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WGRD
Review
100
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Get plenty of sleep
100
Paragraph 3 is mainly about...
Main idea
100
When figuring out the main idea, what should you be thinking about?
What the passage is mainly about or the section is mainly about. Also, think about the ROOF of the house.
100
What is the first thing you do in What Good Readers DO?
Read the whole passage
100
What are context clues?
Clues in the text that help us figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
200
How much time do you have to take the test?
4 hours
200
The reader can conclude that...
Inference
200
A good summary contains
All important events from the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Fiction - will also have problem and solution.
200
What is the second step in WGRD?
Figure out the genre
200
What is a character?
A person in a book, movie, play, etc
300
When you have completed your entire test what should you do?
CHECK OVER IT! Do the 2 finger check!
300
What is the strategy for a summary question for a fiction passage?
Big Mama Eats Pizza Sometimes
300
For sequence questions, you should always...
Look for the event that happened before and after the blank and your answer will be in between those events.
300
3rd step in WGRD
Analyze text features
300
What should you do when you hear the words: "You may begin."
Write down the steps for WGRD - should take about 2 minutes only
400
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
TAKE NOTES!
400
What is the meaning of the word embellish in paragraph 3?
Context Clues
400
How do you go about answering context clue questions?
Go back to the text and read the sentences before and after the sentence the word is in
400
4th step in WGRD?
Circle underlined and bold words.
400
In poetry a paragraph is equal to a ______ in a story?
Stanza
500
What strategy should you use when making an answer choice?
Figure out the question type and find evidence to support your answer.
500
The author wrote this article mainly to?
Author's Purpose
500
When you inference, what two things should you consider?
Schema - the things you know Evidence from the text Make a logical guess based on those two things.
500
The last 2 steps?
PIE and Main Idea in your own words
500
In poetry - a narrative poem...
Tells a story