Before you Test
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
What is Get plenty of sleep, eat a good dinner, study, and find time to relax. DON'T stress.
How should you determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in paragraphs
Use context clues AND use a dictionary to look up the meaning
Example question: Paragraph 3 is mainly about...
What is Main idea question
What includes the main action of a story, climax and falling action.
the plot
What does the mood of a story mean?
Mood means how a story makes the reader feel
What is one valuable test-taking strategy?
Go back and read the sections AND eliminate answer choices!!
A good summary contains
What is characters, problem, and resolution
When reading a paired text question that asks you to find a similarity between 2 passages, what should your strategy be?
Chose the easiest passage to understand and then do a process of elimination
Name one ELA STAAR testing strategy that we have worked on in class
Any:
re-read passages
eliminate answer choices
context clues/dictionary
etc.
The reader can conclude/infer that...
What is Inference
What is a metaphor?
a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What does similar mean?
same
Why is the STAAR test important to you the students?
It shows the state how much you have learned this year. It will also let us know what you need to work on next year.
What can help you figure out the main idea of a paragraph?
Read the first 2 sentences
What does it mean when a question asks what a passage conveys?
Convey means to tell.
What is figurative language/imagery?
descriptions that utilize one of the 5 senses to help the reader understand the story
What is a playwritght
The person who writes a drama/play
author - essay
poet - poem
playwright - drama
What can help you figure out the main idea of a passage?
Look at the title, first paragraph and any pictures
The meaning of the theme
What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson (the message)
Three types of author's purpose
TO Persuade, inform, entertain
What do the stage directions in a drama tell the reader?
Stage directions tell the reader what the characters' actions are, what the characters look like, the drama's setting, etc.