7th Grade Maze Probe 3 Assessor Directions Standard Administration Directions 1. Write/Type the following sentence on the board: When it is hot in the (summer, winter, can), I like to go swimming. 2. Say to students: You will need a pencil. I will pass out the Maze assessment face down. Please do not turn the paper face up until I ask you to turn it over. Please put your first and last name and teacher s name on the back of the paper. 3. Say to students: You will be doing some reading today. You will be asked to read a passage silently to yourself. When you come to three words that are bold and in parenthesis, you will circle the word that makes sense. Make sure that you CIRCLE the word that best fits. 4. Using the example sentence on the board, Say: Look at the example sentence on the board. This is one sentence that would be in an entire reading passage. It says, When it is hot in the BLANK, I like to go swimming. The three words that are bold and in parenthesis are: (summer, winter, can). What word would you circle? Yes, the word that makes the most sense is SUMMER. Read the entire sentence correctly. When it is hot in the summer, I like to go swimming. Model and emphasize that you CIRCLE the correct word, summer. 5. Say: You will have three minutes to read the passage and CIRCLE the correct word for each set inside the parenthesis. Please start at the beginning of the passage and circle the words that make sense. If you finish the first page, turn your paper to page 2 and continue working. Say: Are there any questions? 6. Set a timer for 3 minutes. 7. Say: Please turn your paper over. The title of the passage is The Flying Queen. 8. Say: You may BEGIN. Start the timer. 9. When the timer rings, say: Stop working please. Hold your paper in the air to be collected. Collect all the papers and thank the students for being wonderful test takers. 10. Use the Assessor Copy for scoring: Maze Comprehension Scoring Guidelines For Assessor Use Count each word that is circled correctly as 1 point. If a child misses 3 words in a row, DO NOT count any correct responses after the 3 consecutive incorrect answers. Add score to the GRASP database.
7th Grade Maze Probe 3 Total Answers = 47 Assessor Copy The Flying Queen In her very short career, she was known to her admiring followers as Queen Bess, the flying queen of the sky. The story of Bessie Coleman is (a, suggestion, grew) model of courage and hard work (do, to, ant) reach one s goals. She lived in (them, place, a) time when race and gender prevented (dog, flew, many) people from being treated fairly. However, (Fifth, Bessie, Warrant) managed to get around those obstacles (it, and, step) become a pilot. The story begins (fork, when, long) Bessie left her parents cotton farm (weak, to, limit) find work in Chicago. She wanted (rate, a, hammer) better education because her school ended (at, helpless, they) eighth grade. She found work in (crooked, attack, a) barber shop where she heard stories (about, disturbed, air) flying from pilots returning from the (shy, war, store). Bessie began to dream about taking (shelf, poison, flying) lessons and saved up enough money (atop, to, destroy) pay for them. Sadly, no flying (gladly, school, sharp) would take her because she was (Cart, Learn, African) American and a woman. Still determined (lively, to, hissing) fly, Bessie traveled to France, and (continue, current, was) accepted by a French flight training (school, was, down). In a year, she became the (first, educate, applaud) black woman to have an international (digestion, shrill, license). Nevertheless Coleman wanted to get still (more, industry, minus) training from famous flying aces in
Page 2 (Modern, France, Sharp) so she could do stunt flying. (Amongst, Finally, Short), she returned home to the States (unripe, to, attention) give flying exhibits in all the (agreeable, burn, major) cities. Audiences were thrilled to observe (her, purring, boy) zipping through the sky making her (poor, barring, biplane) perform loops, barrel rolls, and dives. (One, Slowly, Ticket) of her finest tricks was to (occur, worried, walk) out on the plane s wings in (perfect, annoyed, midair), leaving her copilot to steer the (plane, purpose, appear). Bessie Coleman became a nationwide star, (average, they, but) that wasn t her final goal. She (go, really, chose) wanted to bring the excitement of (boil, gave, flying) to people of her race and (egg, gender, easy). The flying shows and lectures were (greasy, fiercely, raising) enough money so that she could (identify, on, open) her own flight training school. In 1926, (Seat, Tomorrow, Bessie) had bought an old biplane which (her, jolly, dry) family warned her was not safe (torn, of, to) fly. However, after some repairs, she (flew, scary, addition) it to Florida where she was (to, off, death) perform. While flying over the airfield, (the, hat, smoothly) plane s engine faltered and began to (soap, music, dive) downward. At thirty-four, Flying Queen Bessie (Gather, Complain, Coleman) perished in the crash.
7 Maze Probe 3 Name Student Copy Score / 47 The Flying Queen In her very short career, she was known to her admiring followers as Queen Bess, the flying queen of the sky. The story of Bessie Coleman is (a, suggestion, grew) model of courage and hard work (do, to, ant) reach one s goals. She lived in (them, place, a) time when race and gender prevented (dog, flew, many) people from being treated fairly. However, (Fifth, Bessie, Warrant) managed to get around those obstacles (it, and, step) become a pilot. The story begins (fork, when, long) Bessie left her parents cotton farm (weak, to, limit) find work in Chicago. She wanted (rate, a, hammer) better education because her school ended (at, helpless, they) eighth grade. She found work in (crooked, attack, a) barber shop where she heard stories (about, disturbed, air) flying from pilots returning from the (shy, war, store). Bessie began to dream about taking (shelf, poison, flying) lessons and saved up enough money (atop, to, destroy) pay for them. Sadly, no flying (gladly, school, sharp) would take her because she was (Cart, Learn, African) American and a woman. Still determined (lively, to, hissing) fly, Bessie traveled to France, and (continue, current, was) accepted by a French flight training (school, was, down). In a year, she became the (first, educate, applaud) black woman to have an international (digestion, shrill, license). Nevertheless Coleman wanted to get still (more, industry, minus) training from famous flying aces in
Page 2 (Modern, France, Sharp) so she could do stunt flying. (Amongst, Finally, Short), she returned home to the States (unripe, to, attention) give flying exhibits in all the (agreeable, burn, major) cities. Audiences were thrilled to observe (her, purring, boy) zipping through the sky making her (poor, barring, biplane) perform loops, barrel rolls, and dives. (One, Slowly, Ticket) of her finest tricks was to (occur, worried, walk) out on the plane s wings in (perfect, annoyed, midair), leaving her copilot to steer the (plane, purpose, appear). Bessie Coleman became a nationwide star, (average, they, but) that wasn t her final goal. She (go, really, chose) wanted to bring the excitement of (boil, gave, flying) to people of her race and (egg, gender, easy). The flying shows and lectures were (greasy, fiercely, raising) enough money so that she could (identify, on, open) her own flight training school. In 1926, (Seat, Tomorrow, Bessie) had bought an old biplane which (her, jolly, dry) family warned her was not safe (torn, of, to) fly. However, after some repairs, she (flew, scary, addition) it to Florida where she was (to, off, death) perform. While flying over the airfield, (the, hat, smoothly) plane s engine faltered and began to (soap, music, dive) downward. At thirty-four, Flying Queen Bessie (Gather, Complain, Coleman) perished in the crash.