English 1 STAAR prep

In your essay, the introduction is made up of...

• Hook

• Additional Information

• Thesis Statement

• Opinion

• Fact

Which of these are part of your body paragraphs?

• Thesis Statement

• Reason

• Example

• Explain

• New Lesson Learned

Choose which of these are good strategies or tools for the STAAR test

• use a dictionary if you aren't sure what a word means

• go back in the story to find proof of your answer

• use context from the story to help with word meaning

• take your time

Heated oil crackles as it cooks the garlic, you can smell the aroma of sautéed onions wafting up from the pan. A kitchen is a wonderful place to be when someone is cooking.

• NO CHANGE

• also the wafting aroma of sautéed onions

• and the aroma of the sautéed onions wafts

• and some wafting aroma of sautéed onions

Before choosing your "final answer" on any multiple choice test, how many answer choices should you look at?

• I can stop when I find one that could be right

• It depends on the question

• Only the longest answer - it's always right

• Always read all answer choices

summarize

• to retell the main idea and most important details without including your own opinions (usually in a paragraph)

• to give meaning to words

• to define a problem

• to decide what happens next

She had many memories of her youth in pre-war Japan: of dressing in the finest silk kimonos and of wandering the paths among the trees at the Great Shrine of Ise.

• NO CHANGE

• wandering with

• of her wandering to

• of her wandering at

Almost every orphaned child yearns to acquire the stability of a permanent family and brothers and sisters for enjoying companionship.

• NO CHANGE

• the companionship of brothers and sisters can be enjoyed.

• for enjoying the companionship of brothers and sisters.

• to enjoy the companionship of brothers and sisters.

Her shrieks piercing his ears and her lips pecked his cheeks finally melted his resolve, and he agreed to buy her the pony.

• NO CHANGE

• were pecking

• peck

• pecking

The panda is a warm gentle animal that dines on bamboo shoots.

• No Change.
• The panda, is a warm gentle animal that dines on bamboo shoots.
• The panda is warm, gentle animal, that dines on bamboo shoots. 
• The panda is a warm, gentle animal that dines on bamboo shoots.