Testing Tips
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Get plenty of sleep
I can use these to make predictions about nonfiction text before I start reading, or to tell me what the section is about
What are text features?
Paragraph 3 is mostly about --
Main Idea
What are context clues?
Clues in the text that help us figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
A figure of speech where non-human things are given human-like qualities.
Personification
What do I eat at school on STAAR day?
Pack a healthy lunch OR Eat a healthy lunch from the cafeteria
The 5 W's
What is the questions used to make a non-fiction summary? Who? What? When? Why? Where?
The reader can tell that
Inference
A position or perspective (way of seeing things)
Point of view
Words with the same or similar meanings
What is a synonym?
When you have completed your entire test what should you do?
CHECK OVER IT!
Informative or persuade
What is the author's purpose of most non-fiction text?
Blake thought the dog fell into the pond because --
Cause and Effect
In poetry a paragraph is equal to a ______ in a story?
Stanza
A word that has an opposite meaning to another word
What is an antonym?
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
Stop and ask yourself questions. Does this make sense?
What is a text feature that I should pay attention to when reading?
Graphic Features, Tables, Diagrams, Charts, Captions
When words like, yesterday, first, or finally are used in a paragraph it helps the reader understand ...
sequence of events
In a Non- Fiction story where could I usually find the Main Idea (Text Feature)?
Headings
The sequence of events that make up a story, including the beginning, middle, and end.
plot
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
What is the words or phrases that tell what a section is mostly about?
Headings
The reader can tell that Johnny wanted to -
character traits/ analysis
To convince a reader of a certain point of view.
Persuade
Raining cats and dogs, Piece of cake, Break a leg, and Under the weather are all examples of
Idioms