TEKS Vocab
Writing
STRATEGIES
ANNOTATIONS
STAAR
100

What is another word for main idea

Central Idea

100

This should be included in your conclusion 

Summary or Restating the thesis 

100

When reading you should do this because you may unknowingly skip lines and/or misread a word

Re-Read

100
Students should complete this type of annotation for titles
What is Highlighting/Underlining/Circling
100

This is the kind of writing you will be required to do on the test this year.

SCR or ECR

200

Finding proof in the text is called 

Text Evidence 

200

What is the last stage of the writing process is 

Final Draft

200

This is the last step that should occur before a student reads a story.

Read and Highlight the important part of the questions

200
Annotating in this way will save you time in answering questions
What is write a small summary next to each paragraph
200

This is where they make the STAAR test

Austin

300

A strategy to find the meaning of an unknown word without using a dictionary 

Context Clues

300

How many stentences should each paragraph have?

3-4

300

Students should do this when answering questions from a passage

What is Write the paragraph number from where you found the answer/Reading 

300
Students should do this after you are done reading the passage
What is Answer the question you asked at the beginning of the passage
300

This person will grade my STAAR test 

What is unknown

400

In a poem what are the paragraphs called 

Stanza

400

What is the purpose of the topic sentence

To tell the reader what the paragraph is about

400

If this is missing from the paragraphs you should add this 

What is Number the paragraphs

400

True or False Students should annotate each and every paragraph 

False

400
STAAR stands for
What is State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness
500
An educated guess is called what

Inference

500

What is the purpose of a thesis

to tell the reader what your are writing about 

500

When you don't know a word you should do this. 

Use context clues or look it up

500
Expressing the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, to achieve greater clarity
What is Paraphrase
500
This is important to do the night before a major test such as the STAAR
What is Rest/Get a good nights rest