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STAAR Reading and Final Exam Review-6th Grade ELA
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STAAR Reading and Final ExamReview-6th Grade ELA
Read with a plan - - S-WRAP - Just one strategy. There are many others you
can use.
SKIM the passage; read/highlight the following:
•title: this will give you a basic idea what the selection is about
•introduction usually in italics: not all selection have an introduction, but if
there is one, you should read it
•headings/subheadings: these can help you see where specific information is
located in the selection
•key words in boldface, italic print, or capital letters
•sidebars: these give extra information that is related to the selection
•photos/illustrations: box and highlight the caption
WORK on Questions:
•Highlight key words in questions
•Questions that specify lines or paragraph:
Go to passage and bracket the lines or paragraph
Label Q# ___ and then write out question stem
READ passage doing key words and/or make notes
•Fiction: write out and answer-
1. Who?
2. Problem?
3. How is it solved?
•Non-Fiction: jot down one or two words that tell what each paragraph is
about
•Answer the specific questions that you marked in the passage as you read.
ANSWER questions
PROVE Answers
•Eliminate wrong answers
•From passage, note t paragraph where answer located
- To keep your mind active, keep your ______ active. - - PENCIL
• underline important ideas
• circle new vocabulary words that you might have to look up
• jot down one or two words that tell what a paragraph is about
• if you find part of the selection to read, mark it and come back later
• if the selection reminds you of an experience you've had, make a note of it
, - genre - - a type/category of literature
The major genres are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama
- nonfiction - - writing that tells about real people, places, and events;
mainly written to convey factual information
- fiction - - writing that tells an imaginary story; the writer might invent all
the characters and events or might base some parts of the story on real
people and events, but the story is still imaginary.
- author's purpose - - The reason the author has for writing.
-to inform/teach (an essay about an event in history)
-to entertain (a story or a poem)
-to persuade (a fund-raising letter)
-to describe (an essay about your favorite place)
STAAR QUESTION: "The author wrote this selection most likely to--"
A. inform the reader
B. persuade the reader
C. explain the difficulties
D. provide evidence
- plot - - the series of events that make up a story:
• exposition
• inciting incident (conflict)
• rising action
• climax (turning point)
• falling action
• resolution
- plot chart - - the sequence of events from a story ; a way to track the story
(similar to a "timeline" BECAUSE the events are written on the PLOT CHART
in the order they occurred)
- exposition - - the very beginning of a story; the setting and main
characters are introduced
- setting - - where and when the story takes place; this also include the
environment such as weather
- rising action - - -the conflict is introduced and becomes more difficult
-the suspense builds
-this leads up to the climax
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