Essay Brainstorming
General STAAR Test Info
Expository Essay
Short Answer Question
Crossover Short Answer Question
100
What is the name of the Expository Essay brainstorming tool we recommend you use?
Junk Food Essay Recipe
100
What is the total amount of time you have to complete the STAAR test?
5 hours
100
What is the minimum score required for the Expository Essay?
"4" ("2" from TWO graders)
100
What must you do before you read the passages which have a short answer question?
Read the short answer question
100
What is the required number of quotes in a crossover short answer question response?
2
200
Where should your thesis statement be placed in your essay?
At the beginning or at the end of the introductory paragraph
200
How many EOC English STAAR tests are required to graduate?
2 (EOC English I and II)
200
What is most important to include in the opening paragraph of your essay?
What is most important to include in the opening paragraph of your essay?
200
What your answer and quote must NOT do?
Echo each other (Use the same words)
200
What punctuation mark can you use to ensure your answer will fit in the provided 10 lines?
ellipsis or ...
300
What is the concluding paragraph called?
So What
300
What MUST you ask for and use throughout the STAAR test?
Dictionary
300
Which two parts of your essay must match up?
Thesis and Remember It Story
300
What must be used to support your answer?
Textual Evidence
300
How much time should you budget for each short answer question?
30 minutes
400
What are the lead-in sentences to paragraphs called? ("I remember a time when... or "As you can see..")
Transitions
400
How much time should you budget to complete the essay?
1.5 Hours
400
Name at least one of four things your Remember It or Connect It paragraph must include
Details, Dialogue, Imagery, BA-DA-BING sentence
400
What must be valid in your short answer response, and tripped up the Harmon students last year?
The Answer
400
What is the maximum number of sentences in a crossover short answer question response?
Six
500
What is the first sentence or sentences in an essay called?
Hook or Attention Grabber
500
Which part of the STAAR test should you begin with?
Essay
500
All new paragraphs should be...
Indented
500
What is the first step in completing a short answer response?
Find a quote
500
What are answer words you can use?
"Both" and "Although"
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