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STAAR Review
This document discusses strategies for improving reading comprehension and test-taking skills. It describes common issues like only superficially engaging with a text and forming conclusions too quickly. It identifies "Selective Reading Syndrome" and recommends slowing down, annotating texts, and returning to passages for support. The document provides an overview of the STAAR exam format and suggests effective preparation approaches like previewing questions, doing an initial read-through without stopping, and then re-reading while taking notes and defining terms.
STAAR Review
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- 2. Do you eversuffer from one of the following? Complete certainty that you have chosen the correct answer on a test, then you get it back and do worse than you anticipated? An unwillingness to return to the text to verify your answer or support your opinion? Come to conclusions about a text quickly and form an opinion within the first lines of text? Tend to ignore large chunks of test, especially those that don’t fit with the conclusions or opinions? 2
- 3. You might besuffering from... Selective Reading Syndrome 3
- 4. Let’s Step BackA Moment... Do you remember the weekly article from last week? 4
- 5. Let’s Step BackA Moment... What was the passage mostly about? A) An election between two crooked candidates B) A kindhearted and honest girl who runs for class president 5
- 6. Is Kelly reallynice?!? “How’s our best girl?” they ask. Kelly smiles. “Doing just great now,” she says. “Now that Roger looks like a woman-hating, meat-eating loser.” “We’ve got this election in the bag,” Boyd says. “A vegetarian bag, that is.” Trent holds up a bag of veggie burgers. “We’ve even been eating these at lunch, showing all those health-conscious kids that we’re one of them.” “Well, you sure do look trustworthy now, don’t you?” Kelly says, laughing. “But do you have any real food? I’m so sick of this vegetarian junk. My stomach is killing me!” “You bet we do,” says Boyd. “In fact, we have a whole bunch of hot dogs left over from Roger’s barbeque yesterday. Let’s go to our house and have dinner.” 6
- 7. Doh! But have nofear, young ones.... 7
- 8. There is acure for Selective Reading Syndrome Slow Down Annotate Go back to the text for support 8
- 9. What do weneed in order to be successful in these categories? 8.2 - Vocabulary Development 9
- 10. What do weneed in order to be successful in these categories? 8.3 - Literary Text / Theme & Genre 8.4 - Literary Text / Poetry 8.5 - Literary Text / Drama 8.6 - Literary Text / Fiction 8.7 - Literary Text / Literary Nonfiction 8.8 - Literary Text / Sensory Language 10
- 11. What do weneed in order to be successful in these categories? 8.9 - Informational Text / History and Culture 8.10 - Informational Text / Expository Text 8.11 - Informational Text / Persuasive Text 8.12 - Informational Text / Procedural Text 8.13 - Media Literacy (Think, images, charts, maps...) 11
- 12. What will STAARlook like? 4 hours 52 Multiple Choice Questions 12
- 13. So, how doI tackle STAAR? Preview the questions, if you want Read each passage once through without stopping Get an idea of the who, what, when, where, why, and how Go back and re-read each passage, taking notes as you go Define unknown terms Write down key points 13 13
- 14. Want some reviewpractice? http://quizlet.com/ 10729457/flashcards 14 14