Test Taking Strategies
What is extremely important that you do the night before the test?
What is get sleep/enough rest?
The text shares information about and event and what caused it to occur.
What is Cause and Effect?
Images and details describing what is going on.
What is pictures and captions?
The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window.
Define splendid(ly).
What is beautiful/impressive?
Boom, bang, pop, buzzzzzz...
What is onomatopoeia?
How is the STAAR Test administered?
What is on the computer?
The text provides details of the topic of the text.
What is description?
Helps the reader visualize details that the author is describing in the text.
What is diagrams and labels?
Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother, she maintained her dignity, holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site.
Define dignity...
What is being worthy of honor and respect/ having pride/ self respect?
Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed
What is a simile?
When reading questions what should you do before you begin to answer them?
What is break down the question (underline/circle important terms)
The text has two or more ideas or topics and the author writes about the similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
Bolded texts that helps the reader preview the following paragraph.
What is heading/subheadings?
Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art.
Define fascinate(ed).
What is interested?
When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,
What is personification?
What should you do after you read each paragraph in a story?
What is a hashtag/summary?
The text includes information about an issue and gives a way to solve it
What is problem and solution?
Including the words at the beginning and includes the page numbers.
What is table of contents?
Even though John had a good job and a nice family, he yearned for more.
Define yearn(ed).
What is wanted?
Oh, never, if I live to a million, / Shall I feel such a grievous pain.
What is hyperbole?
What should you not do on the STAAR test?
What is leave any questions blank?
The text is written in a order of events.
What is sequential/ chronological order?
Located at the bottom of the page with definitions of the words.
What is footnotes?
Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape, most athletes seldom eat junk food.
Define seldom.
What is rarely/ every now and then?
Betty Botter bought some butter but she said the butters bitter.
What is alliteration?