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Constructed Response Items: Reading Grade 7

 (1) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read the article 'A Lifeline for Lions' and answer the following question.


Explain whether the title helps a reader understand an important idea of this article. In your response, use information from the article that supports your explanation.

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 (2) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read the story 'Scrambled Eggs' and answer the following question.


Explain the tone created by the author's words and phrases in paragraphs 10-12. In your response, use details and examples from the story that support your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document.

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 (3) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read the story 'Scrambled Eggs' and answer the following question.


Explain what the innkeeper probably learns from his experience. In your response, use details and examples from the story that support your explanation.

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 (4) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read "Tackling the Trash" and answer the following question.


The houseboat headquarters for Chad's team was named The Miracle. Is The Miracle an appropriate name for the houseboat? In your response, use information from the article that supports your answer. Write your answer on your answer document.

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 (5) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read the poems 'Leaving The Library' and 'The Traveler' and answer the following question.


Compare the moods created in "Leaving the Library" and "The Traveler." In your response, use details and examples from both poems that support your answer. Write your answer on your answer document.

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 (6) Brief Constructed Response Sample
What text feature could have been added to "Bard of Avon" to make the article easier to understand? In your response, use information from the article that supports your answer. Write your answer on your answer document.


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 (7) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Explain whether or not the use of words and phrases in "Bard of Avon" makes the theater in Shakespeare's London sound interesting. In your response, use information from the article that supports your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document.


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 (8) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Explain what information could have been added to "Bard of Avon" to help a reader better understand an important idea in the article. In your response, use information from the article that supports your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document.


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 (9) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read this passage about a family’s dinner table conversation from the novel Absolutely Normal Chaos.


How does the author use the dinner table conversation to make the characters seem real? In your response, use details from their conversation that make the characters seem real.

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 (10) Brief Constructed Response Sample
Read this passage about a family’s dinner table conversation from the novel Absolutely Normal Chaos.


How does the author create comedy in the passage? In your response, use details from the passage that create comedy.

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 (11) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read this article titled "The Fosbury Flop." Then answer the question below.


Explain how the Fosbury Flop changed the sport of high jumping. In your response, use information from the article that supports your explanation. Write your answer in the box below.

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 (12) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read this article titled "The Fosbury Flop." Then answer the question below.


What does Fosbury's experience suggest for anyone facing a challenge? In your response, use information from the article that supports your answer. Write your answer in the box below.

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 (13) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read this article titled "The Fosbury Flop." Then answer the question below.


Explain how the author helps a reader feel the excitement of Fosbury's experience in the 1968 Olympics. In your response, use information from the article that supports your explanation. Write your answer in the box below.

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 (14) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read this story titled "Nathan's Choice." Then answer the question below.


Compare Nathan's education with the education of young people today. In your response, use details from the story that support your comparison. Write your answer in the box below.

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 (15) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read this story titled "Nathan's Choice." Then answer the question below.


Explain why Nathan decides to stay at the blacksmith shop. In your response, use details from the story that support your explanation. Write your answer in the box below.

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 (16) Brief Constructed Response Public Release
Read this story titled "Nathan's Choice." Then answer the question below.


Compare Jeremy's and Nathan's attitudes toward hard work. In your response, use details from the story that support your comparison. Write your answer in the box below.

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