Analysis of TAKS
Analysis of TAKS
Spring 2006 TAKS Release
Reading Grade 8
Objective 1: Demonstrate basic understanding of culturally diverse texts
▪ vocabulary from structural analysis (Greek and Latin roots, prefixes/suffixes)
▪ vocabulary from context clues, including multiple-meaning words and analogies
▪ determine meanings from derivatives
▪ distinguish denotative and connotative meanings
▪ determine main ideas and supporting details
▪ paraphrase and summarize to recall, inform, or organize ideas
Objective 2: Apply knowledge of literary elements
▪ analyze characters (traits, motivations, conflicts, points of view, relationships, changes)
▪ recognize and analyze plot, setting, problem resolution
▪ recognize and interpret literary devices (flashback, foreshadowing, symbolism)
Objective 3: Use strategies to analyze culturally diverse texts
▪ use text’s structure to locate and recall information (cause and effect, chronology)
▪ find similarities and differences across texts (treatment, scope, organization)
▪ represent text information in different ways (outline, timeline, graphic organizer)
▪ identify purposes of texts (inform, influence, express, entertain)
▪ compare communication in different forms (comparing story variants)
▪ describe how author’s perspective or point of view affects text
Objective 4: Apply critical-thinking skills to culturally diverse texts
▪ draw inferences or generalizations and support them
▪ distinguish fact and opinion
▪ support responses with text
▪ connect, compare, and contrast ideas, themes, and issues across text
▪ analyze ways authors organize and present ideas (cause/effect, compare/contrast, inductively, deductively, or chronologically)
▪ recognize how style, tone, and mood contribute to the effect of the text
TAKS Deconstruction - Reading Grade 8
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Reading Passages
|Passage |Title |# |# |Graphics |Type |# |
| | |Paragraphs |Pages | | |Questions |
|2 |“The Black Blizzards” |6 |2 ¼ |1 map |Expository |4 |
| | | | |1 photograph |Paired passage |3 paired |
|3 |“Dust Bowl Days” |6 |2 |1 photograph |Narrative |6 |
| | | | | |Paired passage |3 paired |
|4 |“Major Taylor” |27 |3 ½ |2 photographs |Narrative |12 |
|5 |“Race the Sun” |22 |2 ½ |1 illustration |Narrative |12 |
|Totals | |79 |13 ¼ | | |48 |
Question Analysis
Reading Passage 1: “The Hindenburg”
|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|2 |4 |The reader can conclude that --- |Conclude |Inferences – conclusions |Three answer choices have no textual |
|G |8.10 (H) | | | |support. |
|84% | | | | | |
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|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|4 |1 |Which is the best summary of the story? |Best summary |Summarize |Answer choices are 3-4 sentence |
|H |8.10 (G) | | | |paragraphs. |
|86% | | | | |Strategy: Beginning/Middle/End |
| | | | | |1 answer choice is missing the |
| | | | | |beginning. 1 answer choice is missing|
| | | | | |the end. 1 answer choice has false |
| | | | | |information. |
| | | | | | |
|5 |4 |In paragraph ___, the author creates a mood of --- |Mood |Mood |The student must identify the mood of|
|B |8.12 (K) | |Appreciation | |1 paragraph. Answer choices are all |
|81% | | |Anticipation | |abstract nouns. |
| | | |Uncertainty | |Strategy: Positive/Negative |
| | | |Confidence | | |
|6 |2 |Paragraph ___ is important to the story because it |Explains |Plot – exposition |Three answer choices are not |
|H |8.12 (G) |--- |Gives details | |supported in the paragraph. |
|87% | | |Describes | | |
|7 |4 |Which sentence from the story supports the idea |Supports |Support responses |Answer choices are all italicized |
|D |8.11 (C) |that [insert idea]? |Challenging | |quotes from the passage. |
|72% | | |Taken aback | |Strategy: Highlight idea in question.|
| | | |Immense | |Match to answer choices. |
| | | | | | |
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|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|9 |4 |Which sentence supports the idea that [insert |Supports |Support responses |Answer choices are all italicized |
