D.P.Morris Fourth Grade STAAR Writing Review

Capitalization

100

True or False: All proper nouns should be capitalized.

True

200

True or False: Titles of books, songs, and movies do not have to be capitalized.

False

300

Which of the following book titles is capitalized correctly?

a) Of Mice and Men

b) Lord of The Flies

c) Beezus And Ramona

a) Of Mice and Men

400

Which words should be capitalized in the following sentence?

cara, michael, daisy, and bobby worked on their project about the u.s. constitution.

Cara, Michael, Daisy, and Bobby worked on their project about the u.s. constitution.

500

Capitalize the following sentence correctly:

My mom said the battle of the alamo was fought in san antonio, texas. 

My mom said the Battle of the Alamo was fought in San Antonio, Texas.

Punctuation

100

How are you doing

?

200

I love you

. or !

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! 

Rahmah said "I'm going outside to play.

Rahmah said, "I'm going outside to play."

400

______ _______ are placed at the beginning and end of dialogue.

Quotation Marks

500

I took a book towel and an umbrella to the beach

I took a book, towel, and an umbrella to the beach.

Fragment, Run-On, or Complete Sentence

100

The boy was hungry, so he made a sandwich.

Complete Sentence

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!

Driving down the road.

Fragment

300

I went to Wal-Mart then I went to Sonic.

Run-On

400

My mom likes pizza, but she loves lasagna.

Complete Sentence

500

Sara who is my cousin.

Fragment

Spelling

100

Make friend a plural noun.

friends

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!

Make baby a plural noun.

babies

300

Make hop a past tense verb.

hopped

400

The Cowboys wish ______ (there, their, they're) quarterback was as awesome as Aaron Rodgers.

their

500

A plant can make _____ (it's, its) own food.

its

Composition

100

True or False: Using similes and metaphors will make your composition much better and help you get a higher score.

A) True

B) False

Yes! Figurative language is a magical spice that will make your writing as tasty as a slice of apple pie!

200

This type of writing requires you to explain and give reasons or information:

a) narrative

b) expository 

b) expository

300

You'd better do this in the first and last paragraphs of your ECR (extended constructive response):

state the _______

prompt

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!

Put these steps in the correct order:

write your rough draft on paper

read and highlight the prompt

type your final draft

make a plan (example: make circle maps)

1. read and highlight the prompt

2. make a plan (example: make circle maps)

3. write your rough draft on paper

4. type your final draft

500

Which of these is a good way to start your last paragraph?

a) Well, I'm done writing now!

b) That's the end.

c) That's all I have to say about that!

d) It's easy to see...

d) It's easy to see...