SARs Rock
Expository Essays
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STAAR Bits and Pieces
Reading
100
Three
What is the amount that your score gets multiplied by?
100
1, 2, 3, 4
What is the scoring range for the expository essay?
100
25%
What is the percentage that each final exam counts towards your semester grade?
100
July 6
What is the day for the English 1 STAAR retest?
100
Two reading selections instead of one
What is the difference between the single SAR and the connecting SAR?
200
A
What is "Answer the prompt"?
200
To explain
What is the purpose of an expository essay?
200
Thursday, May 28th
What is the day of your last final exam?
200
Five
What is the number of hours you have for this test?
200
2
What is the number of SARs on the Reading portion of the test?
300
0, 1, 2, 3
What is the scoring range for SARs?
300
26
What is the number of lines you have for the essay?
300
Monday, August 24, 2015
What is the first day of the 2015-16 school year?
300
Today from 3PM-7PM
What is the time for STAAR-y Night?
300
28
What is the number of multiple choice questions on the Reading section of STAAR?
400
P
What is "Prove it with text evidence"?
400
Two
What is the number of people who will read and score your essay? Your total score will be determined by adding together the two readers' scores.
400
Six
What is the number of credits you need to become a 10th grader?
400
At any time on any part of the test.
When may I use a dictionary on the STAAR test?
400
Two pieces of text evidence instead of one piece of text evidence
What is the difference between answering a connecting SAR versus a single selection SAR?
500
E
What is "Explain your answer" and make a connection with your text evidence?
500
Eight
What is the number of final exams you will take the week of May 26th?
500
Eat breakfast, arrive on time, leave your laptop at home, turn in your cell phone to the test administrator, think positive thoughts.....
What are the things you should do on Monday morning to be STAAR ready?
500
Poems, newspaper and magazine articles, stories, excerpts from plays, etc.
What are the kinds of genres you'll be reading on the STAAR test?