Testing Tips
All FICTION are written with this in mind including rising action, climax and falling action. All these elements contribute to the....
What is a plot.
Name a type of figurative language
What is a metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, etc.
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
What is annotate?
A good summary contains
What is characters, problem, and resolution
Name an organizational pattern used in informational text
What is cause and effect, compare and contrast, chronological, problem and solution, etc.
Name one ELA STAAR testing strategy that we have worked on in class
SWBST, UNWRAP, PIE, STEAL, BK+TE=I, etc.
Which genre might you see the MOST use of figurative language?
What is poetry.
Why is the STAAR test important to you the students?
What is It demonstrates your mastery of skills in the 7th grade and is needed for PROMOTION to the next grade level
What strategy should you use when making the best answer choice?
What is process of elimination
The strategy for answering vocabulary context clue questions.
What is read the text for hints about the word OR what is use the dictionary, OR what is "plug and play"
May include aliens, robots and/or futuristic events
What is science-fiction
When are you allowed to have your cell phones back?
After everyone has completed the STAAR test
Where can you get a good idea what a passage is about before you even read the passage?
What is the title. (First/Last paragraphs)
The meaning of the theme
What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson
Authors purposes serve three purposes
TO Persuade, inform, entertain
What are the steps to annotating and making the best answer choice on a STAAR passage? (Hint: UNWRAP)
What is...
U: Underline title and make a prediction
N: Notice text features for more info
W: Walk through questions for preview
R: Read the passage and annotate
A: Answer the questions using POE
P: Prove your answers with TEXT EVIDENCE