Paired Passage Review

Textual Evidence

• To cause a character to act in a certain way

• Visual representations of data

• The details in the text that support the claim or an opinion

• A converstation between two or more people

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Organizational Patterns

• The pattern the author uses to organize his or her ideas:

• For what reason did the author write the passage.

• Visual representation of data

• A story of connected events

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

ALWAYS read the directions to ensure that you are using the correct passage for the questions you are trying to answer.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• What directions?

• Only for the Writing STAAR

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is nonfiction / informational?

• a true story that provides information

• a fictional story with made-up characters

• a fantasy novel

• a science fiction book

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

In a paired passage, you must

• focus on comparing and contrasting the two passages

• only read the first passage

• only read the second passage

• ignore the questions

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.7

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.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

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.6.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

Genres that you may encounter on a paired passage include...

• fiction + poem

• nonfiction (informational) + drama

• poem + nonfiction

• drama + drama

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a drama?

• a story written to be performed

• a type of poetry

• a nonfiction book

• a historical fiction novel

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

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.6.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7