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 7.