mr . meador’s guide to passing the staar, life, love, and stuffs
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Mr . Meador’s Guide to Passing the STAAR, Life, Love, and Stuffs. Reading Section Strategy. Reading Section Strategy. Utilize the AVID strategy!. Reading Section Strategy. Utilize the AVID strategy! Read the question Identify and define the important academic vocabulary - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mr. Meador’s Guide to Passing the STAAR, Life, Love, and Stuffs
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Reading Section Strategy
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Reading Section StrategyUtilize the AVID strategy!
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Reading Section StrategyUtilize the AVID strategy!
- Read the question- Identify and define the important
academic vocabulary- Identify the wrong answers- Identify the right answer
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Reading Section Tips
Read the story and question(s) slowly and deliberately. Do not be afraid to use a dictionary if you stumble on a
word.
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Reading Section Tips
Use process of elimination. Choosing between two answer choices is much
easier than just between four.
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Reading Section Tips
Stay calm and relaxed. If you are uncomfortable with a question, move
on and revisit it later.
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Open Ended Response
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Open Ended Response
Do not to forget to ACE(E) the STAAR test!
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Open Ended Response
Answer the question!
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Open Ended Response
Answer the questionCite (Provide evidence!)
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Open Ended Response
Answer the questionCite (Provide evidence!)Explain how your evidence supports your answer!
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Open Ended Response
Answer the questionCite (Provide evidence!)Explain how your evidence supports your answer!
Expand – find the deeper meaning!
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Open Ended Tips
If reading a poem, read it several times to fully comprehend the
meaning or theme
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Open Ended Tips
Use strong sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and punctuation
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Open Ended Tips
If given a picture to analyze, focus on the minute details. Why did the
tester choose it?
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Open Ended Tips
Identify what the question is asking. Make sure you understand exactly.
Use a dictionary!
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Open Ended Tips
For paired passages, create a list of similarities or differences. If you
cannot back it up with evidence, it’s not legitimate.
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Essay Section
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Essay SectionINTRODUCTION
Create a hook! Catch the reader’s attention!
Rhetorical Questions Quotes
Pathos Creativity
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Essay SectionBODY
Provide personal and/or universal examples to support your thesis statement.
Use transitions and strong grammar to make the essay “flow”
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Essay SectionCONCLUSION
Restate the thesis statement in DIFFERENT words!
Wrap up your essay. Make sure you do not leave any ideas “open” . Make the reader remember you .
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Essay Tips
Even if you don’t do the essay first, make sure you look at the prompt
the moment you open the test.
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Essay Tips
Use a thesaurus to vary your diction
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Essay Tips
Use sentence variety – simple, compound, complex, and compound-
complex!
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Essay Tips
Use paragraphs to help organize your development
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STAAR Strategies
Get as much rest as possible this weekend and Sunday night
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STAAR Strategies
Get on campus as soon as possible and find your testing room, get
comfortable, get focused.
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STAAR Strategies
Do not be afraid to use a dictionary.Even if you think you know the
meaning of a word, look it up and be sure.
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STAAR Strategies
Stay positive.
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Dare to be great.