STAAR ELA

Hints given to a reader by the author which communicate a hidden or embedded message.

• Context clues

• graphic elements

• inferences

• convey

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The process of taking context clues & coming to a logical conclusion based on the evidence presented.

• stage directions

• context clues

• inference

• convey

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Any tool, other than the text itself, to help the reader understand the themes of a selection better. Ex. Pictures, quotes, text boxes, modified text: italics, bold, all caps...

• context clues

• graphic elements

• stage directions

  convey

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

How an author chooses to organize information or plot structure in a selection.

• context clues

• inference

• stage directions

• organizational pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

How much do you know about the STAAR English Tests?

• Expert- Very Knowledgeable

• Advanced- Almost Everything

• Intermediate- A little bit

• Novice- Nothing Really

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The word STAAR uses to refer to any passage, poem, play, or article.

• selection

• convey

• stanza

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Actively spoken words in a selection; denoted by the use of "quotation marks"

• line

• text clues

• dialogue

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

An emotional or a psychological problem taking place within a character...

• internal conflict

• selection

• tone

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The subject or message being presented within a selection; themes are universal, not just bound to one story

• tone

• theme

• inference

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

To present information to the reader

• context clues

• inference

• line

• convey

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5