STAAR Test Taking Strategies E1

What is the best screen to scratch method for multiple choice questions?

• 1. 1. Find the focus 2. Locate where in the text you should be looking 3. Find synonyms for words you do not understand 4. Process of elimination

• 1. 1. Find the focus 2. Locate where in the text you should be looking 3. Process of elimination

• 1. 1. Process of elimination 2. Synonyms

• Just guess

How much scratch paper do you get during the English STAAR?

• 1 page

• Unlimited

• 5 pages

What should you do if you do not have scratch paper during the STAAR?

• Ask the teacher in the room for some

• Do the work in my head

• Cry

Should you read the entire text before trying to answer the questions?

• Obviously!

• No...?

• I don't read

How many times should you read a poem?

• 1

• 2-3

• 26

What annotation strategy will you use on your scratch paper as you read?

• Concrete vs. commentary

• Concrete vs. facts

• Annotate? What is that?

What does "concrete vs. commentary" mean?

• Concrete= your opinion (thoughts, questions, your reaction); commentary = facts

• Concrete= facts; commentary = your opinion (thoughts, questions, your reaction)

• Concrete = summary and main idea; commentary = facts

Why is it important to put the title of the text above your annotations?

• So that I know what my annotations are about

• To make my hands stronger by writing more

• It is not necessary

What is a distractor in a multiple choice test question?

• A crazy person who comes in while I take a test and tries to distract me

• My cell phone

• The answer choice that appears to be correct, but it is actually wrong.

Why is it important to search for definitions/synonyms of words you do not understand?

• To waste my time

• That is not important

• To help me better understand what the question is asking