Testing Strategies
I can ask to use this tool to look up the definitions of unfamiliar words in the text.
What is a dictionary.
What the story is mostly about.
What is main idea?
When an author is trying to convince their audience.
What is persuade?
A literary genre based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
What is fiction?
The time students are allowed to come into the building and go to tutorials.
What is 8:20?
The two options typically given out as an award by Mrs. Weber.
What are candy and stickers?
I can ask to use this tool during STAAR to help annotate; it draws attention to whatever text on which it is used.
What is a highlighter?
To imagine something in one's mind.
What is visualize?
The number of text structures we learned this year.
The overall message in a story.
What is the theme?
Who is the 6th grade principal?
Who is Mrs. Riggs?
The text written on the outside of Mrs. Weber's door in addition to her name. (not the note about sanitizer)
What is 'Mrs. Weber English Language Arts'?
I can do this to narrow down my answer choices to a couple options.
What is eliminate answers?
To arrive at a conclusion or to imply based on context clues.
What is inference?
This text structure talks about the differences and similarities.
What is compare and contrast?
A written paragraph that includes the important points of a story from the beginning, middle, and end of a text.
What is a summary?
The name of the person you report to for a dress-code violation.
Who is Ms. Nance?
If Mrs. Weber cannot buy something at Sam's club or ______, she doesn't need it at all.
What is Amazon?
This is when you highlight and make notes in the margin.
What is annotating?
When something is directly stated.
What is explicit?
In this author's purpose, the author includes steps for the reader to follow.
What is explain?
An object, person, or place that represents something else.
What is a symbol.
The 7th Grade ELA team leader (not Ms. Horn).
Who is Mrs. Grimes?
If Mrs. Weber's oldest child turns 17 in May, this is the age of Mrs. Weber when her oldest child was born.
What is 22?
This is when you make a link from the passage to your own life.
What is text-to-self connection?
Words that have the same spelling or pronunciation but have different meanings.
What are homonyms?
The point of view that should be used in a non-fiction, informational research essay.
What is 3rd person/objective?
Events or information in the text that are opposite of what the audience would expect.
What is irony?
The name of the Boys' Athletic Coordinator.
Who is Coach Hsieh?
The number of years Mrs. Weber will be married for this year.
What is 19?