Mrs. Boyle’s English I STAAR Review

EOC Foods

100

The first (and most important, especially on test day) meal of the day

Breakfast

200

This scrambled brain food would be a good breakfast option to sustain your energy on test day

Eggs

300

This snack that smiles back would be a good snack to bring in a Ziploc for a quiet energy boost during the test

Goldfish

400

This spherical treat, usually sold by the dozen or half dozen, is not the greatest breakfast option on test day. Try a kolache instead!

Donut holes

500

Time for a brain break! If you get hungry during the test, you should go here to quietly eat your snack so you don’t disturb others who are testing.

The back of the classroom OR the hallway

Grammar police

100

Commas rule! A comma is needed here in this sentence.

I made a list and I still forgot the eggs.

Before the word and (or after the word list)

200

The F in FANBOYS

For

300

An apostrophe is needed in this word in this sentence.

As I walked through the halls of the school, dropping my friends off at their classrooms, my teachers voice rang out down the hall.

Teacher

400

The punctuation that can replace a comma-and-a-FANBOY

semicolon

500

This should come before and after a semicolon

A complete thought (if you said independent clause, you get an extra 100 points)

Figurative language

100

Slithering snakes? Oh, that is a slippery slope, sir.

Alliteration

200

Misty sighed, took one last look at the home she grew up in, and ran like the wind.

Simile

300

Finally, at long last, inspiration struck. The pencil squirmed in my hand and raced for the paper, sticking the landing and sprinting across the page.

Personification

400

I squinted into the horizon, holding a hand to my hat to keep it from blowing away. The sunlight glinted against my dark sunglasses, shimmering against the crystal clear, aquamarine water.

Imagery

500

My parents said we can’t be alone together.

Oxymoron

Write ‘em up

100

SCR stands for this.

Short Constructed Response

200

You must include these two words before the concluding paragraph of your ECR

In conclusion, 

300

This acronym helps students remember the 4 parts of an SCR. (Extra 50 points if you can tell what it stands for!)

R. A. C. E.

400

This statement, which should include words stated in the prompt, is the first thing you should plan in an ECR.

THESIS

500

This should be included in BOTH an ECR and an SCR

TEXT EVIDENCE

Strategize

100

Turn it off and hand it in before your test

Phone

200

You should raise your hand and ask for this so that you can draw out an outline before you write your ECR.

Scratch paper

300

Item you should bring with you tomorrow if you don’t plan on napping after the STAAR test

a book

400

Do this before you answer the questions

Read the passage

500

Do this to the most important details in the passage

Highlight/annotate