8th Grade Maze Probe 8 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 Red Tails. 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.
8th Grade Maze Probe 8 Total Answers = 47 Assessor Copy The Red Tails Ben Davis had always aspired to fly planes, and when he hitched a ride with a barnstorming pilot, he was convinced. His parents tried not to raise (his, straight, bury) hopes since there were no African-American (pilots, hey, sail). Yet, the chance to fly came (Slimy, Davis, Petite) way in the first years of (Him, WWII, Father), when a flight school opened at (Neatly, Within, Tuskegee) Institute. In the Nineteen Forties, when (tiny, greet, the) Tuskegee Airmen were formed, there were (no, excited, amuse) black pilots in the army. The (Boiling, War, Me) Department made funds available to train (witty, plus, an) all-black combat unit. At first, they (had, wooden, soft) white officers because there were no (shake, bring, black) officers available. After that, they were (outrageous, ours, put) under the command of Captain Benjamin (Of, Seen, Davis), one of two black line officers. (Soccer, Faith, Most) black units were formed as service (fact, arms, drink) for the military, but the 99th (Tree, Pursuit, Intend) Squad was a fighter wing. The 332 nd (Bombardment, And, Depressed) Squadron earned the funny nickname Red (Manager, Spade, Tails) after painting the tails of their (different, planes, disease) bright red. However, the high command (loose, crush, threw) many obstacles to battle in their (foolishly, path, late) to combat. In 1943, the 99th Squad (finally, flew, anxious) saw combat in Italy, and their (distribution, annually, flying) skills stunned the entire world. Sadly, (wildly, their, fowl) victory was criticized for not shooting
Page 2 (vice, found, down) enemy planes. Then in Sicily, the (Hidden, Red, Statement) Tails proved they were good air (band, combat, sour) pilots by shooting down many enemy (tender, confess, planes). The 332nd Fighter group was given (short, the, compare) job of escorting heavy bombers on (thin, raids, argument). They won many distinguished flying awards (afterwards, fiercely, for) bravery in combat. Prejudice kept raising (anybody, its, pot) ugly head due to the separation (alert, of, division) white and black units still being (the, icy, pump) law. Black officers were not permitted (to, innocent, question) command white troops or make use (of, unusual, upset) white facilities such as clubs. In 1944, (obnoxious, at, journey) the Battle of the Bulge in (Bright, Whereas, France), the black ground troops were ordered (began, to, successfully) pick up a gun and get (in, radiate, clap) the fight. In the air above (painfully, the, street) battleground, the Red Tails escorted the (map, bombers, allow) to their targets, and the battle (organization, was, canvas) won. Ben Davis climbed to the (correctly, rank, toward) of general with many honors for (governess, outside, his) bravery. Not until the war was (finally, fortunate, seen) over, were all troops integrated regardless (then, fruit, of) their race.
8 Maze Probe 8 Name Student Copy Score / 47 The Red Tails Ben Davis had always aspired to fly planes, and when he hitched a ride with a barnstorming pilot, he was convinced. His parents tried not to raise (his, straight, bury) hopes since there were no African-American (pilots, hey, sail). Yet, the chance to fly came (Slimy, Davis, Petite) way in the first years of (Him, WWII, Father), when a flight school opened at (Neatly, Within, Tuskegee) Institute. In the Nineteen Forties, when (tiny, greet, the) Tuskegee Airmen were formed, there were (no, excited, amuse) black pilots in the army. The (Boiling, War, Me) Department made funds available to train (witty, plus, an) all-black combat unit. At first, they (had, wooden, soft) white officers because there were no (shake, bring, black) officers available. After that, they were (outrageous, ours, put) under the command of Captain Benjamin (Of, Seen, Davis), one of two black line officers. (Soccer, Faith, Most) black units were formed as service (fact, arms, drink) for the military, but the 99th (Tree, Pursuit, Intend) Squad was a fighter wing. The 332 nd (Bombardment, And, Depressed) Squadron earned the funny nickname Red (Manager, Spade, Tails) after painting the tails of their (different, planes, disease) bright red. However, the high command (loose, crush, threw) many obstacles to battle in their (foolishly, path, late) to combat. In 1943, the 99th Squad (finally, flew, anxious) saw combat in Italy, and their (distribution, annually, flying) skills stunned the entire world. Sadly, (wildly, their, fowl) victory was criticized for not shooting
Page 2 (vice, found, down) enemy planes. Then in Sicily, the (Hidden, Red, Statement) Tails proved they were good air (band, combat, sour) pilots by shooting down many enemy (tender, confess, planes). The 332nd Fighter group was given (short, the, compare) job of escorting heavy bombers on (thin, raids, argument). They won many distinguished flying awards (afterwards, fiercely, for) bravery in combat. Prejudice kept raising (anybody, its, pot) ugly head due to the separation (alert, of, division) white and black units still being (the, icy, pump) law. Black officers were not permitted (to, innocent, question) command white troops or make use (of, unusual, upset) white facilities such as clubs. In 1944, (obnoxious, at, journey) the Battle of the Bulge in (Bright, Whereas, France), the black ground troops were ordered (began, to, successfully) pick up a gun and get (in, radiate, clap) the fight. In the air above (painfully, the, street) battleground, the Red Tails escorted the (map, bombers, allow) to their targets, and the battle (organization, was, canvas) won. Ben Davis climbed to the (correctly, rank, toward) of general with many honors for (governess, outside, his) bravery. Not until the war was (finally, fortunate, seen) over, were all troops integrated regardless (then, fruit, of) their race.