
STAAR Paired Passages
Authored by Sarah Williams
English
5th Grade
CCSS covered

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Genres that you may encounter on a paired passage include...
fiction + poem
nonfiction (informational) + drama
poem + nonfiction
drama + drama
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What kind of questions may be asked about paired passages?
Inference
Compare and Contrast
Author's Purpose
Historical facts
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When you see a paired passage, the best thing to do THIRD is...
Read the remaining questions. Then reread both passages. Think about connections between the texts, and make notes. Then answer the remaining questions.
Skip reading the passages and directly answer the questions.
Read the questions first before reading any passage.
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.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
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