world’s oceans
D 5%
GLCE: R.CM.04.02 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%
17 Identify important event
B 6%
A Incorrect information
C 6%
B Incorrect information
C Incorrect information
D 77%
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.CM.04.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level
narrative and informational text.
State
Results
A 23%
District
Results
Questions 21 – 28 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
23 Identify important detail related to
cause/effect
B 10%
A Incorrect information
C 61%
D 6%
B Incorrect information
C Correct answer
D Incorrect information
GLCE: R.CM.04.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level
narrative and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
37 How do male alligators attract female
alligators?
A 6%
B 5%
A by forming holes that hold water
B by sliding down mud banks
C 85%
C by producing a deep bellowing sound
D 4%
D by climbing over things
GLCE: R.CM.04.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level
narrative and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
38 Alligators submerge their bodies while
stalking prey to
A 5%
A keep cool.
B 16%
C 15%
B move faster.
C attract the prey.
D surprise the prey.
D 63%
GLCE: R.CM.04.02 retell through concise summarization grade-level
narrative and informational text.
State
Results
District
Results
A 81%
41 According to the selection, what
does an alligator do when it is
threatened?
B 2%
A hisses
C 11%
B runs away
C shows its jaws
D 6%
D eats its prey
GLCE: R.CM.04.03 explain relationships among themes, ideas, and
characters within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by
categorizing and classifying, comparing and contrasting, or drawing
parallels across time and culture.
State
Results
A 85%
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
29 Compare how themes are alike
across texts
B 3%
A Correct answer
C 4%
D 7%
B Incorrect theme
C Incorrect theme
D Incorrect theme
GLCE: R.CM.04.03 explain relationships among themes, ideas, and
characters within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by
categorizing and classifying, comparing and contrasting, or drawing
parallels across time and culture.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 10%
30 Compare lesson across texts
B 66%
A Incorrect information
C 14%
D 9%
B Correct answer
C Incorrect information
D Incorrect lesson
GLCE: R.CM.04.03 explain relationships among themes, ideas, and
characters within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by
categorizing and classifying, comparing and contrasting, or drawing
parallels across time and culture.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 7%
B 5%
31 Compare how problems are alike
across texts
A Problem in one selection; not both
C 29%
B Incorrect information
C Problem in one selection; not both
D 59%
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.CM.04.03 explain relationships among themes, ideas, and
characters within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by
categorizing and classifying, comparing and contrasting, or drawing
parallels across time and culture.
State
Results
A 4%
B 10%
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
32 Compare how ideas are alike across
texts
A Idea in one selection; not both
C 15%
D 71%
B Idea in one selection; not both
C Idea in one selection; not both
D Correct answer
GLCE: R.CM.04.03 explain relationships among themes, ideas, and
characters within and across texts to create a deeper understanding by
categorizing and classifying, comparing and contrasting, or drawing
parallels across time and culture.
State
Results
A 6%
District
Results
Questions 29 – 33 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
33 Compare how characters are alike
across texts
B 72%
A Incorrect information
C 11%
B Correct answer
C Incorrect information
D 11%
D True for character in one selection, not
both
GLCE: R.CM.04.04 apply significant knowledge from grade-level
science, social studies, and mathematics texts.
State
Results
A 5%
B 73%
District
Results
40 How do alligators help their
environment?
A They live in dry places.
B They keep waterways clear.
C 11%
C They slide down mud banks.
D They lower the water temperature.
D 12%
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.04.01 set a purpose, consider audience, and replicate
authors’ styles and patterns when writing a narrative or informational
piece
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 28%
8 Identify writer’s purpose
B 43%
A Incorrect purpose
C 8%
D 20%
B Correct answer
C Incorrect purpose
D Incorrect purpose
GLCE: W.PR.04.01 set a purpose, consider audience, and replicate
authors’ styles and patterns when writing a narrative or informational
piece
State
Results
A 5%
District
Results
10 What was the writer’s purpose?
A to persuade readers to fly kites
B to show readers how to make a kite
B 3%
C 83%
D 9%
C to inform readers about the history of
kites
D to entertain readers with a story about
kites
GLCE: W.PS.04.01 exhibit personal style and voice to enhance the
written message in both narrative (e.g., strong verbs, figurative
language, sensory images) and informational writing (e.g., precision,
established importance, transitions).
