STAAR Paired Passages

Read the next two selections. Then choose the best answer to each question.

• Reading Passage

• Paired Passage

• Editing Passage

• Revising Passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Use “Peace and Quiet” (pp. 15–17) to answer questions 14–19. Then fill in the answers on your answer document.

• Reading Passage

• Paired Passage

• Editing Passage

• Revising Passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Use “Peace and Quiet” and “Maple Street” to answer questions 24–27. Then fill in the answers on your answer document.

• Reading Passage

• Paired Passage

• Editing Passage

• Revising Passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Use “Keeping Cool” (pp. 9–10) to answer questions 7–10. Then fill in the answers on your answer document.

• Reading Passage

• Paired Passage

• Editing Passage

• Revising Passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

How many texts will be in the paired passage?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What should you do after reading the first story in a paired passage?

• Underline the title

• Make an inference with the title

• answer the questions for the first story only

• answer all of the questions

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Use “Keeping Cool” and “Spongers of the Sea” to answer questions 15–18. Then fill in the answers on your answer document.

• Reading Passage

• Paired Passage

• Editing Passage

• Revising Passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

When testing on a paired passage, how do you read it?

• read both passages then the questions

• read one, answer one, read two, answer two, and then both

• go to the questions first

• there's no strategy on how to read a paired passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9