STAAR Strategies
You have to ask for scratch paper on the STAAR test. TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
Informational Text
Photographs, illustrations, captions, sub-headings, bold words
Re-state the prompt: Describe how Johnathan changes throughout the story.
Jonathan changes throughout the story by...
What genre should we use S.W.B.S.T on? Why?
Fiction and Drama. Because they have characters
Should you be finish with your STAAR before lunch?
NO!!!!
How many pieces of scratch paper should you ask for?
At Minimum 5 pieces of scratch paper
Poetry
Lines, stanzas, figurative language, repetition, rhyme scheme
What does the E in RACE stand for?
Explain your answer
What genre do we find the central idea or main idea?
Informational text and argumentative text
TRUE or FALSE: If the test is easy, you can finish before lunch.
FALSE
How many times should you read the text?
More than once. As many times as it takes you to understand the text
Argumentative
Claim, counterargument, reasons, explanations
TRUE or FALSE: You should start typing your response in the box first. Then write it out on your scratch paper.
FALSE. Please be sure to write out your response FIRST! Before typing.
What genre should we paraphrase the text?
Poetry
Name the character traits: Stacy ate all of the candy and didn't bother to save me one. The last time I had candy, I shared with her. I couldn't look at her the same after that.
Narrator: Giving and Disappointed. Stacy: Selfish
How long should you spend on a spend on a question?
No longer than 5 minutes
Fiction
Characters, setting, problem, resolution
How long should the short contracted response be? What should be included?
A paragraph. Restate prompt, answer the question, text evidence and explanation of answer.
In what genre should we pay close attention to stage directions?
Drama
What are stage directions?
Instructions the narrator gives to show what characters are doing
How long should the STAAR test take you?
5-6 hours!
Drama
Cast of characters, protagonist, internal conflict, external conflict
How long should the extended constructed response be? And what should be inlcluded?
At least 4 paragraphs. Intro paragraph, evidence #1 paragraph, evidence #2 paragraph, and conclusion paragraph.
What goes in the 4 squares of a poem annotation?
1. Title
2. Lines and Stanzas
3. figurative language (Simile and Metaphor) and rhyme scheme and repetition
4. paraphrase the poem and find the theme
What is wrong with this sentence:
johhny lived in texas his whole life
Capitalization. Punctuation