|B |8.11 (C) |idea]? |Judgment | |quotes from the passage. |
|93% | | | | |Strategy: Highlight idea in question.|
| | | | | |Match to answer choices. |
| | | | | | |
|10 |2 |At the start of the story [insert character] wants |Apprehensive |Characters – motivation |The effect is given. The student |
|J |8.12 (F) |[insert want] because --- | |(cause and effect) |must identify the cause. |
|91% | | | | | |
|11 |2 |Read this line from paragraph ___. [Insert text |--- |Literary devices – simile |A text box with an italicized |
|B |8.12 (J) |box.] What does the author mean by this line? | | |quotation is provided. The student |
|82% | | | | |must interpret the literal meaning of|
| | | | | |a simile then make an inference. |
| | | | | | |
Reading Passage 2: “The Black Blizzards”
|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
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|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|14 |1 |In this selection, one of the causes of [insert |Causes |Supporting detail |The answer is directly stated in the |
|G |8.10 (F) |effect] is –-- | |(Cause and effect) |passage. |
|73% | | | | | |
|15 |4 |Which sentence best shows that ___? |Utilize |Support responses |Answer choices are italicized quotes |
|C |8.11 (C) | |Benefited | |from the passage. |
|63% | | |Production | |Strategy: |
| | | |Profits | |Highlight idea in question and match |
| | | | | |with answer choices. |
| | | | | | |
Reading Passage 3: “Dust Bowl Days”
|Question/ Answer/ | | | | | |
|% Correct |TAKS/ TEKS | |Vocabulary/ Key Term | | |
| | |Question Stem | |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|17 |3 |[Insert effect] because |Necessities |Cause and effect |The student must identify the cause, |
|C |8.10 (E) | | | |which is directly stated in the |
|90% | | | | |passage. |
| | | | | | |
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|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|19 |1 |Paragraph ___ is mainly about --- |Mainly about |Main idea |The student must identify the main |
|B |8.10 (F) | | | |idea of 1 paragraph. |
|93% | | | | | |
|20 |1 |Read the dictionary entry below for the word |Disguises |Vocabulary – multiple meaning word |The student must identify the correct|
|H |8.9 (B) |___. [Insert entry.] Which definition | | |meaning of a word by using a |
|90% | |represents the meaning of ___ as it is used in | | |dictionary entry with four possible |
| | |paragraph ___? | | |word meanings. |
|21 |4 |The reader can conclude that a problem was --- |Conclude |Inference – conclusion |The correct answer is almost directly|
|D |8.10 (H) | |Pneumonia | |stated. |
|93% | | | | | |
Reading Passages 2 and 3: Cross-Over Questions
|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|23 |4 |What is a major idea found in both selections? |Major idea |Connect ideas across texts |Cross-over question |
|D |8.11 (D) | |Patriotism | |Answer choices are written in the |
|78% | | |Coping | |form of phrases. |
| | | |Hardship | | |
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|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
Reading Passage 4: “Major Taylor”
|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|26 |4 |Which word best describes the tone in paragraph|Tone |Tone |The student must identify the tone of|
|G |8.12 (K) |___? |Relieved | |1 paragraph. Answer choices are |
|81% | | |Determined | |adjectives. |
| | | |Angry | |Strategy: Positive/Negative |
| | | |Nervous | | |
|27 |3 |Why did ___want ___? |Promoters |Text structure – cause and effect |The effect is given. The student |
|A |8.10 (E) | |Spectators | |must identify the cause. The answer |
|90% | | |Interfere | |is directly stated in the passage. |
|28 |4 |Which sentence from the selection supports the |Supports |Support responses |Answer choices are italicized quotes |
|J |8.11 (C) |idea that ___? |Discouraged | |from the selection. Strategy: |
|80% | | | | |Highlight idea in question. |
