Writing STAAR Prep

What should you do when you approach the multiple choice questions under the revising and editing selection?

• Highlight keywords and sentences and use your X, ?, check strategy

• Highlight key words only

• Make the best guess

• Use your X, ?, check strategy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

What information should be included in the Intro. paragraph of your essay?

• Hook and thesis

• thesis statement and your opinion

• Hook, significance of hook, and thesis

• Thesis statement

What information should be in your body paragraph?

• SPECIFIC example from HELP

• Information about something you heard

• Your thoughts about life

• A made up story

What information should be included in your conclusion?

• Theme

• Call to action

• If/then statement and take away lesson

• If/then statement, take away lesson, and alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What are 3 ways to fix run-on sentences?

• Semi-colon, colon, and comma

• Semi-colon, comma, and period

• Colon, comma, and conjunctive adverb

• Semi-colon, comma FANBOYS, or period

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What is a controlling idea?

• Thesis statement

• quote interpretation

• statement interpretation

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the difference between its and it's

• its shows possession and it's is a contraction

• its is a pronoun and it's is plural

• its does not have meaning and it's is singular

• there is no diffference

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

What punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list?

• Commas

• Exclamation points

• Semicolons

• Question marks

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated? I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and bananas. I went to the store and bought apples oranges and bananas. I went to the store and bought apples, oranges and bananas.

• I went to the store and bought apples oranges, and bananas.

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and, bananas.

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and, bananas.

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

What is the correct way to combine these two sentences? 'I like ice cream.' 'My favorite flavor is chocolate.'

• I like ice cream; my favorite flavor is chocolate.

• I like ice cream. My favorite flavor is chocolate.

• I like ice cream, and my favorite flavor is chocolate.

• I like ice cream, but my favorite flavor is chocolate.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A