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Who am I ?
Persuasive Essay
STAAR Academic Vocabulary
Strategies for STAAR Success
Misc.
100
I need to be the first sentence in your essay.
What is Hook or Attention Grabber?
100
Persuasive Essay
What is the type of essay that you have to write for STAAR English 2?
100
Using current events, history, experience, literature, pop culture, and sports to aid in giving examples for your body paragraphs. 

What is CHELPS?

100

"WRITE"

What are the words we focus on to understand the essay prompt?

100

A score of 3

What is the score for a satisfactory performane on a  Persuasive Writing Essay?

200

Theme Conflict Setting Characters Plot Author's Purpose Tone

What are the elements of a fictional short story?

200
Space at the beginning of each new paragraph.
What is "indent"?
200

This sentence explains what you plan to prove or explain in your paragraph.

What is a Topic Sentence?

200

Easy steps: Step 1. Read the Questions Closely and reread; Step 2. Underline the text and questions.; Step 3. Label the questions and annotate the text.; Step 4. Eliminate wrong answers.; Step 5. Select the correct answer proven with textual evidence. 

What is RULES?

200

T/F labels in the t-chart for a paired passage

What is "evidence from both in paired selections"?

300
Introductory Paragraph Body Paragraph #1 Body Paragraph #2 Conclusion Paragraph
What is an Essay Outline?
300
Major sentence that gives the purpose/main idea of your essay.
What is Thesis Statement?
300
The reason the writer decides to write about a specific topic.
What is Author's Purpose?
300
If you do not know the meaning/ or understand a word in a sentence and/or prompt.
What is a DICTIONARY?
300

Reading and Writing

What are the two areas tested on STAAR English 2?

400
Correcting spelling, grammar and punctuation.
What is "editing"
400
1=Very Limited; 2=Basic; 3=Satisfactory; 4=Accomplished
What is the EssayWriting Rubric?
400
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience; g viewpoint of a writer for a specific topic.
What is Tone?
400

used to find the words you need to express your idea in a  more interesting way

What is a THESAURUS?

400

Create a t-chart and begin eliminating wrong answer choices for one story selection.

What is "the paired passage strategy"?

500
Which sentence below follow and support sentence 15?
What is "Revising"?
500

Amount of time given to write your Persuasive Essay.

What is "until 4:15"?

500
Words like "one reason", "another example", "next", "first, second, third"....
What are Transitional Words?
500

Two tools necessary to write your Persuasive Essay well for STAAR EOC English 2?

What is a DICTIONARY/THESAURUS and SCRATCH PAPER?

500

Dr. Seuss is a great author of children's books. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go".

What is a Textual Evidence?