STAAR Writing

STAAR Writing

Multiple Choice

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 17?

(17) Searching the Internet, Dudley was found listed for sale.

• A Searching the Internet, she found Dudley listed for sale.

• B She searched the Internet, she found Dudley listed for sale.

• C Searching the Internet was where she found Dudley listed for sale.

• D No revision is needed in sentence 17.

Multiple Choice

Sierra would like to add a sentence to bring her story to a more effective close. Which sentence could she add after sentence 42 to help achieve this goal?

(42) He pawed one hoof, bobbed his head, and stood tall, fit, and proud.

• F As the son of Zeus and Diamond, Dudley was proud of his heritage.

• G The plain little colt had finally become the horse he had been bred to be.

• H He was ready to move back to the McGee ranch and be with his family again.

• J Dudley would never be the horse that people had hoped for, but he was still special.

Multiple Select

Choose the best options for beginning a controlling idea (truism, thesis statement)?

WRITE an essay explaining whether it is ever okay to break the rules.

• Sometimes it is ok to break the rules because...

• You should never break the rules because...

• I think...

• Yes, because...

• No, because...

Multiple Choice

(2) There’s a science behind the alarm clock that wakes you up, the weather report that influences what you wear, the toothpaste you use to brush your teeth, and even the water that comes from your fawcet.

How should sentence 2 be changed?

• A Delete the comma after up

• B Change comes to come

• C Change fawcet to faucet

• D Sentence 2 should not be changed.

Multiple Choice

(3) Clearly, the world you live in today wouldn’t be the same without the contributions of many dedicated scientists and there work.

What change needs to be made in sentence 3?

• F Change without the to without no

• G Change contributions to contribution’s

• H Insert a comma after scientists

• J Change there to their

Multiple Choice

(6) Len Fisher is a scientist he has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life.

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• A Len Fisher is a scientist who has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life.

• B Len Fisher, a scientist making a career out of researching ordinary things in life.

• C Len Fisher is a scientist. Who has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life.

• D Sentence 6 is written correctly in the paper.

Multiple Choice

(7) Dad talked frequently about wanting to keep all his staff employed at Coe’s dry cleaners.

What change should be made in sentence 7?

• A Change talked to talking

• B Change frequently to freqently

• C Change dry cleaners to Dry Cleaners

• D No change should be made.

Multiple Choice

What’s the first thing you should do when you get your prompt page?

• A write your name on it

• B Circle the THINK statement

• C Circle the prompt

• D Start writing your essay