STAAR Tips
The night before the STAAR, it is important to get enough ________.
What is rest/sleep?
The STAAR English I passages consist of fiction and _________.
What is nonfiction?
What is the highest score you can get on the STAAR English I Essay?
What is a '4'?
In an ___________text, something is explained.
What is 'expository'?
There are new question types on the STAAR that DO NOT INCLUDE _________ __________ options.
What are 'multiple-choice'?
On the STAAR, we should _____ the entire passage.
What is 'read'?
On the STAAR English 1 test, you will be testing over several types of ___________.
What are 'genres'?
When answering the writing prompt in both SCRs and ECRs, students must include this from the text to support their thesis statement.
What is "evidence" or "a quote"?
During the STAAR, the multiple choice questions will show a student's____________ of the passage.
What is 'comprehension' or 'understanding'?
The STAAR English I test has students write these paragraphs using evidence from the text...
What are 'text-evidence responses', aka SCR questions.
On the STAAR, it is important to use the _________ for any questionable vocabulary.
What is 'dictionary'?
This is a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.
What are 'inferences'?
Without this, the SCR and ECR answer will be counted wrong....
What is the 'thesis statement'?
What is 'the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character'?
What is characterization?'
You will see several types of ______________ on the new STAAR English I test.
What are questions?
On the STAAR, it is important to read each ______ and ________ completely.
What is 'question' and 'answer choice'?
On the STAAR English I test, you will be given how long to complete it.
What is all day/eight hours.
Format your essay in three complete paragraphs, which include _____________, ______________, and _____________.
What are the 'introduction, body, and conclusion?
'A process of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events' in what?
What is a 'flashback'?
Several passages you will read about on the STAAR English I test will be... .
What are 'paired passages'?
If you finish the STAAR test within two hours you have just done what?
What is "FAILED or wasted your time!"
_______________ is a brief statement or account of the main points of a reading passage
What is a summary?
After students write their essay, they should always go back and do these two things before submitting the test.
What is Revise and Edit?
What do you call the 'message or life lesson of a story'?
What is the 'theme'?
There will be _____ ____ ____ ________questions on the new STAAR English I test.
What is 'fill in the blank'?