(MCAS) ELA Grade 4
(MCAS) ELA Grade 4 (MCAS) ELA Grade 4
English Language Arts aaSession 3, Open Response Questionan 37 Explain why, according to the selection, mummies are considered Egypt’s national treasures. Use specific information from the selection to explain their importance. Reporting Category/Learning Standard for Item 37: Literature/Learning Standard 9 aaQuestion 37 Scoring Guide & Responsesaa Score 4 3 2 1 Description The response demonstrates a thorough comprehension of the importance of ancient mummies to Egypt. Relevant, specific information from the selection is included in the response. The response demonstrates a general comprehension of the importance of ancient mummies to Egypt. General information from the selection is included in the response. The response demonstrates a partial comprehension of the importance of ancient mummies to Egypt. Limited or partially incorrect information from the selection is included in the response. The response demonstrates a vague comprehension of the importance of ancient mummies to Egypt. No supporting information from the selection is included. 0 The response is totally incorrect or irrelevant. Blank No response. Score Point 4 ` I learned that one of the Egyptian beliefs is that if they preserve themselves after they are dead and they get mummified they can have an afterlife. But in order for them to have an afterlife their spirit needs to leave the body, it won’t be able to be reborn. They have been doing this Egyptian custom for 7,000 years. Not just pharos and king get mummified but citizens can to. The Egyptians bring pets with them to and they are mummified so the Egyptians will have company in the after life. There are people who sell mummies and people who by them because some people believe that some stuff in the mummy are good for medicine. They they thought was good to treat headaches, coughs, skin rashes, nausia, ulsers, and other ailments. THE MASSACHUSETTS COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM: 66 Release of Spring 2000, 2001 & 2002 Test Items Rev. 06/03 srm
English Language Arts Score Point 3 ` The four things we have learned about ancient Egypt by studying mummies are the some of the things they believed in such as turning cats into mummies to give the dead a companion. Another thing they have found out from mummies is that they had royalty in Egypt, Also by studying mummies we learn how long it had been since they started wrapping the dead bodies. We learn from mummies how many people died in a certen amount of time and why. Score Point 2 ` I have learned that mummy unwrapping was a social as well as scientific event and that people wanted to unwrap them to satisfy their curlosity. I have also learned that pharos and those who had the money to pay for it were mummified after they died. and I learned that there were so many mummies that they stacked them up on each other in ancient egyptian tombs because there was not enough room in cemeteries. Some people even brought mummies home with them. The custome of making mummies lasted over 3,000 years. Medicine was not the only use for mummies. At times there were so many wraped bodies the cemeteries coul’dnt hold them all. Score Point 1 ` I learned that mummies were unwrapped to study diseases. Pharaohs were mummified after they died. People would have animal spirits in their reborn bodies. Mummies are valuable. Score Point 0 ` That mummies need to be preserved and not destroyed. It’s good medicine for us to stop illness. The remaining mummies are teach us alot. We had over 3,000 and now not that many. 37 THE MASSACHUSETTS COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM: 67 Release of Spring 2000, 2001 & 2002 Test Items Rev. 06/03 srm
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English Language Arts<br />
Score Point 3 `<br />
The four things we have learned about ancient Egypt by studying mummies are the<br />
some of the things they believed in such as turning cats into mummies to give the dead<br />
a companion. Another thing they have found out from mummies is that they had<br />
royalty in Egypt, Also by studying mummies we learn how long it had been since they<br />
started wrapping the dead bodies. We learn from mummies how many people died in a<br />
certen amount of time and why.<br />
Score Point 2 `<br />
I have learned that mummy unwrapping was a social as well as scientific event and<br />
that people wanted to unwrap them to satisfy their curlosity. I have also learned that<br />
pharos and those who had the money to pay for it were mummified after they died.<br />
and I learned that there were so many mummies that they stacked them up on each<br />
other in ancient egyptian tombs because there was not enough room in cemeteries.<br />
Some people even brought mummies home with them. The custome of making<br />
mummies lasted over 3,000 years. Medicine was not the only use for mummies. At<br />
times there were so many wraped bodies the cemeteries coul’dnt hold them all.<br />
Score Point 1 `<br />
I learned that mummies were unwrapped to study diseases. Pharaohs were<br />
mummified after they died. People would have animal spirits in their reborn bodies.<br />
Mummies are valuable.<br />
Score Point 0 `<br />
That mummies need to be preserved and not destroyed. It’s good medicine for us to<br />
stop illness. The remaining mummies are teach us alot. We had over 3,000 and now<br />
not that many.<br />
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Release of Spring 2000, 2001 & 2002 Test Items<br />
Rev. 06/03 srm
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