Testing Tips
What should you do if you don't know the answer?
What is MAKE A GUESS!!!!
What goes at the very beginning of your essay?
What is...Introduction
What is the difference between an SCR and an ECR?
SCR is 3 sentences MAX, ECR is a full length essay
How much time do you have to take the test?
8 hours
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
What is annotate?
What does it mean to paraphrase?
How many reasons and pieces of evidence should you have when writing an argumentative essay?
2 reasons, 2 pieces of evidence
What is the structure of an argumentative essay?
What is a Introduction, Body Paragraph (your opinion), Counterargument (other's opinion), and conclusion (your final thoughts)
What is the first thing you should do before reading the story?
What is...Read the question first
When the reader makes an educated guess...
What is Inference
An article about the dangers of playing video games all day is this type of text.
What is informational text
What does R.A.C.E stand for?
What is Restate the question, Answer the question, Cite Evidence, Explain
Why is the STAAR test important to you the students?
What is It demonstrates your mastery of skills in the 8th 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
What should be capitalized?
Proper nouns (Months, the letter I, Names, Titles, Start of sentences)
A play with lines, scenes, and characters is called
A Drama
What is the purpose of an argumentative essay?
To prove why your opinion is right and the other person's opinion is wrong.
What is the first thing you should do when looking at a question?
What is... underline key words
The meaning of the theme
What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson
What type of writing includes "Dear _____ Love, _____"
Correspondence (Letter)
What are the different type of text connections you can make?
What is...Text to Text, Text to Self, Text to World