STAAR QUESTIONS

Reading the questions first is beneficial because

• You can anticipate answers

• You will know what details to look for

• You can look for potentially tricky questions

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

You are allowed to use a dictionary or thesaurus on the Reading STAAR.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

You are allowed to have a sheet of scratch paper on the Reading STAAR

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

If a question mentions a certain paragraph, you must

• Skip that paragraph

• Get your answer from that paragraph

• look at it, but you don't have to answer from it

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why should you go back and mark the evidence for your answers?

• Becaue I think you should

• Because it's a requirement on the test

• To take more time

• To prove that you got the correct answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

If you are stuck on a question what can you do?

• Raise your hand and ask for help

• Pick "C"

• Put your head down

• Look for answers to eliminate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which genre has stanzas?

• Poetry

• Biography

• Paired Passage

• Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What does the word convey mean?

• What the author is trying to tell me

• the ending

• How the passage is organized

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What do you do when you come to a passage that is on an unfamiliar topic?

• This is the end. Just give up and start crying.

• Think negatively the whole time you read it.

• Focus and jot about your thinking more. Make connections to what you do know to understand!

• Avoid the passage by going to the bathroom many times.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

How do you determine the main idea of an informational text?

• Only look at the title.

• Use important evidence from all throughout the text to get the big idea of what the text was about.

• Jot some details down from what you read.

• Only look at the pictures and photographs given.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5