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STAAR Basics
STAAR Words
Name the Category
STAAR Writing
STAAR Reading
100
the R in STAAR
What is Readiness?
100
the testing fields on STAAR, instead of objectives
What are Reporting Categories?
100
Questions about comprehension of persuasive texts
What is Category 3?
100
A type of writing required: Write an essay describing a turning point or change in your life that was important to you.
What is a Personal Narrative?
100
Three different literary genres
What are Fiction, Poetry, Drama, or Literary Nonfiction? (Name any of the three)
200
March 26 and 27, 2012
When will the English I STAAR be tested?
200
Standards that are narrow in focus
What are Supporting standards?
200
Questions that ask readers to define words in context
What is Category 1?
200
A type of writing required: In what ways do you think you people today prove the worth of their character?
What is Expository writing?
200
Two selections linked by topic or theme
What are paired selections?
300
The grade level that will spend the most time on STAAR Reading and Writing
What is Grade 7?
300
These outlines provide an overview of the distribution of standards and numbers of questions
What are Blueprints?
300
High school students write compositions
What is Category 4?
300
Provide the writing category for the question: What is the BEST way to rewrite the sentence to convey a sympathetic tone?
What is Revision or Category 2/5?
300
Informational genre that is embedded within Expository texts
What is Procedural?
400
The classification for reading of literary texts
What is Category 2?
400
Information from text used in support of answers
What is evidence?
400
Students are asked to find common themes?
What is Category 1?
400
The writing category for the question: Which of the following is the best way to combine the two sentences?
What is Editing/Category 3 or 6?
400
Average length of a middle school reading selection
What is 900 words?
500
The term for the categorization of texts
What are genres?
500
This type of texts is written to explain.
What is Expository?
500
Students answer questions about an biography
What is Category 2?
500
The four directions for a STAAR Writing prompt
What are Read, Think, Write, and Remember to?
500
Genre that will have no questions about details
What is Persuasive?