ELA State Test Reminders

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Across
  1. 2. the part of an essay that restates the key points and wraps it up
  2. 4. the first sentence of each body paragraph in an essay
  3. 6. your big claim that answers all part of an essay prompt
  4. 7. fiction thinking job
  5. 9. a big message an author communicates in a fiction text
  6. 11. the part of a paragraph that explains your evidence in your own words
  7. 12. the number of direct quotes from the text to include in a short response
  8. 13. the author's feeling or opinion toward the topic
Down
  1. 1. a phrase you use to introduce a new idea or move smoothly from one idea to another
  2. 3. what you create on the planning page before writing your essay
  3. 5. short jots in the margins that help you track the key ideas of a text
  4. 8. you own answer you write next to a multiple choice question before you look at the answer choices
  5. 10. the 5th grade performance training mascot