Reading Passages with Questions

When you see a paired passage, the best thing to do SECOND is...

• Locate the second passage and the questions that go with it. Read the questions. Then read the passage. Next answer the questions that go with the second passage.

• Skip reading the passages and directly answer the questions.

• Read the questions first before reading any passage.

• Read passage 1 . Then answer the questions to passage 2.

When you see a paired passage, the best thing to do FIRST is...

• Locate the first passage and the questions that go with it. Read the questions. Then read the passage. Answer the questions that go along with it.

• Skip reading the passages and directly answer the questions.

• Read the questions first before reading any passage.

• Read passage 2 . Then answer the questions to passage 1.

Textual Evidence

• To cause a character to act in a certain way

• Visual representations of data

• The details in the text that support the claim or an opinion

• A converstation between two or more people

ALWAYS read the directions to ensure that you are using the correct passage for the questions you are trying to answer.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• What directions?

• Only for the Writing STAAR

In a paired passage, you must

• focus on comparing and contrasting the two passages

• only read the first passage

• only read the second passage

• ignore the questions

A paired passage is...

• two passages about a similar topic

• two passages from different genres

• a single passage with multiple authors

• a passage and a poem

Which of the following things you should NOT do when you are reading paired passages?

• Read passage 1 . Then answer the questions to passage 2.

• Read passage 2 . Then answer the questions to passage 1.

• Make connections to both passages.

• Skip reading the passages and directly answer the questions.

A paired passage is important because

• you can get information about the same topic through different genres and subgenres

• it makes reading more difficult

• it confuses the reader

• it is unnecessary

What kind of questions may be asked about paired passages?

• Inference

• Compare and Contrast

• Author's Purpose

• Historical facts

If you do not know the answer to a question on a paired passage...

• Choose the one with the most text evidence

• Guess randomly

• Leave it blank

• Skip the question