STAAR Reading

Lesson Day 8
Paired Passage Plan

Multiple Choice

As a young boy growing up in Mexico, Millan spent a lot of time at his grandfather’s ranch. He loved watching the pack, or group, of wild dogs that roamed there. In fact, Millan spent so much time watching the dogs that he was given the nickname “El Perrero.” This means

“dog boy” in Spanish.

In this paragraph, the word roamed means-

• learned

• worked

• wandered

• hid

Hot Topic Venn Diagram

We are going to select two hot topics to compare and contrast using our Venn Diagram just so we become familiar with the diagram.

Hot Topics: Cell phones and computers, cats and dogs, indoor and outdoor recess, homework and no homework, what else can you think of?

​Part One:

• First, read passage one, Powwow Summer and answer the following questions on your handout.

1. What is the author’s message/central idea?

2. What are three details to support the author’s message?

• Second, read passage two, Dancing Dragons and answer the following questions on your handout.

1. What is the author’s message/central idea?

2. What are three details to support the author’s message?

• Last, use the Venn Diagram to Compare and Contrast the two passages and answer the questions on your handout

​Part Two:

Answer the STAART 2.0 questions to the paired text on Writable.

Complete the annotations on your own. Note any other text structures, features, or ideas in your annotations.

We will review the answers together.