PROVE Testing Strategy: Lesson 1

PROVE Testing Strategy: Lesson 1

Objective:

We will analyze the controlling idea, author’s purpose, and genre characteristics of a text.

Watch the Loom video for a tutorial on how to use PROVE to become a STAAR test taker!

(This video is linked on the google doc for today.)

Let's Practice PROVEing our answers!

• Step 1: Pull up the google doc with the reading passage on it.

• Step 2: Split your screen. Keep this page up and the reading passage. (Or you can click back and forth in between tabs, whatever works for you.)

P- Preview the question.

Read this sentence from paragraph 5.

"As a result, they moved to cities and accepted low-paying jobs in order to feed their families."

This sentence shows that-

• people make sacrifices

• farmers knew how to change

• people were often mistreated

• farmers were tired of harvesting

Multiple Choice

What type of question is this?

• Whole text

• Find it

• Answer Here

R- Read the passage

• Go back, and reread paragraph 5

• Underline the quote in the question

• Search for key details in the paragraph

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O- Omit the Obviously wrong questions

• Remember-

• there are usually 2 oviously wrong answers and 1 distracter that is almost correct

Multiple Select

Which answer choices are obviously wrong?

• People made sacrfices

• Farmers knew how to change

• people were often mistreated

• farmers were tired of harvesting

Open Ended

What is the correct answer? Verify your answer with text evidence.

Open Ended

Explain your answer. Use complete sentences.

CONGRADULATIONS!!

• You can now PROVE your answers as you take a test!

• Go submit your exit ticket and have a great day!