Testing Tips
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Get plenty of sleep
How to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words
context clues and use a dictionary to look-up the meaning
When it says, paragraph 3 is mainly about... What are you looking for?
Main idea
Our campus mascot.
What is "aviator"?
How much time do you have to take the test?
All Day
the first thing you should do when you see a passage
read the questions first
The author's feeling towards the subject matter in the text.
TONE
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as.
a metaphor
What should you do the morning of the STAAR test?
What is eat a healthy breakfast
When reading a question that specifies a certain paragraph, this is the most important thing a student should do.
Go back to the text/STAR the paragraph!
When you use background knowledge + clues from the text.
Inference
An article about the dangers of playing video games all day is this type of text.
What is informational text
the number of school days until the staar
5
What steps do you use to annotate?
Who/What strategy
What strategy should you use when making the best answer choice?
What is process of elimination
What is the sequence of events
Plot
genre of Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry and Fever
what is historical fiction?
name ACE
A
C
E
How many times should you read the passage/ text/ poem?
2 times or more than once
Where can you get a good idea what a passage is about before you even read the passage?
What is the title?
The meaning of the theme
What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson
Authors purposes serve three purposes
TO Persuade, inform, entertain
outline an essay writing map
Intro: Hook + Context + Thesis
BP1: ACE
BP2: ACE
Conclusion: Restate Thesis + Closing Idea