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\nPennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction—September 2015  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nINTRODUCTION  ....................................................................................... 1  \nEnglish Language Arts Grade 5  ........................................................................ 3  \nSection 1  ........................................................................................... 4  \nPassage 1  ............................................................................................... 6  \nMultiple-Choice Questions  ......................................................................... 8  \nEvidence-Based Selected-Response Question  ...................................................... 11  \nPassage 2  .............................................................................................. 12  \nMultiple-Choice Questions  ........................................................................ 14  \nMultiple-Choice Question  ......................................................................... 17  \nEvidence-Based Selected-Response Question  ...................................................... 18  \nMultiple-Choice Questions  ........................................................................ 21  \nEvidence-Based Selected-Response Question  ...................................................... 22  \nMultiple-Choice Questions  ........................................................................ 23  \nText-Dependent Analysis Question  ................................................................ 26  \nText-Dependent Analysis Question Scoring Guideline  .............................................. 30  \nText-Dependent Analysis Question Student Responses  ............................................. 32  \nPassage 3  .............................................................................................. 49  \nMultiple-Choice Questions  ........................................................................ 52  \nEvidence-Based Selected-Response Question  ...................................................... 56  \nText-Dependent Analysis Question  ................................................................ 58  \nText-Dependent Analysis Question Scoring Guideline  .............................................. 62  \nText-Dependent Analysis Question Student Responses  ............................................. 64  \nPassage 4  .............................................................................................. 78  \nMultiple-Choice Questions  ........................................................................ 80  \nEvidence-Based Selected-Response Questions  ..................................................... 84  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  .............................................................................. 86  \nSection 2  ......................................................................................... 88  \nStandalone Multiple-Choice Questions  ................................................................. 89  \nSection 3  ........................................................................................ 102  \nOpinion Writing Prompt  ................................................................................. 103  \nOpinion Writing Prompt—4-Point Mode-Specific Scoring Guideline  ............................... 106  \nOpinion Writing Prompt Student Responses  ...................................................... 108  \nInformative/Explanatory Writing Prompt  ................................................................. 117  \nInformative/Explanatory Writing Prompt—4-Point Mode-Specific Scoring Guideline  ................................................................................ 120  \nInformative/Explanatory Writing Prompt Student Responses  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