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Writing 101
Wild Card
100
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
What is Get plenty of sleep
100
How to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in paragraphs
What is context clues and use a dictionary to look-up the meaning
100

What should you do if you don't know the answer?

What is MAKE A GUESS!!!!

100

What goes at the very beginning of your essay?

What is...Introduction

100

What is the difference between an SCR and an ECR?

SCR is 3 sentences MAX, ECR is a full length essay

200

How much time do you have to take the test?

8 hours

200

A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.

What is annotate?

200

What does it mean to paraphrase?

Re-telling the story using your own words
200

How many reasons and pieces of evidence should you have when writing an argumentative essay?

2 reasons, 2 pieces of evidence

200

What is the structure of an argumentative essay?

What is a Introduction, Body Paragraph (your opinion), Counterargument (other's opinion), and conclusion (your final thoughts)

300
What should you do the morning of the STAAR test?
What is eat a healthy breakfast
300

What is the first thing you should do before reading the story?

What is...Read the question first

300

When the reader makes an educated guess...

What is Inference

300

An article about the dangers of playing video games all day is this type of text.

What is informational text

300

What does R.A.C.E stand for?

What is Restate the question, Answer the question, Cite Evidence, Explain

400

Why is the STAAR test important to you the students?

What is It demonstrates your mastery of skills in the 8th grade and is needed for PROMOTION to the next grade level

400

What strategy should you use when making the best answer choice?

What is process of elimination 

400

What should be capitalized?

Proper nouns (Months, the letter I, Names, Titles, Start of sentences)

400

A play with lines, scenes, and characters is called

A Drama

400

What is the purpose of an argumentative essay?

To prove why your opinion is right and the other person's opinion is wrong.

500
What should you leave at home or be prepared to give to a teacher or test proctor before the test?
What are cell phones or electronic devices?
500

What is the first thing you should do when looking at a question?

What is... underline key words

500

The meaning of the theme

What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson

500

What type of writing includes "Dear _____ Love, _____"

Correspondence (Letter)

500

What are the different type of text connections you can make?

What is...Text to Text, Text to Self, Text to World