Talk About Testing
The date of the ELAR STAAR.
What is Wednesday, April 9
If writing has paragraphs, poems have these.
What are stanzas?
ECR stands for ______________________________.
What is an extended-constructed response?
This is the lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
What is theme?
Name the attendance secretary?
Who is Ms. Aills?
On the STAAR, what level score does Ms. Lester want and know you can achieve
What is Mastery or Meets!!! You can and will do it if you put in the effort!!!
This is how a poem makes the reader feel while reading it.
What is mood?
SCR stands for ________________________________.
What is a short-constructed response?
Subheadings, captions, and graphs can be found in this type of texts.
What is Nonfiction / Informational texts?
What is the mascot for our school?
Pirate
The test includes writing, reading, and revise and Editing(T or F).
What is true?
I wandered as a lonely cloud is an example of a ________________.
What is a simile?
One sentence statement that lets the reader know what a text will be about. It can also include a claim with reasoning.
What is a thesis statement/controlling idea?
This specific type of POV allows the reader to know what one or all of the characters are thinking and feeling.
What is 3rd-person omniscient?
What teacher will you miss the most when you go to high school?? It doesnt have to be me!!
anyone
You will have 4 hours to complete the STAAR test, this is a true or false.
What is false? - Everyone has , until the end of the day, to complete the STAAR test this year.
"And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the Daffodils."
This is an example of a ________________________.
What is personification?
This is another name for the controlling idea in writing, which is usually found at the beginning of the writing.
What is a thesis statement?
Name at least two characteristics to let you know that that help identify a text as a drama.
What are Act(s), Scene(s), Stage directions, Characters, dialogue?
Why is the STAAR test important for students?
It demonstrates your mastery of reading and writng skills
STAAR is an acronym that stands for this.
What is the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness?
Figurative Language
What are imagery, personification, simile and rhyme scheme an example of? Two words(starts with F)
What are some sentence starters for Citing??
What are some sentence stems for Explaining??
graded by Lester
What are the steps you should take when answering a question that Ms. Lester has taught you??
Read each question carefully and know what its asking!!
Look up any unknown words in the dictionary!!
Go back to the reading
Look at each answer choice
Get rid of two and pick the best out of the two answers remaining!!
What supplies do you need to have for STAAR testing?
A great attitude - everything else will be provided.