READY, SET STAAR
What is the best thing to do in the morning before I come to school on STAAR day?
Eat a healthy breakfast!
Why are text features important?
I can use these to make predictions about nonfiction text before I start reading.
Paragraph 3 is mostly about --
Main Idea
What are context clues?
Clues in the text that help us figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
What is the narrator?
The person telling a story.
What do I eat at school on STAAR day?
Pack a healthy lunch OR Eat a healthy lunch from the cafeteria
What are the names of Ms. Hoyos' dogs?
Rocky & Bailey
The reader can tell that
Inference
What is a character?
A person in a book, movie, play, etc
Theme
Lesson or moral of the story
What is the best thing to do the night before STAAR?
What is the best thing to do the night before STAAR?
What is the author's purpose of most non-fiction text?
To inform a reader about a certain topic.
Blake thought the dog fell into the pond because --
Cause and Effect
In poetry a paragraph is equal to a ______ in a story?
Stanza
What are character traits.
How a character acts, looks like or feels.
What is the best way to get my concentration back if I get a little sleepy during the STAAR test?
Take a break and go to the restroom or get a drink of water.
What is a text feature I should pay attention to when reading?
Captions, for example, are ones that get ignored sometimes.
When words like, yesterday, before, at first or finally are used in a paragraph it helps the reader understand ...
sequence of events
What are the main types of poems we discussed?
Narrative, Lyrical, Free Verse, and Humorous
What is the setting?
A story's location or time.
What is it that I can do after I am finished with my test?
What is the words or phrases that tell what a section is mostly about?
Headings
The reader can tell that Johnny wanted to -
character traits/ analysis
In a Non- Fiction story where could I usually find the Main Idea (Text Feature)?
Headings or at the beginning of a paragraph
In fiction, a good summary of a story include what?
The characters, the setting, the problem and the solution