Week 7: Week 7 — EBSR: Two-Part Evidence Questions
Week of Mon, Dec 14 · week closes Sun, Dec 20
This week's items
Exact due times are in Canvas. Each week opens on its Monday and stays open. Practice is never late — but the MCAP window opens April 5, 2027, so keep pace.
Know these cold
- An Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR) item has two parts. Part A asks a question about the text, and Part B asks which evidence from the text best supports your Part A answer.
- The two parts are linked. A correct Part A with the wrong Part B earns no credit for Part B, so every Part B deserves the same care as Part A.
- Answer Part A in your own words before you look at the choices. A prediction protects you from attractive wrong answers.
- Strong Part B evidence proves the Part A answer directly. Weak evidence is often true and from the passage, but it is only related to the topic, too general, or supports a different claim.
- Use Part B as a check. If none of the quotations support the Part A answer you chose, your Part A answer is probably wrong, so go back and reconsider.
- For word-meaning EBSR items, Part B usually points to the context clue: the nearby details that show what the word must mean.
- For theme and central idea EBSR items, the best evidence usually shows change, a turning point, or the author's main point, not a background detail.
- In this pack, each EBSR item is shown as one question with claim and evidence pairs. Only one choice has both a correct claim and the evidence that truly proves it.
Meerk's quiz — open the Week 7 gate
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My Progress
Dinner Table Question
Ask at home: If someone said you were a loyal friend, what is one thing you have done that would prove it?
En español: Si alguien dijera que eres un amigo leal, ¿qué es algo que has hecho que lo demostraría?