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STAAR strategies
Reading Strategies
Author's Purpose and Point of View
Analyze text and characters
Poetry
100
What do you need plenty of the night before the test? That's TONIGHT!
Rest Mrs. Mabry says No Shark Boy and Lava Girl Marathons. : )
100
Before you read the story, preview the title, subtitles, bold words, and pictures. These are called
text features
100
why an author writes a story
author's purpose
100
chronological order is
time order chrono=time logical=order
100
the use of words that sound like what they mean like: buzz, snap
onomatopeia
200
Make sure you eat a good ___________.
breakfast.
200
adding what you know + what the story says is creating an
inference/drawing a conclusion no imagination answers!
200
author's purpose is as easy as __________ you must identify the 3 types
pie! persuade, inform, entertain
200
to find the meaning of unknown words you need to use
context clues remember: look for synonym, antonym, example, explanation
200
the repeating of the same sounds at the beginning of words
alliteration
300
Make sure you _____________________ your questions first.
organize! even flocabulary agrees with Mrs. Mabry about this!
300
main idea of the BME and no details
summary
300
I, me, we
1st person
300
how an author describes a charater's personality
character traits adjectives
300
making an object or animal act like a person: the chair is calling my name
personification
400
Always ___________ your answers.
prove If there is no evidence it is not true - no 5th grade imagination answers!
400
the overall message of the story or the point the author is trying to make; the gist
main idea
400
you, your
2nd person - will only be used in a recipe/directions/persuasive story
400
the event and the result of the event ex. you don't do your homework so you sit on the curb at recess
cause and effect
400
comparing two nouns using like or as: as fast as lightning
simile
500
Take your _______!
Time It's not a race - you do better when you take your time and think it through!
500
the lesson learned is the
theme
500
he, she, they, Mr. G, Mrs. Partin
3rd person
500
never ignore your pictures or _________________
captions I promise there will be a question about a caption on the test - don't skip them!
500
comparing two nouns without using like or as: The cheetah is lightning. He is so fast.
metaphor