R.A.C.E and STAAR ELA Test Strategies

What order should you answer short constructed response in?

• RESTATE

• CITE EVIDENCE

• EXPLAIN

• ANSWER

Emma, Ethan, and Aria are discussing the STAAR test. Emma thinks the writing section is optional. Is she correct?

• True

• False

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Match the following

• Joe is the protagonist

• Restate

• In Paragraph 5 it says...

• Cite Evidence

• I can infer from the text that ...

• Answer

• This quote explains....

• Explain

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Evelyn, Priya, and Jackson are discussing the STAAR test. Evelyn wonders, 'If I skip the writing sections on STAAR, can I still pass?'

• TRUE

• False

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Maya, Emma, and Liam are playing a trivia game! Maya says, 'When they give me a text I don't have to read it, I can just go to the questions and try my best.' Is that a winning strategy?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Figurative Language

,

(b) English Terminolgy

• Theme

• Paradox

• Protagonist

• Allude/Allusion

• Main Idea

• Hyperbole

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What is a claim (Select All That Apply)

• The author's opinion

• What the author thinks or believes to be true

• An Argument

• Evidence

What is theme?

• The Main Idea

• The Message you can take from a story and apply it to the real word

• How The Characters Felt

• The Type of Text

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Select all options of how to use text evidence in your written response

• The article states...

• In Summary...

• From the reading I know...

• According to the Text

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On STAAR I don't have to use text evidence in my writing if I don't want to.

• True

• False

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