Cross-Text STAAR Stems

What does Melvin, from Priscilla and the Wimps, and the boy, from This Bully, have in common?

• They are both bullied by bigger people
• They both had their head hit on the wall
• They were the only one being bullied by the person
• They were both consistently physically bullied

One difference between the author of the article and the speaker in the poem is that-

• The author talks about just bullying while the speaker talks about being rude and mean
• The author talks about making a problem while the speaker talks about solving a problem
• The author talks about stupid people while the speaker talks about friendship
  
• The talks about being rude and mean and bullying while the speaker talks about bullying

Unlike the mother in “Rude vs Mean vs Bullying, the speaker in the poem presents-

• A story about leaves
• An actual bullying experience
• A reason to be mean
• An explanation as to what bullying is

What is one difference between the author of the article and the speaker in the poem-

• The Author agrees with bullying while the speaker does not
• The Speaker tells about his experience with bullying while the speakers explains why bullying should be paid attention to
• The Author gets bullied while the Speaker does not.
• The Speaker explains how bullying is wrong while the Author tells her experience with bullying

Read These lines-
And so an even bigger kid I think I’m going to borrow
And when that bully comes after me, I’ll leave it to a guy who’s bigger. 
Which sentences from Priscilla and the wimps has the same central idea?

• “Lets call it a pass for very short people”, says the Kobra, “A dwarf tax”. -And- Then, quicker than the eye, she brings the side of her enormous hand down in a chop that breaks the Kobras hole on Melvins neck.
• Listen, there was a time when you couldn’t even go to the restroom around this school without a pass.
• This bully makes fun of me” -And- “ Then, quicker than the eye, she brings the side of her enormous hand down in a chop that breaks the Kobras hole on Melvins neck.
• I don't know

What form of bullying from the article best describes how Monk from the story runs the school?

• Physical Aggression
• Cyberbullying
• Relational Aggression
• Physical and Verbal Aggression