ELA –PARCC Practice Helper
Passage 1 Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell pages 4-5
Use CAPP Strategy to read and annotate passage.
Answer Questions 1-5, pages 6-10.
Passage 2 “from Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad, pages 11-12
Use CAPP strategy or read and annotate looking for elements of literature: characters, setting, and plot.
Answer Questions 6 and 7, pages 13-14.
Passage 3 “from Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley, pages 15-17.
Use CAPP strategy or read and annotate looking for elements of literature: characters, setting, and plot.
Answer Questions 8-11, pages 18-21.
Passage 4 “from The solitude of Self” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pages 22-23.
Use SOAPSTone Strategy to read and annotate passage. Use RARER strategy to answer questions.
Answer Questions 12-16, pages 24-28.
Passage 5 “Are We Causing Antibiotic Resistance by Trying to Prevent It? By Beth Skwarecki, pages 29-32.
Read Questions before reading and annotating passage.
Answer Questions 17-22, pages 33-39, using RARER strategy.
Check to make sure you have followed all directions before turning in packet as it will be graded.
CAPP STRATEGY
C = Context
Time
Place
People
Events
Motivating force behind passage
A = Audience
Knowledge
Attitudes
Beliefs
P = Persona of the Speaker/ Narrator
How does the speaker want to be perceived?
P = Purpose
SOAPSTones Strategy
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose Subject
Tone or Attitude
RARER STRATEGY
R – Restate the question
A – Answer the Question
R – Reason for answer
E – Evidence
R – Restate again