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
There are two types of consturcted Response
Yes
Short Constructed response
Extended Constructed response
The order that things happen in a story
sequence of events
Point of view: they, she, he, you
Third person point of view.
When you make a decision about something you have read, you conclude
True: when you conclude you use text evidence and make a decision
A passage/book that tells me real information such as facts and real examples.
Non-fiction (NF)
Restate questions as a statemente
Answer the question
Cite evidence form the text.
The 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?
When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by finding text evidence to support your thinking, circle the title and text features, and read questions before reading the passage?
True: This will help you get the correct answer.
Give 3 examples of text features
Bold print/vocabulary terms, glossary, pictures, captions, headings, graphs/tables/diagrams, bullet points, etc.
What is RACES mean
Restate
Answer
Cite
Explain
Summarize
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
When completing Reading STAAR test it is best to take a brain break after completing a passage and questions. True or False?
True: When you take a break and relax that allows your brain an opportunity to rest before continuing on to the next passage.
This is what the story is mostly about?
Main Idea
How do you turn on Spell check on start test?
after typing click the ABC button in the menu. When done be sure to unclick so you can move to the next question.
Words that have the same or similar meaning are called?
Synonyms
To draw conclusions by using text evidence & connecting bits of information
Inferencing
When do I need to find the incorrect answer rather than the correct.
When the question says NOT
How author's organize their text
Text Structure
What is a writing prompt?
The writing prompt is what you need to write about in the STAAR writing questions.