Talk About Testing
Poetry
Writing 101
Reading 101
Genres
100
When is the date we will take Mock STAAR?

What is Tuesday, March 12, 2024?

100

If writing has paragraphs, poems have these.

What are stanzas?

100

ECR stands for ______________________________.

What is an extended-constructed response?

100

This is the lesson the author wants the reader to learn. 

What is theme?

100

This genre tells a story and has characters? 

What is fiction?


200

The MOCK test will prepare you for what test. 

What is the STAAR Test?

200

This is how a poem makes the reader feel while reading it. 

What is mood?

200

SCR stands for ________________________________.

What is a short-constructed response?

200

Subheadings, captions, and graphs can be found in this type of texts.

What is Nonfiction / Informational texts?

200

This genre consists of realistic stories. 

What is realistic fiction?

300

True or False: The STAAR test will only have an SCR, not an ECR.

What is False?

300

I wandered as a lonely cloud is an example of a ________________. 

What is a simile?

300

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?

300
This tells how a story is developed? 

What is the PLOT of a story?

300
This genre is based on true factional information. 

What is non-fiction?

400

Before a testing day I should have ___________.

What is a good breakfast, charged chrome book, a good night's rest? 

400

"And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the Daffodils."

This is an example of a ________________________.

What is personification?

400

The number of paragraphs should at least have on an SCR. 

What is 1?

400

Name at least two characteristics that help identify a text as a drama. 

What are Act(s), Scene(s), Stage directions, and  Characters?

400
This genre consists of telling a story through Science.

What is Science Fiction? 

500

What genre of reading will be on the STAAR test the most.

What is Non-Fiction? 

500

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?

500

This is the highest score I need to score on an ECR. 

What is a 5?

500

The STAAR test includes these three (3) genres. 

What are informational/nonfiction, poetry, or fiction?

500

This genre deals with scary tales and monsters.  

What is horror? 

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