SCRs
ECRs
Grammar
Reading
Extra
100

What does SCR stand for?

What is "Short Constructed Response?"

100

What does ECR stand for?

What is "Extended Constructed Response?"

100
What change should be made to the following sentence? "At one point, he noticed that the earths surface had changed."
What is "change earths to earth's"
100

What is the BME strategy and what is it for?

What is "Beginning, Middle, and End, and we use it to create a summary."

100

Name the type of sentence being used and label the clauses: While Jimmy studied for STAAR, his sister completed a project.

What is "a Complex sentence and "While Jimmy studied for STAAR (Dependent), his sister completed a project (independent)."

200

List all the components you need to write a successful SCR.

What is "Restate prompt, Answer the prompt, Cite Evidence, and Explain?"

200

How many paragraphs should be in your ECR?

What is "at least 4 paragraphs"

200
What change should be made to the following sentence? "However, as a young child growing up, I only knew her as sweet kind Mrs. Mary."
What is "Add a comma after kind"
200

What does the author's purpose mean?


What is "the reason the author wrote a story."

200

What is different between poetry and prose?

What is "Figurative Language and rhyme/rhythm."

300

How many SCRs might you see?

What is "at least 2. 1 in the reading section and 1 in the writing section"

300

How many pieces of evidence do you need to include in your ECR and where should you include this evidence?

What is "at least 2 and in the body paragraphs"

300

What type of sentences is this and what conjuntive adverb belongs in the blank: The STAAR test is next week; ________, I have been studying hard.

What is "a compound sentence and THEREFORE"

300

When reading a poem, or any fictional story, what do we make sure we identify at the end?

What is "theme?"

300
What change should be made to the following sentence? "Looking out the window Garrett stared at the earth below him."
What is "add a comma after window"
400

What matters most in the SCR in the Writing Section?

What is "GRAMMAR MATTERS!!?"

400

What does the prompt in the Benchmark cover?

What is "PROS and CONS of something"

400
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? "The strength of these claws is necessary for digging into the terain as the cheetah increases its speed pursuing other animals."
What is "change terain to terrain"
400

The mood of a story is determined from the very beginning, by the exposition. What helps a reader determine the mood of a story?

What is "setting and connotation (positive or negative words)?"

400
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? "Though the preamble is only one sentence long it is a very powerful sentence."
What is "add a comma after long"
500

How many points are given for SCRs? What sort of rubric do they use to grade the Reading Section SCRs?

What is "2 point scale? 1 point for answering and 1 point for citing evidence?"

500

List all the components of a successful essay.

What is "Have a controlling idea/thesis in the intro, include at least 2 pieces of evidence in the body paragraphs, include transitions/organization, and good grammar."

500

What change should be made in following sentence? "You're the one that can't never stop talking long enough to get a good game going," Heather said.

What is "Change can't never stop talking to can never stop talking"

500

When reading non-fiction (informational) passages, what is the most important thing to do before starting to read?

What is "preview the text features."

500
"Run and hide Samuel!" Mrs. Mary shouted to me as she quickly pushed me away.
What is "add a comma after hide"
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