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100
What do you do when you do not understand the question?
You will need to re-read it again to yourself slowly.
100
Read the passage "Friends." What is the best summary of the story?
The answer choice is: D. C is a good choice, but D is the better choice because the story mostly talks about their food choices.
100
Where is the foot of the mountain?
At the bottom of the mountain!
100
What type of figurative language is this? Peter picked a pack of potatoes.
Alliteration. Alliteration means that there are repeating letter sounds in a sentence or a phrase.
100
If you read a mystery reading passage, what is the author's purpose?
The author's purpose is to entertain you.
200
What do you do when you have two really good choices, and you aren't sure which answer choice to pick?
You have to choose the better option of the two choices.
200
Read the news story, and answer the following questions.
The answer for 33 is A. It is an opinion because you cannot PROVE that it is the worst thing you can do. The answer for 34 is Don't Start Smoking. The Daily Messenger is the name of the newspaper, and Living and Learning is the name of the section of the newspaper.
200
What is the foot of the mountain being compared to?
A person's foot.
200
What is a simile?
A simile uses "like" or "as" and compares 2 things.
200
What does narrative mean?
Narrative means telling a story.
300
What do you need to do when you read the question?
Circle the key words of the question.
300
Why did Greg have to go to his room after breakfast?
He had to get his backpack.
300
The poet probably enjoys doing what?
Telling jokes.
300
If you hear these words: "Moo," "Clang," "Bang,"...what type of figurative language do you hear?
Onomatopoeia
300
In the story Swamp Angel, what was the author's purpose?
The purpose of the author was to entertain you with the tall tale story.
400
At the end of the STAAR test, what must you do before you close your book and finish?
Double check my work.
400
Read the chart on your story. It shows the order of events. Which belongs in the empty box?
Greg took a shower.
400
The poet writes, "Why doesn't the wing of the building fly?" The poet is comparing the building to...a what?
A bird.
400
If you hear them say "the house was as hot as a desert," what does that mean?
The temperature of the house is being compared to the heat of the desert. It is a simile.
400
How would you bubble in a question correctly? Give an example on the whiteboard.
Color inside the bubble, nice and dark with no extra lines.
500
What strategy do you need to use when you come across a summary question?
BME. BME stands for Beginning, Middle, and End. All summaries need to have a BME.
500
A "garden plot" is what?
a small piece of land.
500
What are text features? And, what is the purpose of text features?
Text features are features like: title, subtitle, photographs, captions, bold, italics, and underlined words, graphs, etc. Text features help you figure out what is important in the story.
500
What are homophones?
Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different meanings!