Talk About Testing
The date of the ELAR STAAR.
What is Tuesday, April 7th?
If writing has paragraphs, poems have these.
What are stanzas?
ECR stands for ______________________________.
What is an extended-constructed response?
This is the lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
What is theme?
Combine the following sentences:
The colonists were dissatisfied with British rule.
They began to protest.
The colonists were dissatisfied with British rule, so they began to protest.
The colonists were dissatisfied with the British rule, so they began to protest.
The colonists were dissatisfied with British rule and began to protest.
For the Reading STAAR, the three things you should ask the test administrator for are --
a dictionary, scratch paper, and a pencil
This is how a poem makes the reader feel while reading it.
What is mood?
SCR stands for ________________________________.
What is a short-constructed response?
Subheadings, captions, and graphs can be found in this type of texts.
What is Nonfiction / Informational texts?
Combine the following sentences:
The Sons of Liberty boycotted British goods.
The Sons of Liberty was a secret society.
The Sons of Liberty, a secret society, boycotted British goods.
The Sons of Liberty was a secret society that boycotted British goods.
The Sons of Liberty, which was a secret society, boycotted British goods.
The test includes writing and reading (T or F).
What is true?
I wandered as a lonely cloud is an example of a ________________.
What is a simile?
One sentence statement that lets the reader know what a text will be about. It can also include a claim with reasoning.
What is a thesis statement/controlling idea?
This specific type of POV allows the reader to know what one or all of the characters are thinking and feeling.
What is 3rd-person omniscient?
Combine the following sentences:
The townspeople were ready to fight in a minute.
The townspeople called themselves Minutemen.
The townspeople were ready to fight in a minute, so they called themselves Minutemen.
The townspeople called themselves Minutemen because they were ready to fight in a minute.
The townspeople, who called themselves Minutemen, were ready to fight in a minute.
When you want to define a word, you can choose to --
Ask the proctor for a physical dictionary, use the dictionary in Cambium (context clues)
"And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the Daffodils."
This is an example of a ________________________.
What is personification?
This is another name for the controlling idea in writing.
What is a thesis statement?
Name at least two characteristics to let you know that that help identify a text as a drama.
What are Act(s), Scene(s), Stage directions, Characters, dialogue?
Combine the following sentences:
The British soldiers wanted to capture the Sons of Liberty.
The British soldiers wanted to take the Minutemen’s supplies.
The British soldiers wanted to capture the Sons of Liberty and take the Minutemen's supplies.
The British soldiers wanted to capture the Sons of Liberty, and they wanted to take the Minutemen's supplies.
The British soldiers wanted to take the Minutemen's supplies and capture the Sons of Liberty.
STAAR is an acronym that stands for this.
What is the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness?
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden Daffodils;
Beside the Lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Name the three techniques the author uses in the above poem to help the reader visualize the scene.
What are imagery, personification, and rhyme scheme?
A strong argumentative essay will include these four things.
What are an introduction, your position/claim/evidence, counterargument/evidence, and conclusion?
Name three genres you could see on the STAAR test.
Informational/nonfiction, poetry, fiction, or drama
Combine the following sentences:
The Minutemen fought the British at Lexington.
The Minutemen fought the British at Concord.
The Minutemen fought the British at Lexington and Concord.
The Minutemen fought the British at both Lexington and Concord.
The Minutemen fought the British at Concord and Lexington.