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The Reading Queen
Review
100
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Get plenty of sleep
100
Paragraph 3 is mainly about...
Main idea
100
What are the two questions you ask to determine main idea?
Who & What is the story mostly about?
100
What does T stand for in The Reading Queen? And what should you do?
What is... circle the TITLE?
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
200
What does the P in 'The Reading Queen's Polka Dots are Cool' stand for and what do you do in this step?
What is 'Prove your answer' by finding the information in the text?
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!
300
Taylor thought the publisher had not read his book because...
Cause and effect
300
For sequence questions, you should always...
where each event happened?
300
What does the C in The Reading Queen stand for and what do you do in this step?
What is... Check over your answer. Don't forget to do the TWO FINGER CHECK when you bubble!!
300
What is the strategy for summarization when reading a fiction story?
Think about your... WHO WANTED BUT SO THEN
400
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
TAKE NOTES, or draw main idea pictures!
400
When words like, yesterday, winter, or finally are used in a paragraph it helps the reader understand ...
the sequence of events
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
What does the R in The Reading Queen stand for and what do you do in this step?
What is... read & reread
400
In poetry, we call a section or 'chunk' of the poem a ______?
a stanza
500
What strategy should you use when making an answer choice?
Always read ALL the answer choices, eliminate ones you know are incorrect, choose the BEST answer from the ones left
500
The reader can tell Johnny is.....
Character Analysis
500
When you inference, what two things should you consider?
What you know (your background knowledge or schema) + what is in the text A good inference must be based on the text
500
What does the A in The Reading Queen stand for and what do you do in this step?
What is... Answer the questions Don't forget to eliminate the wrong answers to help you narrow it down!
500
In a Non- Fiction story where could I usually find the Main Idea (TEXT & GRAPHIC FEATURE).
a sub- heading or sub- title