STAAR Test Taking Pointers

STAAR Test Taking Pointers

6th - 8th Grade

25 Qs

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STAAR Test Taking Pointers

STAAR Test Taking Pointers

Assessment

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English

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.6.2, RI.6.10, RI.6.4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many body paragraphs should be in an ECR (extended-constructed response)?

3 paragraphs

4 paragraphs

1 paragraph

2 paragraphs

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should your conclusion contain?

Sum up the ECR

Evidence

Restatement of the thesis

A call to action

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should your Introduction include?

Indent and thesis statement

Evidence and commentary

Hook only, definition, your opinion, and all your concrete details

Indent, 1-2 sentence summary of the text, restatement of the prompt; answer to the prompt aka thesis statement

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Each paragraph in your ECR should contain this:

TS; CD; CM; CM; CS

Answer; evidence; commentary

Text Evidence

Indention

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What two types of ECRs might you be asked to write in your STAAR test?

Argumentative & Fiction

Poetry & Drama

Fiction & Non-Fiction

Informational & Argumentative

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do you use to begin your TS (topic sentence)?

prompt

evidence

summary

title of the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

STAAR Question: What is the author trying to convey in paragraph 3?

What does "convey" mean? Which words have the same meaning as convey?

Express, Tell, or Communicate

Eat, Chew, or Spit

Color, Draw or Scribble

Hide, Conceal or Store

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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