4th Grade STAAR Writing REVIEW

4th Grade STAAR Writing REVIEW

You can do this! Just use your strategies I've taught you!! I believe in you!

Remember there are 3 sections to this test

• Part 1: Revision

• Part 2: Editing

• Part 3: Composition or Essay

Multiple Choice

Which of these sections should you start with 1st?

• revise

• edit

• composition

• just start wherever

Open Ended

Why is it important to start at the composition?

Writing prompt example

• Always Expository (giving information)

• Remember to just read after the word Write

• Helps you know what your topic is (main idea)

• Let's practice writing down what the topic is

Open Ended

What was that writing prompt asking you to write about?

Let's try another one!

Remember pay attention to the prompt!

Open Ended

What was the prompt asking you to write about?

Multiple Choice

How should you begin writing your composition (remember what we always started with in class)?

• your timeline

• bubble map

• introduction

• conclusion

Multiple Choice

What does your bubble map help you do?

• organize your paper

• main idea and details

• figure out your topic

• write more

Poll

Do you remember how I taught you to organize your paper?

• yes

• no

Let's review the TREES method

Remember 4 paragraphs total (Intro, Body 1, Body 2, and Conclusion)

Multiple Choice

What is your first paragraph of your composition called?

• body 1

• body 2

• introduction

• conclusion

Multiple Choice

What should you start your introduction with?

• "Today, I'm going to tell you about..."

• a Hook (attention getter)

• your opinion

• a topic sentence

Multiple Choice

Which of the following elements can be used as a hook to grab the reader's attention?

• a quotation

• a question for the reader to ask themself

• A strong fact or statistic

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

After your hook, what part should be next in your introduction?

• your opinion

• telling me your topic and reasons

• topic sentence

• conclusion

Multiple Choice

How many reasons should you have in your paper?

• 3

• 2

• 1

• none

2 REASONS!!

Good job if you said 2! Those are your Body or Middle paragraphs (paragraph 2 and 3)

TREES

• Used for your Body paragraphs

• Paragraphs 3 and 4

• T stands for "transition" words (Next, For instance, For example, Additionally, Also)

• R stands for "Reason 1 and Reason 2" Reason 1=Paragraph 2 Reason 2=Paragraph 3

• E-stands for "Example 1"

• E-stands for "Example 2"

• S stands for "State your Opinion"

Let's test your knowledge!

get ready for some questions!

Multiple Choice

What does the "T" stand for in the word TREES?

• topic sentence

• transition words

• topic

• the opinion

Multiple Choice

What does the "R" stand for? **might be more than one right answer!

• Repeated words

• Review

• Reason 1 and Reason 2

• Restate idea

Open Ended

What do both of the "E" letters stand for in TREES?

Open Ended

And what is the last sentence of your body paragraph the "S" stand for?

Your last paragraph

Conclusion

STP

Basically rewording what you already said

-S stands for State the Topic Sentence (what your whole paper was about -middle bubble)

T- stands for your Two reasons you talked about

P-stands for your personal opinion about the topic

Let's look at some writing examples

We're going to be rating them and looking at what they're missing or did well on

Open Ended

What do you think the rating for that writing example was between 1-8 and why? 1 is the worst and 8 being the best

Open Ended

What score do you think that one received and why? (score 1 being the worst to 8 being the best)

Open Ended

What do you need to do in order to make sure you get a good score on your composition?

Poll

Do you feel like you know what to do in order to get a good score on your essay?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

Is there anything you want me to review before we move on to revising and editing?

Revising

Remember we use ARMS and try out the answer choices!

Multiple Choice

What are you doing if you read the directions and you see the word "revisions?"

• revise

• edit

Multiple Choice

What acronym do you use for the revise section?

• CUPS

• ARMS

• FANBOYS

• PIE

Multiple Choice

What's the MOST IMPORTANT step when you're doing the revise/edit sections?

• highlight key words

• highlighting evidence

• going back and trying out the answers to see if it sounds right

• writing CUPS and ARMS at the top

Important Reminders for Revising

A lot of the questions are about correcting compound sentences or ARMS! so let's review

Remember FANBOYS

Each sentence has a subject and verb and to combine 2 sentences you need a conjunction and comma!

Open Ended

Give me an example of a compound sentence. *don't forget your FANBOYS and comma!

Let's try out a couple of Revision examples!

Remember to use ARMS first we Read the passage

Now let's try a couple questions!

remember try out the answer choices!

Multiple Choice

Angela wants to add a sentence that clearly states the topic of her paper. Which of the following should Angela add after sentence 3 to accomplish this goal?

• A. Neighbors need a way to become friends.

• B. We decided to plant a garden.

• C. It needed to be special for everyone.

• D. The new neighbors had come from Chicago.

Multiple Choice

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 9 and 10?

• F. After we finished planting, we had a tasty picnic at the table we had set up under a tree.

• G. We finished planting, then we had a tasty picnic at a table we had set up under a tree.

• H. Finishing planting, we had a picnic at a table we had set up under a tree that was tasty.

• J. We finished planting and had a tasty picnic it was at a table we had set up under a tree.

Poll

Do you feel like you better understand revising questions?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

Is there anything you want me to review or go over about revising before we move on to editing?

Editing Section

Remember think CUPS

Editing

Look for the word "corrections" and use CUPS

C-capitalization

U-usage

P-punctuation

S-spelling

Multiple Choice

What does it mean you're doing if the directions say "corrections?"

• revise

• edit

Multiple Choice

What acronym do you use when you're doing editing or "corrections?"

• ARMS

• FANBOYS

• PIE

• CUPS

Multiple Choice

What's the MOST IMPORTANT step when you're doing the revise/edit sections?

• highlight key words

• highlighting evidence

• going back and trying out the answers to see if it sounds right

• writing CUPS and ARMS at the top

Let's try out some editing examples!

Remember read the sentence and use CUPS

Multiple Choice

How should sentence 1 be changed? (look at evidence and read sentence)

• F. change familys to families

• G. change off to of

• H. Change to travel to they travel

• J. Sentence 1 should not be changed.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any should be made in sentence 3?

• A. Change look to looking

• B. Delete more

• C. Change closer to closser

• D. No change should be made in this sentence.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• F. This massive building is the largest capitol building in the country. And looks pink because it is made from sunset-red granite.

• G. This massive building is the largest capitol building in the country and looks pink that is because it is made from sunset-red granite.

• H. This massive building is the largest capitol building in the country, and it looks pink.

  Because it is made from sunset-red granite.

• J. This massive building is the largest capitol building in the country. It looks pink because it is made from sunset-red granite.

Last one!!!

finish strong! Remember this is worth 50% of your test and you know this!!

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 12?

• A. Change and listen to you will listen

• B. Change to eyewitness accounts to too eyewitness accounts

• C. Change battels to battles

• D. No change should be made in sentence 12.

Open Ended

Is there anything else you want me to review or questions you have before the STAAR test tomorrow?