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|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|30 |3 |Because the story is told from ___’s point of |Point of view |Point of view |Only 1 answer choice refers to the |
|F |8.12 (H) |view the reader can --- |Manuscript | |specified character. |
|90% | | |Understand | |Strategy: “thoughts or feelings” |
| | | |Realize | | |
| | | |Tell | | |
| | | |recognize | | |
|31 |4 |The reader can conclude that --- |Conclude |Inference – conclusion |The answer is almost directly stated.|
|D |8.10 (H) | | | | |
|88% | | | | | |
|32 |2 |Read this sentence from paragraph ___ of the |Retirement |Literary device – metaphor |A italicized metaphor is presented in|
|H |8.12 (J) |selection. [Insert text box.] What did ___ mean| | |a text box. The student must |
|78% | |by these words? | | |interpret the literal meaning of a |
| | | | | |metaphor. |
|33 |1 |[Insert effect] because --- |Unwilling |Supporting detail |The effect is given. The student |
|C |8.10 (F) | | |(cause and effect) |must identify the cause, which is |
|86% | | | | |directly stated in the passage. |
|34 |3 |Look at the time line of ___. [Insert time |--- |Represent text – time line |A time line with 4 text boxes joined |
|J |8.10 (L) |line.] What belongs in the empty box? | | |by right arrows is given. The third |
|76% | | | | |box is empty. The student must |
| | | | | |identify the event that belongs in |
| | | | | |the empty box. |
| | | | | | |
|35 |4 |The reader can conclude that --- |Conclude |Inference - conclusion |Three answer choices have no text |
|B |8.10 (H) | |Threatening | |support. |
|93% | | | | | |
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|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
Reading Passage 5: “Race the Sun”
|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|38 |4 |What can the reader conclude about ___? |Conclude |Inference – conclusion |Only one answer choice is supported |
|J |8.10 (H) | |Determined | |by text. |
|91% | | | | | |
|39 |1 |[Insert effect] because --- |--- |Supporting detail |The answer is directly stated in the |
|C |8.10 (F) | | |(cause and effect) |passage. |
|84% | | | | | |
|40 |1 |Read the first sentence from a summary of this |Summary |Summarize |The beginning of the summary is |
|J |8.10 (G) |story. [Insert text box.] Which of the | | |given. Only one answer choice |
|76% | |following sets of sentences best completes the | | |includes the ending. |
| | |summary? | | | |
|41 |4 |What is the tone of paragraphs ___ through ___?|Tone |Tone |The student must identify the tone of|
|D |8.12 (K) | |Hopelessness | |three paragraphs. Answer choices are|
|68% | | |Insecurity | |abstract nouns. |
| | | |Joyfulness | | |
| | | |Persistence | | |
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|Question/ Answer/ |TAKS/ TEKS |Question Stem |Vocabulary/ Key Term |Skill/ Concept |Context |
|% Correct | | | | | |
|43 |2 |Paragraphs ___ through ___ are important to |--- |Plot – conflict |Three answer choices are in the |
|B |8.12 (G) |this story because they --- | | |paragraphs, but only one answer |
|88% | | | | |choice indicates importance. |
|44 |4 |The reader can conclude that --- |Conclude |Inference – conclusion |Three answer choices are not |
|H |8.10 (H) | | | |supported by text. |
|93% | | | | | |
|45 |2 |[Insert character] [insert action] in order to |Confidence |Character – motivation |The student must make an inference. |
|A |8.12 (F) |--- | | | |
|93% | | | | | |
|46 |4 |Which idea from the story shows that ___? |Determined |Support responses |Strategy: Highlight idea in question |
|J |8.11 (C) | | | |and match to answer choices. |
|91% | | | | | |
|47 |2 |For [insert character], ___ symbolizes ___. |Symbolizes |Literary device - symbolism |The student must interpret the |
|A |8.12 (J) | | | |meaning of a symbol from the point of|
|87% | | | | |view of one character. |
|48 |3 |The most likely reason the author wrote this |Warn |Purpose |Each answer choice begins with a |
|G |8.12 (A) |story is to --- |Share | |purpose verb. |
|88% | | |Persuade | | |
| | | |Describe | | |
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