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 21%
2 Revise word choice
B 5%
A Synonym; question requests EXCEPTION
C 6%
D 68%
B Synonym; question requests EXCEPTION
C Synonym; question requests EXCEPTION
D Correct answer
GLCE: W.PS.04.01 exhibit personal style and voice to enhance the
written message in both narrative (e.g., strong verbs, figurative
language, sensory images) and informational writing (e.g., precision,
established importance, transitions).
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 14%
3 Identify sentence expressing opinion
B 8%
A Fact
C 69%
D 8%
B Fact
C Correct answer
D Fact
GLCE: W.PS.04.01 exhibit personal style and voice to enhance the
written message in both narrative (e.g., strong verbs, figurative
language, sensory images) and informational writing (e.g., precision,
established importance, transitions).
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 9%
5 Revise word choice
B 83%
A Changes meaning
C 3%
D 5%
B Correct answer
C Changes meaning
D Changes meaning
GLCE: W.PS.04.01 exhibit personal style and voice to enhance the
written message in both narrative (e.g., strong verbs, figurative
language, sensory images) and informational writing (e.g., precision,
established importance, transitions).
11 Read the sentence below.
State
Results
A 81%
B 8%
C 2%
D 9%
District
Results
These fun activities need lots of
important training and safety rules.
Which word could replace need in this
sentence?
A require
B want
C play
D show
GLCE: W.GR.04.01 in the context of writing, correctly use simple and compound
sentences; direct and indirect objects; prepositional phrases; adjectives; common and
proper nouns as subjects and objects; pronouns as antecedents; regular and irregular
verbs; hyphens between syllables; apostrophes in contractions; and commas in
salutations to set off words; phrases and dialogue; quotation marks or italics to identify
titles or names.
State
Results
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
A 20%
4 Use apostrophe to form contraction
B 1%
A Apostrophe missing
B Incorrect placement of apostrophe
C 2%
C Incorrect placement of apostrophe
D Correct answer
D 78%
GLCE: W.GR.04.01 in the context of writing, correctly use simple and compound
sentences; direct and indirect objects; prepositional phrases; adjectives; common and
proper nouns as subjects and objects; pronouns as antecedents; regular and irregular
verbs; hyphens between syllables; apostrophes in contractions; and commas in
salutations to set off words; phrases and dialogue; quotation marks or italics to identify
titles or names.
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
State
Results
A 40%
B 28%
District
Results
6 Edit punctuation; commas separating
modifying phrase from independent
clause
A Correct answer
C 15%
B Comma missing; incorrect pronoun
D 16%
C Incorrect placement of comma;
incorrect pronoun
D Correct placement of comma; incorrect
ending punctuation
GLCE: W.GR.04.01 in the context of writing, correctly use simple and compound
sentences; direct and indirect objects; prepositional phrases; adjectives; common and
proper nouns as subjects and objects; pronouns as antecedents; regular and irregular
verbs; hyphens between syllables; apostrophes in contractions; and commas in
salutations to set off words; phrases and dialogue; quotation marks or italics to identify
titles or names.
State
Results
A 16%
District
Results
Questions 2 – 8 not released.
Descriptors provided for stem and foils.
7 Revise to form compound sentence
B 7%
A Revision replaced periods with
commas; awkward
C 70%
B Revision changes meaning
C Correct answer
D 6%
D Revision uses conjunction “and”
repeatedly; awkward
GLCE: W.GR.04.01 in the context of writing, correctly use simple and compound
sentences; direct and indirect objects; prepositional phrases; adjectives; common and
proper nouns as subjects and objects; pronouns as antecedents; regular and irregular
verbs; hyphens between syllables; apostrophes in contractions; and commas in
salutations to set off words; phrases and dialogue; quotation marks or italics to identify
titles or names.
9 Read the sentence below.
State
Results
A 5%
B 11%
C 24%
D 59%
District
Results
Many kites today are used for
entertaining, but in the past it was used
for many important things.
What is the conjunction that connects the
two sentences?
A in
B many
C entertainment
D but
GLCE: W.GN.04.03 write an informational comparative piece that
demonstrates understanding of central and supporting ideas using an
effective organizational pattern (e.g., compare/contrast) and
informational text features.
State
Results
District
Results
12 What advice would you give the writer
to improve this writing sample? Why?
0 10%
1 24%
2 59%
3 7%
4 0%
Use examples and details from Student
Writing Sample #2 on page 9 to support
your answer
GLCE: W.PR.04.01 set a purpose, consider audience, and replicate
authors’ styles and patterns when writing a narrative or informational
piece.
State
Results
0 3%
1 3%
2 36%
3 47%
4 9%
5 1%
6 0%
District
Results
1 Item not released.