STAAR Strategies and Review

Reorder the following SCR strategy.

• Restate the prompt in sentence form

• Answer the prompt question entirely

• Cite evidence from the text (quote)

• Explain how the evidence supports the answer

What is important about A (answer) and E (explain) in the RACE strategy for SCR questions?

• They must be on the same topic and use the same wording.

• They must be complete opposite ideas.

• They must use the exact same wording to get the point across.

• They must be on the same topic without using the same wording.

SCR stands for ​ (a)  

• short constructed response
• short cited reading
• scripted critical response
• short calculated response
• SCR

What does ECR stand for?

• essay constructed response

• extended constructed reply

• extended constructed response

• elevated critical reply

Reorder the following ECR organizer in the correct essay form.

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Body 2

• Conclusion

Reorder the following ECR Introduction in the correct format.

• Indent the paragraph

• Introduce the prompt/topic

• Add a thesis (prompt + topic 1 + topic 2)

The correct order of the body paragraph is ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• topic sentence from thesis
• answer the topic and connect it to prompt
• cite evidence from text
• explain and tie back to answer and prompt

What should you write about in your ECR conclusion?

• Create a thesis

• Reword the thesis from the intro into similar ideas

• Cite a source of evidence

• Summarize the entire essay

Reorder the following testing strategies.

• read the passage questions

• highlight keywords from the questions

• read and annotate the passage

• eliminate wrong answers

• choose final answer

When answering a paired-passage set of questions you should follow this strategy: ​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​ (e)  

• read & highlight the first set of questions
• read and annotate first passage entirely
• answer first passage questions
• repeat the process for the second passage
• answer questions about both