English Language study guides

A complete overview of exam strategy for LEAP English I and II: the three-session structure, the technology-enhanced item types, pacing the assessment, reading the prompt and rubric, and the five achievement levels and the graduation role. How knowing the test format lifts your score.

A complete overview of the Language strand on LEAP English I and II: vocabulary in context, word parts, denotation and connotation and figurative meaning, grammar and usage conventions, and punctuation and sentence structure. How vocabulary is tested in context and how conventions are scored twice, in editing items and on the writing rubrics.

A complete overview of reading informational texts on the LEAP English I and II assessment: central ideas, analyzing argument and claims, author's purpose and craft, text structure, text evidence and inference, and comparing and synthesizing paired texts. How the six skills connect and feed the Research Simulation Task.

A complete overview of reading literary texts on the LEAP English I and II assessment: theme and central idea, plot and conflict and structure, character and point of view, figurative language and devices, and reading poetry. How the five skills connect, how they feed the Literary Analysis Task, and how to study them for unseen passages.

A complete overview of revising and editing on LEAP English I and II: revising for clarity and organization, editing for grammar and usage, sentence boundaries and combining, word choice and precision, and the item types. How revising differs from editing and how the same skills lift the writing rubrics.

A complete overview of the written response on LEAP English I and II: the three prose constructed-response tasks (Literary Analysis, Research Simulation, Narrative), the rule that every student does the Research Simulation Task plus one other, using text evidence, and the two LEAP writing rubrics and their point scales. How the tasks and dimensions fit together.