RLA STAAR Vocabulary

What does it mean to annotate? (multi-select)

• Collect information

• Interact with the text

• Take notes

• A group of individuals talking

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

An arguable statement made by an author of an argument. An idea that the speaker wants the audience to agree with.

• text evidence

• claim

• author's message

• annotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.SL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.1A

What the author wants the reader to learn or take away from reading a text. Often referred to as the moral or lesson.

• claim

• edit

• author's message

• audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

To restate or re-word something that is spoken or written by another person.

• text evidence

• paraphrase

• direct quote

• edit

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The main events of a story, play, or other literary work. These events may or may not be told in the order that they occur.

• Plot

• Claim

• Author's Message

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Any information collected from an original source that is used to support a response/thesis or prove an argument.

• audience

• text evidence

• annotate

• claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

To interact with a text by adding comments or notes to improve one’s understanding while reading.

• claim

• edit

• annotate

• revise

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

The act of improving a piece of writing by making corrections to spelling, capitalization, verb tense, punctuation, and other conventions. This makes the grammar correct.

• revise

• edit

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A person or group of individuals that an author writes for. This person or group often determines the details and words an author chooses to include.

• audience

• author

• reader

• writer

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

The act of improving a piece of writing by substituting, taking out, adding, or removing paragraphs, sentences, phrases, or words. This makes the ideas clear and developed.

• revise

• edit

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D