The ELA is administered in three sessions. Each session is approximately one hour long. Students are required to read a passage and answer multiple choice questions. Students are required to listen to a passage that is read aloud to them, they will take notes during a second reading , and then respond to the passage in writing.
Students silently read a longer passage and create a written response to the reading.
Write together and ask open ended questions that have more than one correct answer. Stop a story before the ending and make predictions for the ending. Read a variety of texts - magazines, newspapers, poetry, informational, nonfiction and fictional pieces. Write for a variety of purposes - letters, reporting of information, lists, journals, pleasure, etc.