RLA STAAR Prep

Evidence stated directly from the text.

• Implicit Evidence

• Explicit Evidence

• Ominous

• Infer

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

This type of evidence is usually a direct quote.

• Implicit

• Explicit

• Infer

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of these would best reveal that Jack is compassionate?

• "It's OK," Jack told her. "I know you didn't mean to lose my pencil."

• Every day, the same man stood on the corner of 2nd Street and Central, holding a sign that read "Hungry. Anything helps." Usually, people just drove by. Today, however, Jack slowed the car, rolled down the window, and gave the man on the corner five dollars.

• Jack made eye contact and smiled as he passed the woman on the sidewalk.

• Jack and his friend went to lunch together. Neither was sure what they wanted to eat, so they each ordered something different and split their meals.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which lines from the poem support the theme? (RL1; RL2)

• “…once I have known/They joy that could have touched a heart of stone—“

• “One day in Kiev I heart a great church-bell/Crying a strange farewell.”

• “From the long water sorrowfully strong,/Came the last echoes of the River Strong!”

• “Here in this alien crowd I walk apart/Clasping remembered beauty to my heart!”

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How does the author’s use of rhyme scheme enhance the theme of the poem? (RL2; RL4)

• a. The rhyming couplets in the stanzas about Russia are rhythmic and soothing. 

• b. The different rhyme patterns are jarring, and mirror the noise of the city. 

• c. The rhyming lines are subtle in comparison to the growing light. 

• d. The rhyme pattern mimics the songs of the birds in the country.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In line 18, what is the meaning of the phrase “clasping remembered beauty”? (RL1)

• a.  imagining future events 

• b.  recalling past events 

• c.  creating current events 

• d.  forgetting past events

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How has the speaker changed between the first and last stanzas of the poem? (RL3)

•  She is less meek after remembering beautiful moments from her days in Russia. 

•  She is even more overwhelmed by her hectic surroundings in New York City. 

•  She is more aggressive toward the other people in the street. 

•  She is now confidently intermixing with her fellow walkers.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How does the speaker’s point of view affect her impression of the bustle of New York? (RL3; RL6)

• a. The speaker feels welcomed and embraced by the citizens of New York. 

• b. The speaker is excited by the differences between home and the new city. 

• c. The speaker feels excluded in a strange and frightening place. 

• d. The speaker is cautious and curious about life in a large, new city.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the speaker achieve in the poem with her description of New York? (RL1)

• a. She forges a connection with the audience’s sense of gratitude. 

• b. She presents a stark contrast to the beauty of her homeland. 

• c. She describes how to pass time during the hectic rush hour. 

• d. She confesses her feelings of bitterness and remorse.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What kind of questions are you most likely to see while reading an informational text?

• Summary, Context Clues, Thesis/Main Idea.

• Summary, Author's Purpose, Thesis.

• Inferences, Context Clues, Plot.

• Character analysis, Summary, author's Purpose.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5