STAAR Review

When Barbara stared daggers at her little sister in paragraph 9, the reader can tell that Barbara -

• Feels tired after a long night

• is angry with her sister

• collects knives

• feels sorry for Callie

From the story's action and dialogue, the reader can tell that -

• A girls' mom works hard to help Barbara and Callie get ready for school

• Callie and her mom frequently argue with each other

• Callie often does poorly on her spelling tests

• Barbara will leave her phone in silent mode during the day.

Olivia needs to revise her introductory sentence. Which of the following sentences should she use instead of sentence 1?

• Halloween was the best day for costumes but the worst holiday ever.

• It was the best and worst costume and Halloween.

• Last year I had the best costume, but it was the worst Halloween ever.

• Once upon a time it was the best Halloween ever.

Olivia wants to use a better word than go in sentence 3. What word should replace the word go?

• dressed

• dress

• costume

• be

Olivia has included a sentence in paragraph 7 (sentences 26-31) that is unnecessary. Which sentence should she remove?

• sentence 27

• sentence 28

• sentence 29

• sentence 30

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 32?

• Before the night even started, I had managed to anger my whole family and destroy school property.

• I had even started to anger my family and destroy property.

• Before the night even started, I had destroyed property.

• I had before the night even started managed to anger my whole family, and I had managed to destroy school property.

With which opinion would Dr. Ruttledge likely agree?

• Adults don't need very much sleep.

• A healthy bedtime routine can help us have fewer scary dreams.

• Stage 1 sleep is more important than the others stages of sleep.

• Everyone should get plenty of sleep in order to be healthy.