Reading Test Strategies
What materials do you need to ask for when beginning the Reading STAAR
Highlighter (and scratch paper if you need)
What figurative languages compares two things using "like" or "as"?
Cual lenguaje figurativo compara two cosas usando "como"?
Simile
Simil
Where and when the story takes place?
Cuando y donde se trata la historia?
Setting
Ambiente
Name three text elements tell you that a text is expository.
Nombra tres elementos que nos indica que un texto es expositivo.
Dates, subtitles, headings, real information/names, photographs, diagrams, graphs, etc.
Fechas, subtitulos, information real (nombres, lugares), fotografias, pies de foto, diagramas, graficos, etc.
What is the name of Mrs. Korn's dog?
Retta
What is the first thing(s) you will do before reading a passage.
Read the instructions; GAP and preview the text.
What elements of poetry tell us if a poem is lyrical?
Como sabes si un poema es lirico?
Rhythm or beat; Set rhyming pattern; sounds like a song
Ritmo; patron de rimas; suena como una cancion
Who the story is about, and the people in the story.
De quien se trata el cuento, y las personas adentro del cuento.
Characters
Personajes
A brief description found near or beneath a photograph to give the reader information.
Una descripcion breve debajo de la fotografia para dar mas information al lector.
Caption
Pie de foto
What genre of text has dialogue and stage directions?
Cual genero tiene dialogo y instrucciones para el escena?
Drama
Drama
What two strategies should you use while you read?
2. Stop and Jot (summarize or Get the Picture)
What figurative language compares two things WITHOUT using "like' or "as," but using verbs?
Como se llama lenguaje figurativo que compara dos cosas SIN usar "como" sino con verbos?
Metaphor
Metafora
The story events, including the problem and solution.
Los eventos del cuento, incluyendo al conflicto y la solucion.
Plot
La trama
Bold print words or phrases that tells the reader what the section is about.
Palabras o frases en negrito que nos dice de que se trata la seccion.
Subtitles or Headings
Subtitulos
What genre of text tells about a real person's life?
Cual genero nos cuenta sobre la vida de una persona real?
Biography
Biografia
What should you do if you do not understand a question?
Highlight key words and put it in your own words.
What poetic elements define a narrative poem?
Cual elementos de poesta define a un poema narrativo?
Tells a story; has characters; has a plot
Cuenta un cuento; tiene personajes; tiene una trama
What the character should learn from his/her experiences in the story, and what we can learn from the story.
De que debe aprender el personaje de sus experiencias, y de que nosotros podemos aprender del cuento.
Theme (moral or lesson)
Tema (moralaje o leccion)
What is a statement that shows how the author thinks, feels, or believes?
Una declaraction (oracion) que nos muestra como se siente, piensa, o cree el autor?
Opinion
Told from the point of view of one of the characters, using "I", "we".
Contado del punto de vista de un personaje, usando "yo" y "nosotros."
1st person point of view
1era persona
How should you tackle a paired text?
Read the first passage, then answer those questions.
Then read the second passage, and answer those questions.
Then answer the questions about both texts.
What type of poetry does not contain set line length or rhyming patterns?
Que tipo de poesia no tiene lineas con longitud fija ni patron de rimas?
Free verse
Verso libre
Conversation between people written with quotation marks.
Conversacion entre gente escrito con signos de cita (hablar).
Dialogue
Dialogo
What is statement that can be proven?
Una declaracion (oracion) que se puede probar?
Fact
Un hecho
Point of view that is told from a narrator outside of the story, using names of characters and pronouns "he, she, they."
El punto de vista contado por un narrador afuera del cuento, usando los nombres de los personajes y los pronombres "el, ella, ellos."
3rd person point of view
3era persona