Testing Tips
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Sleep well
charge your ipad
To determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in a selection
Context clues or a dictionary
If a question asks, "What is paragraph 5 mainly about?" What is it asking for?
Main idea
What is the problem called in fiction?
Conflict
How is the thesis statement/ claim created?
Use the prompt and add Reason 1 and Reason 2
prompt statement + because +R1 and R2
If stressing during the test, you should
Take a mini-break for water or the restroom
A valuable test-taking strategy for the ECR, SCR, and fill in the blank questions?
proofread for errors
Use a dictionary/thesaurus
Use correct punctuation
Use quotation marks correctly
Embed or introduce text evidence
All the important events from the beginning, middle and end of a selection
Summary
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
What are 2 elements of the ECR that can elevate your score....
Expanded explanation
Connecting hook to conclusion
Good word choice
Creativity/uniqueness
Sentence variety
CUPS/ARMS
What should you do on the morning of the STAAR test?
Eat a healthy breakfast
A reading strategy
Define unknown words, highlight, read questions, annotating, re-read text multiple times
This question: The reader can conclude that ... Is asking the reader to what?
Make an inference
An article about the dangers of playing video games all day is what type of text?
Informational
How much time you will be given for the STAAR Reading/Writing test?
The entire school day, if needed
Why is the STAAR test important for students?
It demonstrates your mastery of 7th grade skills
Marking through wrong answers
Process of elimination
One strategy for answering vocabulary context clue questions is
Read the text surrounding the word for hints about its meaning
A passage that is true and contains facts is what type of text?
nonfiction
What should you do before typing your ECR?
Create/complete the I-chart
Leave these at home or be prepared to give them to your test administrator
Cell phones, smart watches, and electronic devices
To get an idea of what a passage is about before reading it, what should you check first?
Title, subtitles, photos, captions, read the questions first
The moral of a story, or the life lesson the author wants the reader to understand
Theme
In a drama, words that tell what the characters should be doing as they speak their lines
They are not spoken aloud
Usually italicized
Stage directions
What is the Short Constructed Response? (what 2 things must you include to get full credit?)
Answer the question
Use test evidence to support your answer(do not repeat)
Embed or introduce your text evidence