2018 MCAS
Grade 6 English Language Arts
Question 24

There are indications that the student may have read the passage and/or the poem, but the brief response incorrectly interprets the speaker's reference to astronauts as wishing to go into space with help from her grandfather. The response does not address the question of how Rinko and the speaker feel about their heritage.

The response consists of four lines of text that contain numerous errors, including errors in capitalization and end punctuation. The response demonstrates no control of Standard English conventions for grammar, usage, and mechanics at this grade level.