Reading Random
If the story is Fiction, what should you be thinking about (and taking notes on) as you read?
Plot Mountain! Characters, Setting, Conflict, Resolution
What is 1st Person POV?
What is 3rd Person POV?
Someone in the story telling the story
Someone not in the story telling the story
What are types of author's purpose? Give at least 3
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Convince, Tell, Describe, Show
Explain key idea
It's what the section or selection is mostly about
How would you combine these sentences?
A tiger has stripes that help it blend in with it's habitat. It blends in with it's habitat because it looks like the shaded trees and tall grass.
A tiger has stripes that help it blend in with it's habitat because it looks like the shaded trees and tall grass.
Is hot and cold a synonym or antonym?
Antonym
The pig ran out of the barn when he saw a garden snake near his trough.
What text structure is being used?
Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, Description, Compare/Contrast
Cause and effect
What is a prompt?
A statement or question telling you what to write about.
Can you can the stories to see which one you want to start with or do you have to go in order?
I can scan the test to see what story I want to start with.
I must check, double check even TRIPLE check my work to make sure I've answered all questions.
When you see two passages and have to compare and contrast them, what is it called?
What do you have to think about?
Paired passage.
You have to see what they have in common and their differences.
What does antonym mean?
The speaker of the poem is...
The narrator - the one telling the poem!
What is an ECR and how do you set it up?
An ECR is an extended constructed response where you write more.
Answer
Detail 1 - Explain
Detail 2 - Explain
Restate Answer
You are allowed to talk and look at other people's screens during STAAR
False
What needs to be changed in this sentence?
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of america.
america needs to be capitalized (America)
What is theme?
The lesson, message, or moral of a story.
What should I do if I get stuck on a question? (3 things)
1) Find and Highlight Key Words
2) Look at the story again.
3) Flag it for review and come back to it.
What do you do with your scratch paper on Reading STAAR test day?
How do you get paper?
Should I ask for paper?
Take notes, plan essay ect.
Raise my hand and ask my teacher
YES! YES! YES!
What is an SCR? And what do I do for it?
An SCR is a short constructed response to a passage.
Answer
Detail
Detail
The girl ran away from the disgusting monster. She watched aghast as it slowly followed its prey and attacked.
Using context clues, what does aghast mean?
scared or horrified
How many forms of poems are there? Explain all of them
Narrative (Story), Humorous (song), Lyrical (Music), and Free Verse (no rules or pattern)
What does it mean to infer?
Take you what you already know and apply it to the story. Making an educated guess.
To know and understand something(figure it out) without being told explicitly.
You have the whole day to work on the READING STAAR. Ask permission by raising your hand to go to the bathroom. Remain silent during and after the test. Take your time—no cell phones. Do your best! True or False?
True!
True or False: When I'm done with all the questions, I will hit 'end test' and click submit without letting my teacher know.
FALSE
I MUST raise my hand when I'm done, I can NOT click submit until my teacher has approved for me to.
Write a sentence stem for a claim you will make to the prompt below.
Think about what you learned about owls. Explain why owls hunt at night.
Owls hunt at night because...
Owls hunt at night to...
Owls hunt at night...