Annotating
What type of information should you pull from paragraphs on a Non-Fiction text when you annotate on paper?
KEY information. IMPORTANT things about the passage.
"What is the resolution of this passage" mean to you?
What is another word for resolution?
Resolution is the solution to the story or passage.
When it states "What is the Author's Purpose for writing this passage"? what is it asking you to do?
You need to figure out what the main idea of the passage is.
Explain a C S P S and what do you need in the middle of it
Characters, Setting, Problem and Solution and Theme
What is a well-composed constructed response?
What must it all have in the response?
R
A
C
E
R
What kind of annotating will you do for Non-Fiction?
Who and a What chart
What is S S F F stand for when you annotate in a Poem
Subject, Speaker, Senses, Feelings and Form
When would you use the RACECER strategy and what does it stand for?
Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite text evidence
Explain your thinking
Cite text evidence
Explain your thinking
Restate your question in a complete sentence.
Strategy for writing extended constructed response is RACER
FALSE! It is RACECER
When you see two passages for a set of questions, what is it called?
What does that mean to you?
What are they wanting you to figure out?
Paired passage.
You have to see what they have in common and what their differences are. Compare and contrast.
What does antonym mean?
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
Stanza
When completing Reading STAAR you should prove your answers by highlighting the text where you found your answer. True or False?
True: This is a strategy for the READING STAAR
When completing Reading STAAR you should prove your answers by highlighting the text where you found your answer. True or False?
You are allowed to talk and look at other tests during STAAR
False
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.
Ex: The pretty girl played with the small cat.
an adjective
How can you tell which one is which?
Non Fiction
Fiction
Poetry
Non-Fiction- about someone or true events, real actual information
Fictional- made up story about someone or something
Poetry-can rythme and has stanzas
What are story elements?
Setting, characters, problem, solution, theme
When completing Reading STAAR test it is best to take a 1-2 minute brain break after completing a passage and questions. True or False?
True: When you take a break and relax that allows your brain an ooportunity to rest and "forget" the information you just read about before continuing to a new text.
When completing Reading STAAR you should prove your answers by highlighting the text where you found your answer. True or False?
True: This is a strategy for the READING STAAR
The girl ran away from the frightening monster. She felt aghast as she trembled away.
Using context clues, what does aghast mean?
scared or horrified
Lyrical, Humorous, Narrative and Free Verse
What does it mean to infer?
To know and understand something(figure it out) without being told explicitly.
A biography is always going to be about someone. Why are they giving us a biography on the STAAR? What's the reason?
The reason they give you a passage of a person is that they struggled with something and overcame it and became stronger.
When completing Reading STAAR you can prove your answers by highlighting the text where you found your answer. True or False?
True
These phrases are examples of what?
The wind howled at night. The book was so popular it flew off the shelves. The last piece of pie was calling my name.
Personification - giving human qualities to things and ideas that are not humans.