RJH- STAAR Writing Review (Online)

When you get to the prompt page, what do you do?

• Start planning my essay.

• Read it and start writing my essay.

• Raise my hand and ask my teacher to read the prompt to me.

• Ignore it and write whatever I want.

When referring to coordinating conjunctions, what does the acronym FANBOYS stand for?

• for, and, no, both, or, yet, such

• from, as, nor, but, only, yep, so

• for, and, nor, but, yet, so

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

How many hours do I have to finish the STAAR test?

• 1 hour

• 2 hours

• All day

• 4 hours

Do I have to finish the test in 4 hours?

• Yes

• No

True or False: I have to raise my hand to get a new pencil.

• True

• False

True or False: I have to raise my hand to get a tissue.

• True

• False

True or False: Do not double check your answers.

• True

• False

True or False: Never leave an answer blank.

• True

• False

It's perfectly okay to take short mental rest breaks during STAAR testing.

• No! you must work like a maniac!!

• Yeah, it's okay to fall asleep for a little while.

• Yes, a few minutes, here and there are okay...but not sleeping.

• I don't think so.

What punctuation should be included when your sentence starts with a subordinating conjunction (AAAWWUBBIS)?

• A comma after the dependent clause to join it with the independent clause.

• A comma after the independent clause to connect it to the other independent clause.

• A comma and a coordinating conjunction can be added to connect the clauses.

• A comma needs to be put randomly into the sentence.