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Ninth Grade​

Tenth Grade​

2015 Ninth Grade Sample Items
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• Sample Literary Text Tasks
  • Sample Literary Analysis Task and Sample Student Responses                                   
  • Sample Literary Text Tasks (Text Set Example) 
  • Sample Paired Text Tasks
  • Sample Narrative Tasks 
• Sample Informational Tasks
  • Informational Tasks (Short to Medium Length)​
• Sample Research Simulation Tasks and Sample Student Responses​ 
• ​Sample Student Responses for Conventions (from all 3 released items)

2015 Tenth Grade Sample Items
Some of the passages you will see are in a very small font. This is due to the process of rendering an online item into a PDF format. Please zoom in for better viewing.

• ​Sample Literary Text Tasks
  • Sample Literary Analysis Task and Sample Student Responses 
  • Sample Literary Text Tasks (Text Set Example)
  • ​Sample Narrative Tasks and Sample Student Responses
• Sample Informational Tasks 
  • Informational Task (Short-Medium Length) Text Set Example  
  • Informational Task (Medium-Long Length) ​
  • Paired Texts Text Set Example
• Sample Research Simulation Tasks 
• ​Sample Student Responses for Conventions (from all 3 released items)

Ninth Grade ​Resources to Assist with Creating Instructional Tasks

• Ninth Grade Writing Rubrics (not for grading purposes in the classroom)

        ​PARCC Task Models:  Task Details for Grades 9-11​

Tenth Grade Resources to Assist with Creating Instructional Tasks

• Tenth Grade Writing Rubrics (not for grading purposes in the classroom)

         PARCC Task Models:  Task Details for Grades 9-11

SAT Resources
​Teacher Implementation Guide: These guides were created to help teachers and curriculum specialists: 

• Generate ideas about integrating SAT practice and skill development into challenging course work.
• Interpret student scores, monitor progress, and make connections between scores, curriculum, and instruction.