Reading STAAR Middle School

When should you begin answering the questions?

• After you read the passage and take notes

• As soon as you start the test

• Whenever you want

• After reading half the passage

When answering a short-answer test question, I should:

• not use complete sentences.

• answer the question and use text evidence (the author stated. . . , I know this because. . . .)

• write a few words and move on

• Copy words directly from the story

What does the R in SMART Strategies stand for?

• Review the questions

• Return to the passage for evidence

• Read the passage

The reason why the author wrote the text. To inform, to persuade, and to entertain.

• author's writing

• author's background

• author's purpose

• author's intent

The purpose of a paragraph is (a)   .

• To confuse the reader

• To provide a series of unrelated fa

• To organize ideas around a specific topic

• To end a story

Answer explanation

The purpose of a paragraph is to organize ideas around a specific topic, not to confuse the reader or provide unrelated facts. It helps in presenting information in a coherent and structured manner.

Tags

DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Which strategy will you use during the STAAR Reading?

Choose all that will help you master the STAAR.

• Preview the question and create a PAT list

• Read the passage carefully, annotate with #hashtags, and highlight ideas from the PAT list

• Eliminate the ridiculous and the distracting answer choices with careful consideration

• Verify your answer choices with textual evidence by highlight the answer and writing Q# by the word, phrase, or line

• Write a statement or #hashtag carefully defending why your answer is correct or why the other choices are incorrect

A strategy that helps readers understand or make clear what they are reading.

• predict

• clarify

• claim

• sumarize

Helps the reader to picture what is happening.

• describe

• analyze

• conclude

• introduce

To make a logical guess based on your knowledge and clue from the text: educated guess

• conclusion

• inference

• prediction

• inclusion

Using clues from the story to make a reasonable guess about what will happen next.

• summarize

• predict

• introduce

• claim