Genre
What is the Genre? Made up by the author, characters, setting, plot
Fiction
Setting is....
Where and when the story takes place
What does it mean to be a credible source?
Can be trusted or believed, reliable, often an expert in the topic
What is the main idea/opinion of an argument called?
Claim
What is the person called who writes a poem?
Poet
Why would the author include a text feature like a title or heading?
It tells what the text will be about
What is our strategy for eliminating wrong answer choices?
Good, better, dumb, and dumber
What can you do after you finish the STAAR test?
What is the genre? Real people, places, or ideas, facts, true
Nonfiction
What is the first part of plot where we learn about characters and setting?
Exposition
What are text features and give an example.
Visual information added to the text to provide more understanding about the topic
Photograph, timeline, title, heading, graph, etc.
The opposite side's opinion is called the...
Counterclaim
Freeverse
What is the authors purpose for:
A newspaper article that outlines the timeline for a new shopping center to be built in the community.
To describe/inform/explain about the shopping center and when it will be built.
When you annotate on STAAR, what do you need to do BEFORE you begin annotating each question?
Braindump, annotate the passage
How many STAAR tests are taken in 5th grade?
3
What is the genre? Written to prove a point or share an opinion, claim, counterclaim, rebuttal
Argumentative
What is another term for the climax?
Turning point
Captions usually go with what other text feature
Image, picture, photograph, illustration
The counterclaim is proved wrong or not good enough in the...
In a play/drama, the scene changes when...
The setting changes (time or place)
What is the author's purpose for:
A speech about the benefits and long term effects of children playing youth sports.
To persuade/convince the audience to appreciate youth sports, to convince people to put their children in sports
What do you do if you cannot answer a question within 5 minutes?
Mark it for review/flag it, skip it, and come back later
How long should it take you to write the essay/ECR on the STAAR test?
An hour or less
What is the genre? Script, props, lines, character tags, acts and scenes
Drama
What is the last part of a plot called? This is the end of the story, and without this it would be a cliffhanger.
Resolution
How the author organizes, structures, or lays out their writing to achieve their purpose.
To support an argument you must include
Reasons and evidence
What is the purpose of a stage direction?
Why might an author include words like same, different, similarities, differences, and both?
They are comparing and contrasting
What do you do if there are any words in a question that you do not know/understand?
Use the dictionary!
What do you need to include in an SCR?
RACE, Correct answer and text evidence
What is the genre? Stanzas, lines, rhyme, rhythm, figurative language
Poetry
Explain the difference between internal and external conflict
External - Can be seen or heard, between a person and another person, group, or natural event
What do you call a story written about someone else's life?
Biography
What do you call a formal argument that is spoken between two or more people?
Debate
What is the purpose of a character tag?
It tells you who is speaking
What do we call it when the author carefully chooses specific words to show their feelings or emotion toward the subject?
Tone or word choice
What are two things you cannot do during the STAAR test?
Accept reasonable answers: talk, use electronics, do anything on the computer, make noise, draw/write
How is an ECR/ essay graded?
5 points, graded twice (10 points), 3 points for correct answer/evidence/ organization, 2 points for conventions