WorksheetsA Winning Culture
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 52mins
The author suggests that Cook had frustrating moments while coaching at Gallaudet largely because he --
believed that his players lacked the skills necessary for success
knew he was not communicating well with his team
thought the university expected too much of its team
knew that his team could not overcome their disadvantage
In paragraph 5, the phrase privy to means --
knowledgeable of
amused by
happy with
worried about
Which of these best describes why some of the Gallaudet players lacked confidence in Cook when he first became coach of the team?
They thought the standards he set for the team were too high.
He had previously been the coach of a professional team.
They thought he could not understand what the world was like for the deaf.
He thought that winning games was more important than the players did.
The author presents the events that led to the team's winning record in chronological order to emphasize that -
the university was very supportive of the women's basketball team
deaf basketball teams have an advantage over hearing basketball teams
the university gained recognition because of the team's improvement
changing the team's perspective on winning did not happen quickly
The title of the selection emphasizes the idea that Cook --
wanted his team to focus on playing to their greatest potential
knew that his team would learn more from winning than from losing
thought that coaching the team would help him understand Deaf culture
believed that his players could play better if they practiced more
What is the best summary of the selection?
One of the reasons Gallaudet University had suffered many losing seasons was that the players were unable to communicate with spoken words. When Kevin Cook took over the team, he brought a history of successful coaching of professional, college, and foreign basketball teams. He worked hard to understand his players.
Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., was founded in 1864. All the students there are either deaf or hard of hearing. Players on the women's basketball team communicated using facial movements, lipreading, or sign language. Their coach Kevin Cook noticed that this caused them to take their eyes off the ball and lose games.
When Kevin Cook took over the head coaching job at Gallaudet University, he experienced many challenges. The team of hearing-impaired players had not been playing well for many years. Cook worked to understand the players and eventually built a successful team.
Kevin Cook became the coach of the women's basketball team at Gallaudet University. He organized an important scrimmage against a hightly ranked team, and it had a big effect on his players. Although the team lost the scrimmage, it was invited to play in an NCAA tournament.
Which sentence suggests that Cook benefited from his experience as a coach?
He said that the biggest lesson he had learned was to be grateful, and he also noted that he learned patience-both on and off the court.
And when the opposing team's coach called a play, sometimes Cook could communicate that message to his team.
It hadn't had a championship-filled history, so it was Cook's mission at Gallaudet to change the team's record from a losing one to a winning one.
Although it was an impressive turnaround, Cook knew the team could play better.
What is the first thing you should do when taking a test?
Read the passage
Read the questions
Highlight important lines
Write "I love ELAR" on the cover
When answering the multiple choice questions, which of the following is NOT a good strategy?
reviewing the lines the question is asking about
underline key words in the question
crossing out questions you know do not make sense
picking a random answer and praying for the best
If you do not know the answer to a multiple choice question, you should NOT...
re-read the questions
take your very best guess
eliminate the ones you think are wrong
skip it
All of you are capable of
being successful on the test
being the student who improves dramatically from last year's test
being an amazing student who aces the test
What do you do as you read a passage?
Think about your reading by asking questions, highlighting important parts, and jotting quick notes out to the side.
Outline every paragraph with your pencil.
Write down every single thought you have.
Highlight all of the words that look important.
What do you do when you come to a passage that is on a n unfamiliar topic?
The is the end. Just give up and start crying.
Focus and jot about your thinking more. Make connections to what you do know.
Think negatively the whole time you read it.
Avoid the passage by going to the bathroom many times.
What do you do when you come to an unfamiliar word?
Immediately ask for a dictionary and look it up.
Stop reading completely and stare at the word until you know it.
Skip past the word and don't go back to figure out the meaning.
Use your context clues to read around the word and think of what would make sense based on what is happening in the text. Use a dictionary to check if you are not sure at all.
What do you do after you finish reading each passage?
Immediately go to the questions and answers.
Re-read the whole passage again.
Quickly jot what the text was mostly about.
Go to the restroom.
When you get tot he questions and answer choices, you should -
Read the question ans answer choices without stopping.
Read the question, analyze the key words to figure out what the question is asking, and jot what you think before looking at the answer choices.
Skim through the question and pick an answer.
Spend a lot of time writing down all of you thoughts around the question.
How do you determine the main idea of an informational text?
Only look at the title.
Jot some details down from what you read.
Use important evidence from all throughout the text to get the big idea of what the text was about.
Only look at the pictures and photographs given.
After figuring out what the question is asking, you -
ask for a dictionary
read each answer choice and pick one that sounds right
pick an answer choice that sounds familiar
read each answer choice and go back in the text to prove AND disprove answers
What do you do if you lose focus during the test?
Raise your hand and ask to take a quick break, then re-read what you were in the middle of reading to get back on track when you get back.
Just keep going. You may not understand what you are reading but it is what it is!
Take a quick nap on your desk.
Skip around from passage to passage.
How should I mark my answers during the reading test?
Wait until the very end to bubble in your answer document.
Carefully bubble on your answer document within each passage set.
Bubble quickly so you can spend more time reading.
Bubble randomly throughout the test.
What do you do when you are finished with your test and there is time remaining?
Go back and make sure each answer you chose matches your answer document.
Stare at the teacher until she can tell you're done.
Shout out, "I'M DONE!" Your friends all need to know.
Raise your hand and turn it in without looking anything over.
How do you determine the theme of a literary text?
I use what happened in the text to think of the life lesson that the story teaches.
I only look at the very end of the text.
I make a guess based on the choices.
I search for the sentence in the text that says, "The theme of this text is..." It always says the theme right in the text.
How do I maintain my stamina throughout the test so I can do my best?
Sit for the entire time and don't ever stop.
Take a break after every 6 questions, even if there are 8 questions in a passage set!
Go one passage set at a time. Take a break after 1 or 2 passage sets to stay focused!
Answer 1 question then lay your head down. You've earned it!
WHO is going to rock the reading STAAR?
Your Grandma
Mrs. Schoonover
Ms. Cooks
YOU!!
