Using a 4-Square
This is the problem in the story...
Conflict
The strategy we use to answer an SCR.
RACE
You should complete the STAAR as fast as possible.
False: it is more important to do your best than be the first one finished.
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
Stanza
This text structure tells about a problem and shows a solution or possible solutions.
Problem and solution
What are the first 2 things you are introduced to in your fiction story?
Characters and Setting
False: A biography is written by another person.
True or False: When you start your Reading STAAR, always start by reading the questions.
False: Preview your text to identify genre and any important features.
This phrase is an example of what?
Four friends found free food.
What is Alliteration.
This text structure tells about something and uses words like:
one example, characteristics are, for instance, for example, etc...
Description
What do characters learn at the end of the story?
THEME
What are the following examples of?
Heading, Glossary, Picture, Caption and Map
Non-Fiction Text Features
When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by re reading the text to find text evidence to support your thinking.
True: This will help you get the correct answer.
What is the purpose of poet using repetition in the poem?
To emphasize importance.
(To show something is important).
To show how two or more things are alike and different.
Compare and Contrast
This is the way things end up in the story.
Resolution
What is the purpose of text features in a non-fiction text?
To support the text and make reading the selection easier to understand.
What are you going to do when you get to your SCR or ECR questions?
Plan out your responses on paper and reread for solid evidence.
When the poet uses imagery (sight, sounds, smell, taste, touch/feel) to create a visual, what can you do to help you understand what is happening in the poem?
Draw a picture on your scratch paper.
To show why something happened and what happened.
Cause and Effect
(Label cause-WHY and the effect-WHAT?)
What should you do once you identify you are reading a fiction story?
Draw a PLOT line on your notes page and read to find the elements.
Where is a good place to start when looking for the key idea of a paragraph?
The heading of the section and then read the topic sentence or the concluding sentence. Check for repeated words and ideas.
What should you use to take notes on each passage?
A 4-square
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Shows events or procedures in time order.
Order and sequence/procedural text.