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Eating this before you come to school may help you to do better on the Staar
What is a healthy breakfast.
The most important idea about a topic that the author is trying to show
What is main idea.
Which key words does a similie always include?
like or as
He is as handsome as a prince.
She is like a summer flower.
The reason why the author wrote the text.
What is author's purpose.
What does the first P in
P
H
E
L
P
stand for?
What is Preview?
Getting at least 8 hours of this at home before your Staar test is helpful
What is a good nights sleep.
A statement that is not a fact. Your own feelings about it
What is an Opinion.
What is this phrase an example of:
Love is a battlefield.
What is a metaphor.
An author writes in this manner to get you to do something or think a certain way
What is persuade.
These are things you do when you preview a text.
What is...
read the title, look at any pictures, charts or graphs, look at the emphasized words.
You can use this online dictionary to help you define unknown words
What is oxfordlearnersdictionary.com.
Consider this a Middle School students really wants a cell phone. Her parents don't think she should have one at school. She tells her parents:
Every other girl at Uplift Grand has a nice cell phone.
What do we call this type of statement.
What is a claim.
The car complained as the driver opened the rusty door.
What is personificaton
🎭
🎶🤡🎞️🎟️
If an author showed these images on the text you can infer the purpose of the text is to
What is entertain.
You should always use this to prove your answer
What is text evidence.
These is no talking during the Staar test. What level should you be at?
What is level zero.
Proof that something is real or true
What is evidence.
In this poem what do you call the first four lines?
Chickadee's Song
by Joyce Sidman
From dawn to dusk in darkling air
we glean and gulp and pluck and snare.
then find a roost that's snug and tight
to brave the long and frozen night
5 We fluff and preen each downy feather,
sing fee-bee- and laugh at the weather!
for if we're quick and bold and clever,
winter's chill won't last forever.
What is a stanza?
What is an author trying to do when he is writing to inform?
What is teach.
What type of things can you highlight as you are reading the text?
key words
main idea
question type
unknown words
You will turn this in to your teacher and make sure it is turned off. You will sign a policy.
What is your phone.
When you identify the differences between two texts
contrast
What do lines 6 and 11 show examples of
Chickadee's Song
by Joyce Sidman
From dawn to dusk in darkling air
we glean and gulp and pluck and snare.
then find a roost that's snug and tight
to brave the long and frozen night
5 We fluff and preen each downy feather,
sing fee-bee- and laugh at the weather!
for if we're quick and bold and clever,
winter's chill won't last forever.
Quick and bold and brave and clever,
10 we preen and fluff each downy feather.
Sing fee-bee-laugh at the weather-
for winter doesn't last forever!
What is repetition?
The 3 main reasons an author writes a text
What is persuade, inform or entertain
Always eliminate at least 2 of these when you are answering questions
What are the 2 obvious wrong answers