Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills

Dyslexia Bundled Accommodations Proper-Nouns Lists Grade 8 Reading

For the test administered in March 2009, this list originally included the proper nouns associated with the field-test passage. These proper nouns have been removed.

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills March 3–4, 2009

TX00033065 Proper Nouns for “What to Worry About” Test Booklet Pages 4–6 Day 1

Sunday

Zayde Bobrov

Kiev, Ukraine

Soviet Union

Ellis Island

United States

World War II

New York City

Russian

English

Anna

Helen

1 Proper Nouns for the First Passage in the Pair Test Booklet Pages 10–11 Day 1

Chinese

Europe

Eastern European

Texas

Patricio Jiménez

Santiago

Spanish

Mexican

Flaco

Rolling Stones

Grammy

2 Proper Nouns for the Second Passage in the Pair Test Booklet Pages 12–13 Day 1

Tiger Tales Magazine

October

Tommy Ruiz

Los Lobos

East Los Angeles

Spanish

The Wolves

David Hidalgo

César Rosas

Conrad Lozano

Louie Pérez

Mexican

* Proper nouns for this passage continue on the next page.

3 Proper Nouns for the Second Passage in the Pair Test Booklet Pages 12–13 Day 1

Quinceañeras

Tex-Mex

Steve Berlin

Hispanic

La Bamba

Golden Eagle Award

Grammys

MTV Video Music Award

4 Proper Nouns for “The Painter” Test Booklet Pages 18–20 Day 2

Jacob Lawrence

University of Washington

Seattle

Harlem

African American

New York City

Great Depression

Series on the Life of Toussaint-Louverture

Toussaint-Louverture

Republic of Haiti

Haitian Revolution

Negro

* Proper nouns for this passage continue on the next page.

5 Proper Nouns for “The Painter” Test Booklet Pages 18–20 Day 2

Edith Halpert

American

Migration Series

6 Proper Nouns for “The Rumor” Test Booklet Pages 24–26 Day 2

Beth

Alex

Jen

Beth Sullivan

Student Council President

Kendra

Briar Middle School

Patty

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