STAAR NOTES
What does PQRSTU stand for?
Preview, Questions, Read Stop Jot, Think, Underline
Fantasy, make believe, read for enjoyment. What genre is it?
Fiction
1 paragraph
Coordinating conjunctions are used for...
Combining 2 complete sentences together into 1 sentence.
What are the 3 author's purposes?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
In Read Stop and Jot, if it is fiction text, how do you jot your notes, hashtags of plot diagram?
Plot diagram
Character, setting, problem, solution. What genre is it?
Fiction
When writing a short response or extended essay, what does R.A.C.E.S stand for to help you create your response?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Sum it up
When do we capitalize when we are editing your writing?
Beginning of a sentence, proper names of people, places, things, holidays, months, days of the week, etc..., and when I is by itself
What are some types of text features and why are important in information texts?
They are important because they give additional information to understand the text.
What are important notes you should take in the preview section ? (Name 4)
Fiction/nonfiction, author's purpose, text features, and I notice I wonder I think.
Text features, central idea, important key details.
nonfiction/ informational
How many paragraphs does a extended essay have?
4 to 5 paragraphs
What is the difference between there, their, and they're?
There meaning location/place, their meaning belong to group or people, they're meaning they are
What are the plot elements of fiction or drama selection?
Character, Setting, Problem, Solution
What are steps that you need to take in the question section of your notes?
Read question, write down where evidence/clue could be found to answer question.
drama/fiction
What do you do when you are revising short or extended essay?
Making sure it makes sense, add detail, or delete detail.
What are prefixes and suffixes?
Prefixes are word part added to the beginning or a word, and suffixes are word parts added to the end of a word.
What is theme?
It is the message, lesson, or what the story is trying to make you learn.
Question section of notes will help because it helps you identify/location evidence in paragraphs, text features, or in whole passage when deciding on final answer.
Stanzas, lines, rhyme scheme, figurative language, imagery. What genre is it?
Poetry
What do you do when editing a short or extended response?
You check for capitalization, spacing, spelling, and punctuation.
What are the 7 coordinating conjunctions you may use to combine 2 complete sentences into 1 sentence with a comma?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What is dialogue? What is stage directions? Why are both important in a drama?
Dialogue is what the character is saying.
Stage directions is the characters, setting, and actions of the characters.
Both are important because it shares what the character is feeling through the story and where the scene is taking place and new characters appearing in the drama.