Grammar
Which sentence is correct?
A. Because Milo was absent, Brutus was the class pet.
B. Brutus was the class pet, because Milo was absent.
A
Includes
*restatement of question as an answer.
*uses buzz words from the prompt
the BASIC Thesis
How many questions will be on the STAAR EOC reading test?
52
What is a thesis statement?
A road map for your essay
A planning tool for your essay
The only sentence in your introduction.
Name three fruits that are part of the rose family.
raspberries
apples
peaches
What needs to be changed in the following sentence?
The small house is Milos house.
Milo's
Includes:
*everything from the BASIC thesis
*uses synonyms for buzz words from the prompt
the BETTER thesis statement
How many reading passages will there be?
2-3 Passages
1-2 paired passages
Maximum possibility 7
Sometimes, this is referred to as the "paragraph" of a poem.
stanza
What country consumes the most macaroni and cheese each year?
Canada
How should the following sentence be corrected?
Brutus took the slow moving elevator to the bottom floor.
slow-moving
True or False
On the EOC essay, the thesis statement IS the introduction.
True
How many words will you read on the test?
6500-7000
What is the rhyme scheme for the following poem?
In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
A
A
B
B
True or False
Your tonsils can grow back after they have been removed.
True
Which of the following sentences is incorrect?
A. Milo seemed depressed; Brutus brought him ice cream.
B. Milo seemed depressed; so Brutus brought him ice cream.
C. Milos seemed depressed, so Brutus brought him ice cream.
B
Includes everything from the BASIC and BETTER thesis plus:
* a rearranged sentence syntax
* does not use personal pronouns such as I, me, my, mine, you, or yours
BEST thesis statement
What should you do while reading the passage?
Annotate
What are stage directions in a drama?
Directions for the actors to follow during the performance.
Where did the nickname Snoop come from for Snoop Dogg?
His mother started calling him Snoopy because she believed he looked like the character in the Peanuts cartoon.
Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. Milo was hungry.
B. Because Brutus stole his lunch and ate every bite before he could get it back.
B
Which of the following is the BEST thesis statement?
A. Learning to appreciate small joys, realizing that time passes quickly, and understanding that childhood should be cherished are all things Katie learns from her grandma's journal.
B. It helped Katie to read grandma's journal because she learned to cherish childhood, appreciate the small joys of life, that time passes quickly.
A
List at least three tools the computer provides to help you with the reading portion of the test?
Dictionary
Line reader
Highlighter
Strike through
Notepad
Sticky Notes
Comments an actor may say to the audience rather than to other actors on the stage?
asides
How many students received a "0" score for the SCR on the STAAR English EOC in December, 2023?
79%