Story Elements
This is when/where the story takes place.
The setting
This is when two words sound the same but are spelled differently.
A homophone
You should complete the STAAR as fast as possible.
False: It is more important to do your best, take your time, and use your strategies.
The message, lesson, or moral that the author wants you to take away from the story.
Theme
This is the first thing you should do when you start writing your ECR.
What is Restate the question and answer it?
The order that things happen in a story
sequence of events
Point of view: they, she, he, you
Third person point of view.
This is the first thing you should do BEFORE you start reading a passage.
What is TTP?
(Title, Text Features, and Predict or ask a Question)
A passage/book that tells me real information such as facts and real examples.
Non-fiction (NF)
You need to find THIS in order to support your answer.
What is Text Evidence?
The main series of events in a story from beginning to end.
The plot.
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
This is what you should do if you get stuck on a question.
Give 3 examples of text features
Bold print/vocabulary terms, glossary, pictures, captions, headings, graphs/tables/diagrams, bullet points, etc.
What is Explain?
What point of view is a text that uses: I, me, my, we, us
First Person Point of View
What is this sentence an example of?
Billy baked brownies for Becky.
Alliteration
True or False: It is okay to ask for extra paper, a dictionary, headphones, or a highlighter when taking the STAAR.
True: You can use as much paper as you need, you may use the headphones to listen to the pronunciation of a word in the online dictionary, and use highlighters for your ECR if you still need one.
This is what the text is mostly about
What is the Main Idea?
This is what you call your final paragraph, where you restate your question again and summarize your answer, using different words.
What is the conclusion?
Words that have the same or similar meaning are called?
Synonyms
To draw conclusions by using text evidence & connecting bits of information
Inferencing
This is what you should do if you do not understand a word in your ECR prompt (or any other part of the RLA test).
What is look it up in the dictionary?!
How author's organize their text
Text Structure
This is how many pieces of evidence you need to find in your ECR.
What is 2 (two)?