Testing Tips
Strategies
Question Types
Fiction
Wild Card
Nonfiction
Poetry
100
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Sleep well
100
To determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in a selection
Context clues or a dictionary/thesaurus
100
If a question asks, "What is paragraph 5 mainly about?" What is it asking for?
Main idea
100
Fiction
Tells a story and has a plot
100
What 2 things can you do after the STAAR test?
READ or SLEEP!
100
Purpose for writing nonfiction
Inform or Persuade
100
First step when reading a poem
Analyze the Title
200
If stressing during the test, you should
Take a mini-break for water or the restroom, breathe
200
A valuable test-taking strategy
Read questions carefully, read the answer choices carefully, cross out the 2 worse answers, take your time, do your best
200
Sticks to the main points, not too many details, no fluff
Summary
200
Narrator tells the events only (He, She, They)
3rd Person Objective
200
DOUBLE POINTS
What is a SCR? How much do you write? How do you start your first sentence? What else do you include?
Short Constructed Response
2-3 sentences, R.A.C.E
Use as many words from the question to start your first sentence, then answer it.
YOU MUST INCLUDE EVIDENCE/QUOTE
200
Represent two types of text structures
Spatial and Description
200
Read at least
Three times
300
What should you do the morning of the STAAR test?
Eat a healthy breakfast
300
A reading strategy
Define unknown words, highlight, read questions and answers carefully, cross out the 2 worse answers, re-read text multiple times
300
This question: The reader can conclude that ... Is asking the reader to what?
Make an inference
300
Character
Anything with thoughts and feelings and interacts with others
300
How much time you will be given for the STAAR Reading test?
A much time as you need (if you are working)
300
Probably true, cannot be proven, not measurable
Commonplace Assertion
300
How the author comes across in a text(poem)
Tone
400
Remember you are
More than a test score
400
Marking through 2 wrong answers
Process of elimination
400
One strategy for answering vocabulary context clue questions is
Read the text surrounding the word for hints about its meaning
400
Summary
Somebody - Character
Wanted - Motivation
But - Conflict
So - Climax
Then - Conclusion
400
What do you need to bring to class the day of the STAAR test?
Your COMPUTER & CHARGER
A great attitude
400
Claims not based on sound reasoning, misleading
Logical Fallacies
400
The feeling a reader gets while reading a text(poem)
Mood
500
Leave these at home or be prepared to give them to your test administrator
Cell phones, smart watches, and electronic devices
500
To get an idea of what a passage is about before reading it, what should you check first?
Title, subtitles, photos, captions
500
The moral of a story, or the life lesson the author wants the reader to understand
Theme
500
Nonlinear Plot Elements
Foreshadowing
Flashbacks
In Medias Res
500
TRIPLE POINTS
What is an ECR? How much should you write? How do you start? What do you HAVE to include?
Extended Constructed Response
4 paragraphs (introduction, body 1, body 2, and conclusion)
Use as many words from the prompt to start your first sentence.
Include TEXT EVIDENCE/QUOTE
500
A fallacy that attempts to get an emotional reaction from the audience
Emotional Appeals
500
Has a rhyme scheme of AABBA
Limerick