SCR
What goes in an SCR?
What goes in an extended SCR?
Answer, Evidence
Answer, Evidence, Explanation
To earn your first point in an ECR response, what should you record accurately in your introduction?
thesis/controlling idea
What does extraneous mean?
extra, unnecessary, repetitive
What does it mean to "annotate the text"?
take notes, record key events, ideas
Because you have ALL DAY to test, you should--
make use of all your strategies, go back to the text or dictionary, flag it and return later, AND NOT MAKE EXCUSES
The SCR prompt is written in the form of a--
question
The ECR prompt is written in the form of a--
sentence
One strategy to determine if a word replacement is the correct answer is to--
insert the choices
The first step in solving a vocabulary question is to go back and--
The essay (ECR) is worth up to five points and is 18% of your total STAAR RLA score. What does this imply?
You must strive to get all five points in order to maximize your score; you MUST take it seriously and apply your knowledge; your ECR score will have a major impact on your overall score
When creating the SCR, what should you do after you understand the question?
Answer it accurately based on the question
My ECR needs to have _______
Thesis, evidence, explanation, evidence, explanation, conclusion
Editing involves correcting language conventions, whereas revising means looking for ways to _________ the writing.
improve
When reading a question you should ___________ important words and clues that will help you determine the best answer.
highlight, record
When I do not know the definition of a word I need to look it up in the ________.
Dictionary.
The evidence that supports the answer in an SCR needs to be--
relevant, relate to my answer
When restating you prompt, what words do you need to take out?
Question words. (explain how, describe)
When asked to combine sentences, you should remember to do so by using either a _____________ or a ____________.
semicolon, conjunction
Annotations, SCR, ECR
What is the difference between an SCR and ECR?
SCR will have short instructions and a small word count.
ECR will have long instructions and a large word count.
What should you DO and NOT DO when explaining your evidence in an SCR?
You should make an inference
AND you should not repeat yourself
What must you do at the
end of an ECR after you finish writing it on your paper?
You must revise and edit and then type it in your computer.
Questions that ask you to insert OR replace a sentence in a particular section of writing must be answered correctly by making sure that the best choice is--
on-topic
What should be included when giving evidence in my writing?
Introduction, quotation marks, punctuation BEFORE quotation marks.
When the teacher asks if you want paper what should you do?
Raise my hand and get paper to use on the test.