Paired Passages #1 - STAAR

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RLA - Paired Passages #1

Informational text / Poem

Excerpts taken from the 2016 released

STAAR adapted to include new test items.

Multiple Choice

This information helps the reader understand that navigate in paragraph 3 means -

• overcome problems

• accomplish a difficult goal

• desire a leading role

• find the way to a destination

Multiple Choice

The author included paragraph 1 in the selection mostly likely to -

• provide background information about the home of the red crabs

• explain why it is important for the red crabs to reach the ocean

• provide reasons for visiting Christmas Island during red crab migration

• explain why Christmas Island is a perfect place for red crabs to live

​Red crabs cross roads and walkways during their migration.

​Children play in a school during the red crab migration.

Multiple Choice

Which idea is best expressed in this cartoon?

• Red crabs shed their shells many times during their life.

• More than 100 crabs species live on Christmas Island.

• Red crabs rely on their instincts during their migration.

• Female red crabs can produce as many as 100,000 eggs.

Multiple Choice

The poet uses the simile in these lines to describe -

• the damage the wind has done to the butterfly's wings

• the quickness and fullness of the butterfly's spreading wings

• the colors of the butterfly's new wings

• the size of the butterfly's wings compared to a ship's sails

Multiple Choice

The poet includes stanzas 1 through 3 mostly likely to -

• describe the actions of the butterfly as a beautiful event

• highlight the speaker's memories of observing the butterfly

• emphasize the effect the butterfly has on its surroundings

• show that the speaker is watching more than one butterfly

Use "Red Crab Invasion" and "Monarch Magic" to answer the following questions:

Multiple Choice

An important difference between the migrations mentioned in "Red Crab Invasion" and "Monarch Magic" is that only butterflies -

• breed during their journey

• migrate to escape harsh conditions

• are seen by people while migrating

• travel in a group

Multiple Choice

How are the migrations described in "Red Crab Invasion" and "Monarch Magic" similar?

• Both migrations are initiated by the male species.

• Both migrations cross a border into another country.

• Both migrations occur during the rainy season.

• Both migrations are part of a cycle.