Testing Tips
What should you include on your grocery list?
What is... the aisle are we going to (line, sentence, paragraph) and what are we getting (the skill)
How much time do you have to take the test?
All Day
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
What is annotate or highlight
A good summary contains
What is characters, problem, and resolution or BME (beginning, middle, end)
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as is known a ________.
What is a metaphor?
Name one Reading STAAR testing strategy that we have worked on in class
Re-read the passage for understanding, complete grocery list on your foldable, highlight evidence, use process of elimination, use the dictionary, flag challenging questions, etc.
When the reader uses clues from the text with what they know...
What is Inference
What should you remember to do when writing an ECR?
RACER - Restate, Answer, Cite Evidence, Explain, Restate
What do you look for if the passage is nonfiction?
Key Ideas and Central Idea
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
This genre has a playwright, cast of characters, and stage directions.
What is Drama (A playwright is the author of a drama).
A strategy used to help analyze paired text?
What is a Venn Diagram or T-Chart
What do you look for if the passage is fiction?
Plot - Characters, Setting, Conflict, Solution
Where can you get a good idea what a passage is about before you even read the passage?
What is the title.
The meaning of the theme
What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson
Author's write for what purposes?
What is to give information, entertain, or persuade
What should you remember to do for a short constructed response?
Restate and answer question. Support answer with evidence from the text.