Test Strategies
What do we do with answers we don't want?
Cross them out
When you you "AS" or "LIKE"
Example: Busy as a bee
Simile
Who is the skinny aunt?
Aunt Spiker
The start of a story is called..
The beginning
When on an IPAD what 2 cites should a student be on?
Imagine Learning
MYON
What must every answer have on the STAAR test?
Evidence
A Direct comparison.
Example: My mom is a bear.
Metaphor
How did James's parents die?
Eaten by a rhinoceros who escaped from the zoo
The most exciting part of the story is...
The climax
Pronounce the word "Genre" correctly.
Teacher decides
What is a paired passage?
2 stories in a row..... and then questions
Smack,Pow, Boom and crack are examples of what?
Onomatapeia
Who went down to inspect the bottom of the peach once it was lifted out of the water?
Miss Spider
The part of the story where things (and excitement ) are building. The pace of the story picks up.
Rising action
Name 3 synonyms for "story"?
Passage
Article
Text
Selection
When it comes to paired passages why is it absolutely necessary to look at the directions at the top?
So yo know what questions go with what story!
The tree danced with the wind to my favorite song.
Personification
What building did the peach crash through when it was rolling down the hill.
A chocolate factory.
The part of the story AFTER the climax where questions are being answered?
Falling action
What is an Antonym and give 2 examples.
Opposites.
Examples vary (Teacher discretion)
What are sub headings?
The sub titles within a passage to give you an idea what the paragraph/paragraphs are about?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"is an example of...
Alliteration.
Why was there no damage to the peach from the sharks when it was in the ocean?
Because the shark's snout/nose was in the way so the sharks could not eat the peach!
When all questions are answered and all problems solved.
Conclusion
What plus What equals inference?
Schema and evidence