CAHSEE Reading and Writing

CAHSEE resource guides offer teachers the opportunity to reinforce important skills while seamlessly integrating test preparation. Each guide includes either reading or writing practices in the CAHSEE style and format with correlations to both CAHSEE standards and the Common Core State Standards. Charts are provided to track and implement a definitive plan for meeting CAHSEE objectives.

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CAHSEE Reading guides include:

  • 2 paired passages and a graphic
  • 6 literary response/analysis passages
  • 70 multiple-choice questions
  • 15 open-ended questions
  • Detailed answer explanations
  • Charts for tracking student progress

All components of the Word Analysis, Reading Comprehension, and Literary Response/Analysis strands are covered in these resource guides.

CAHSEE Writing guides include:

  • 12 "student-written" rough drafts over content related to the literary work
  • 35 multiple choice questions
  • 7 writing tasks
  • Detailed answer explanations
  • Charts for tracking student progress

All components of the Writing Strategies, Writing Conventions, and Writing Applications (genres and their characteristics) strands are covered.

Each resource guide is a classroom set; the copyright permits unlimited reproduction of student pages.  Teacher pages may not be shared or reproduced.