Day 4 - We got this now

Day 4 - We got this now

You guys have done great - thanks for giving it your all

The Run Down

• STAAR Strategy

• Your Lingering questions

• Finish Essay

• More Revision/editing

Poll

What part of the STAAR exam do you normally start with?

• Revision/Editing

• Writing The Essay

• Reading Comprehension

• The Nap part of the exam

STAAR Attack plan

• NO NAP (seriously not until you are completely done with the exam)

• Write the essay first (this takes the most time and brainpower)

• Revision/ Editing Next (remember this requires the LEAST amount of reading

• Reading Comprehension last

Open Ended

I know you have something to say about the strategy (complaints questions comments) let me know now. If you have nothing to tell me, let me know your favorite movie.

It's that Time

• 35 minutes to finish your essay

• I'll be checking in on you

• Let's knock it out!

Multiple Choice

(9) It connects your brain to your spinal cord. (10) Which connects to most of the nerves in your body.

What is the correct way to write sentences 9 and 10?

• It connects your brain to your spinal cord, this connects to most of the nerves in your body.

• Connecting your brain to your spinal cord and then to most of the nerves in your body.

• Connecting your brain to your spinal cord. It connects to most of the nerves in your body.

• It connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your body.

Multiple Choice

(30) The current living arrangements is causing me a lot of stress.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30?

• Change arrangements to arangements

• Change is causing to are causing

• Change a lot to alot

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 13?

(13) At my previous school, where I was president of the eighth-grade class I learned a lot about what it means to organize my time effectively.

• Delete where

• Insert a comma after class

• Change a lot to alot

• Change means to had meant

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30?

(30) It is a place that deserves protection, a true Oasis of life.

• Change deserves to deserved

• Delete the comma

• Change Oasis to oasis

• No change should be made in sentence 30.

Multiple Choice

How should sentence 5 be changed?

(5) How is it possible that such a unique island came into existense?

• Change came to comes

• Change existense to existence

• Change the question mark to an exclamation point

• Sentence 5 should not be changed.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to write sentence 10?

(10) One kind of air bubble is shaped like a circle and called a bubble ring it happens to be the perfect sea toy.

• One kind of an air bubble is shaped like a circle and called a bubble ring. Happening to be the perfect sea toy.

• One kind of air bubble is shaped like a circle, and called a bubble ring. Then it happens to be the perfect sea toy.

• One kind of air bubble is shaped like a circle, called a bubble ring it happens to be the perfect sea toy.

• One kind of air bubble is shaped like a circle. It is called a bubble ring, and it happens to be the perfect sea toy.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 4?

(4) Dolphins even find ways to entertain themselfs under the water.

• Change find to found

• Change entertain to entertaining

• Change themselfs to themselves

• No change should be made in sentence 4.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 29?

(29) Either way, tree houses provide a great way to enjoy nature.

• Change provide to providing

• Change a to an

• Change enjoy to injoy

• No change is needed in this sentence.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 26?

(26) This makes it a greatest spot for someone who is looking for a more active setting.

• Change makes to make

• Change greatest to great

• Insert a comma after spot

• No change needs to be made in this sentence.

Multiple Choice

What change should be made to sentence 18?

(18) In Sweden their is a tree house hotel that is shaped like a bird’s nest.

• Change their to there

• Insert a comma after hotel

• Change shaped to shape

• Change bird’s to birds

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 5?

(5) Some people like them so much that we created tree house hotels for guests.

• Change like to likes

• Change we to they

• Change created to creating

• No change needs to be made.

Poll

How do you feel about Editing and Revising

• I need more help, please give me extra practice

• Eh, I'm okay but extra practice won't hurt

• Revision and Editing BEAST