4th Grade
STAAR writing
STAAR writing
What do you do before submitting your work?
Edit and Look over it!
Find the noun.
A.) run
B.) Shelly
C.) blue
D.) shiny
B.) Shelly
What is a simile?
Comparison using like or as
Example of a noun.
A. Tom the barber.
B. Tom ran to the barbershop.
C. Tom cut hair from the brown-haired, old man.
A. Tom the barber.
Tom is a proper noun.
Barber is a thing.
Amy wants to go outside and play her mother said she had to clean up her room first.
What is the difference between a short constructed response and an extended constructed response?
A short response will be written using RACE. (1 paragraph)
An extended response will be written as an essay (intro, 2-3 paragraphs with reasons, and conclusion) (juicy hamburger)
What is the problem and solution?
Sarah missed the bus. Her mom had to take her to school.
Problem: Sarah missed the bus.
Solution: Her mom had to take her to school.
Choose the hyperbole.
A.) The kite soared like an eagle.
B.) Bang went the hammer.
C.) The sun shines like a diamond.
D.) I'm drowning in homework.
D.) I'm drowning in homework.
Example of a verb.
A. Tom the barber.
B. Tom ran to the barbershop.
C. Tom cut hair from the brown-haired, old man.
B. Tom ran to the barbershop.
Ran is the verb.
Context Clues:
The girl who used to be very vociferous doesn't talk much anymore.
noisy, loud
What are some transition WORDS you can use to start a new paragraph?
Next, also, first, finally....
What do the words compare and contrast mean?
Compare: What is the same/similar
Contrast: What is different
What does a metaphor do?
compare 2 things that are not alike
I am a couch potato.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
Tom quickly cut the man's hair, so that he could eat his lunch.
Quickly
Please close the door behind you.
You’re standing too close to the fire.
Homograph or Homophone?
Homograph
How do you show text evidence?
Use "Quotations" around the exact words from the text. Or say things like "According to the text....etc.
Choose the Alliteration:
A). Yellow Yoyos Are Cool.
B). Darcy Duck Took Debbie Deviled Eggs.
C). Peter Panda Passed Perry the Platypus Yesterday.
D). Allie Alligator Ate Apples Alongside Andy.
D). Allie Alligator Ate Apples Along with Andy.
What is the difference between simile and metaphor?
Simile uses like or as and metaphor does not.
Find the adjectives in the sentence.
Sam cut down the three, big trees.
Three and big
There, Their, They're
Homograph or Homophone?
Homophone?
What are the steps to using RACE?
Restate
Answer
Cite
Evidence
Choose the onomatopoeia:
A). Eat
B). Hop
C). Sizzle
D). Touch
C). Sizzle
What is personification?
Giving non-living things humanlike qualities.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
I saw the cat climb a tree.
I
“__________ time to go to school,” my mom exclaimed.
it's or its ?
it's
Every ESSAY (Extended constructed response) should include what?
intro (R and A), 2-3 reasons (evidence), explanation of evidence, where you found it, and conclusion that restates your intro
Example of adjective:
A). Truck
B). Yellow
C). Dog
D). Running
B). Yellow
What form of figurative language is the following phrase?
It's raining cats and dogs.
A.) Personification
B.) Idiom
C.) Metaphor
D.) Simile
B.) Idiom
Prepositions link a noun to another word.
Examples?
to, at, after, on, under
May I borrow ____baseball mitt?
you're or your?
your?