Staar Informational Text

Know your genres

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Genre Study

Multiple Choice

What genre is the text?

• Drama

• Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Informational

Multiple Select

How do we know the text is informational text ?

choose 2 answers

• Real facts about Hammocks

• It has rising action

• There is a caption and photograph

• character is facing conflict

Multiple Choice

What notes would we fill out based on the genre

• There is a caption and photograph

Multiple Choice

What genre is most likely the text?

• Informational text

• realistic fiction

• Drama

• poetry

Multiple Choice

How do we know the text is most likely realistic fiction ?

• shows real facts

• The character is facing a conflict that could happen in real life.

• has stage directions

• the character has magical powers

Multiple Choice

What notes would we fill out based on the genre

• There is a caption and photograph

Multiple Choice

Which answer choice best defines Inference?

• Characteristics, facts

• Using what you already know and what you learn from the text to make a guess

• Information or proof directly from the text

• Information that you provide from outside of the text

Multiple Choice

Which answer choice defines Text Evidence?

• Information or proof directly from the text

• Using what you know and what the text says to make a guess

• Information that you provide from outside of the text

Multiple Choice

Q3. Which sentence from the selection suggests that Suzy likes to play basketball?

• Suzy's mom makes Suzy practice basketball every day.

• Suzy looks forward to her basketball games.

• Suzy scored 5 points in her last basketball game.

Multiple Choice

Q7. Which sentence from the selection INFERS that the COMPUTER and PRINTER were not working properly.

• Lucy had to write out her story instead of typing it.

• Lucy took three hours to finish her homework.

• Lucy's homework was not done correctly.

​Read the text

Multiple Choice

which of the following best supports the idea that Palmer is delighted about having the bird in his room

• He jumped up and shut the window.

• When Palmer returned to his room after dinner, he did not see the pigeon.

• Palmer emptied his pocketful of Franken-Puffs onto his homework desk.

• And with a peek into the closet every five minutes

​which sentence from paragraph 2 is used to support the idea that Salinas enjoyed creating art at a young age?

​Exit ticket

Multiple Choice

which sentence from paragraph 2 is used to support the idea that Salinas enjoyed creating art at a young age?

• his teachers described him as a student whose books were rarely opened.

• his sketchbook, however, was never closed.

• Salinas was lucky because there were many artists in San Antonito.

• As a boy, he was able to watch these artists work around the city.

Hotspot

which sentence from paragraph 2 is used to support the idea that Salinas enjoyed creating art at a young age?