STAAR procedures (T/F)
Strategies
Reading
Poetry
Genre
100
You can get out of your seat during the test.
FALSE
100

What should you do with the questions in a story or poem?

Circle the KEY words

100
What is theme?
The message, lesson or morale that the story is trying to teach you.
100

What kind of poem expresses emotions or feelings and sometimes sounds like a song?

Lyrical.

100

This genre may have characters, setting, problem, solution and dialogue.

Fiction

200
You should get a good night sleep and eat breakfast before the test.
TRUE
200
How many times should you read a story?
At least TWICE.
200
What does conclude mean?
To decide after you read.
200
What are the paragraphs of lines in a poem called?
A stanza
200
This genre may contain cast of characters, stage directions and tells a story.
Drama or a play
300
It is important to play video games until midnight and then fall asleep on a bag of chips the night before the test.
FALSE!!!!
300
What should you do if you are not focused on your story or questions and you are zoning out during your reading?
You should take a quick break, drink some water, or stretch to get your blood flowing.
300

A word that means the opposite.

Antonym
300
What kind of poem does NOT rhyme?
Free verse.
300

This type of writing typically has many text features such as photographs, diagrams, charts, and captions.

Literary nonfiction

400
You have exactly 4 hours to take the test.
TRUE!
400
Should you try to prove your work for each question?
YES!
400
True or False. A summary describes the main idea (nonfiction) and or/ conflict, climax, resolution (fiction)
TRUE.
400

The delicious fragrance sneaks silently is an example of which sense

Smell

400

Contains lines, stanzas and might rhyme.

Poetry

500

What should you do if you do not know what a word means in the passage, question, or answer choice?

Look the word up in the dictionary.

500

What should you do with paragraphs that have 3 lines or more?

Crunch

500
Gentle, caring and brave are all what?
Character traits.
500

Name the type of poem that tells a story?

A narrative poem.

500
A story of a real person's life written by another person.
Biography.
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