What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Sleep well
To determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in a selection
Context clues or a dictionary/thesaurus
If a question asks, "What is paragraph 5 mainly about?" What is it asking for?
Main idea
Fiction
Tells a story and has a plot
What 2 things can you do after the STAAR test?
READ or SLEEP!
Purpose for writing nonfiction
Inform or Persuade
First step when reading a poem
Analyze the Title
If stressing during the test, you should
Take a mini-break for water or the restroom, breathe
A valuable test-taking strategy
Read questions carefully, read the answer choices carefully, cross out the 2 worse answers, take your time, do your best
Sticks to the main points, not too many details, no fluff
Summary
Narrator tells the events only (He, She, They)
3rd Person Objective
DOUBLE POINTS
What is a SCR? How much do you write? How do you start your first sentence? What else do you include?
Short Constructed Response
2-3 sentences, R.A.C.E
Use as many words from the question to start your first sentence, then answer it.
YOU MUST INCLUDE EVIDENCE/QUOTE
Represent two types of text structures
Spatial and Description
Read at least
Three times
What should you do the morning of the STAAR test?
Eat a healthy breakfast
A reading strategy
Define unknown words, highlight, read questions and answers carefully, cross out the 2 worse answers, re-read text multiple times
This question: The reader can conclude that ... Is asking the reader to what?
Make an inference
Character
Anything with thoughts and feelings and interacts with others
How much time you will be given for the STAAR Reading test?
A much time as you need (if you are working)
Probably true, cannot be proven, not measurable
Commonplace Assertion
How the author comes across in a text(poem)
Tone
Remember you are
More than a test score
Marking through 2 wrong answers
Process of elimination
One strategy for answering vocabulary context clue questions is
Read the text surrounding the word for hints about its meaning
Summary
Somebody - Character
Wanted - Motivation
But - Conflict
So - Climax
Then - Conclusion
What do you need to bring to class the day of the STAAR test?
Your COMPUTER & CHARGER
A great attitude
Claims not based on sound reasoning, misleading
Logical Fallacies
The feeling a reader gets while reading a text(poem)
Mood
Leave these at home or be prepared to give them to your test administrator
Cell phones, smart watches, and electronic devices
To get an idea of what a passage is about before reading it, what should you check first?
Title, subtitles, photos, captions
The moral of a story, or the life lesson the author wants the reader to understand
Theme
Nonlinear Plot Elements
Foreshadowing
Flashbacks
In Medias Res
TRIPLE POINTS
What is an ECR? How much should you write? How do you start? What do you HAVE to include?
Extended Constructed Response
4 paragraphs (introduction, body 1, body 2, and conclusion)
Use as many words from the prompt to start your first sentence.
Include TEXT EVIDENCE/QUOTE
A fallacy that attempts to get an emotional reaction from the audience
Emotional Appeals
Has a rhyme scheme of AABBA
Limerick