Talk About Testing
The date of the ELAR STAAR.
What is Tuesday, April 9, 2024?
If writing has paragraphs, poems have these.
What are stanzas?
ECR stands for ______________________________.
What is an extended-constructed response?
This is the lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
What is theme?
Name the principal of GMS.
Who is Mr. Dodd?
There are approximately this number of multiple choice questions on the STAAR test.
What is 45?
This is how a poem makes the reader feel while reading it.
What is mood?
SCR stands for ________________________________.
What is a short-constructed response?
Subheadings, captions, and graphs can be found in this type of texts.
What is Nonfiction / Informational texts?
Name one of the short stories or novel excerpts we have studied this year.
The Lottery
Tell-Tale Heart
The Outsiders
Phineas Gage
The test includes writing and reading.
What is true?
I wandered as a lonely cloud is an example of a ________________.
What is a simile?
One sentence statement that lets the reader know what a text will be about. It can also include a claim with reasoning.
What is a thesis statement/controlling idea?
This specific type of POV allows the reader to know what one or all of the characters are thinking and feeling.
What is 3rd-person omniscient?
How much time you will be given for the 8th grade STAAR Reading test?
The entire school day, if needed
You will have 4 hours to complete the STAAR test.
What is false? - Everyone has until 4 pm, if needed, to complete the STAAR test this year.
"And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the Daffodils."
This is an example of a ________________________.
What is personification?
This is another name for the controlling idea in writing.
What is a thesis statement?
Name at least two characteristics that help identify a text as a drama.
What are Act(s), Scene(s), Stage directions, and Characters?
Why is the STAAR test important for students?
It demonstrates your mastery of 8th grade skills
STAAR is an acronym that stands for this.
What is the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness?
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden Daffodils;
Beside the Lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Name the three techniques the author uses in the above poem to help the reader visualize the scene.
What are imagery, personification, and rhyme scheme?
A strong argumentative essay will include these four things.
What are an introduction, conclusion, counterargument, and rebuttal?
The STAAR test includes these three (3) genres.
What are informational/nonfiction, poetry, or fiction?
What supplies do you need to have for STAAR testing?
A great attitude - everything else will be provided.