1. STAAR Preparation 2018
Reading

2. Match the word to its meaning
Write today’s date in your RWN, number 1-5, then write the letter of the correct answer beside each number.
Climax
Rising action
Falling action
Resolution (denouement)
Setting
Events that lead to the climax
Time & location that a story takes place
When the conflict is resolved or worked out and the story is wrapped up
When the conflict or tension is at its highest point
Events following the climax

3. Monday, 2 April 2018
DLT: Wildcats will use strategies to successfully master staar skills

4. Missing Revising and Editing test, daily work, and essay
FYI:
STAAR countdown: there are 5 more school days before the EOC!
TUTORIALS: MONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY
Missing Revising and Editing test, daily work, and essay

5. EOC Snack Policy:
State Mandated!!

6. Order from Amazon or Barnes & Noble
We’ll begin using it on Monday, April 9.

7. Reading on STAAR EOC There are THREE categories
Category 1: Understanding/Analysis Across Genres (Paired Selections)---8 Multiple Choice Questions
Category 2: Understanding/Analysis of Literary Text (Short Stories or Excerpts, Narratives, Poetry, Drama)---13 Multiple Choice Questions
Category 3: Understanding/Analysis of Informational Text (Articles, Essays)---13 Multiple Choice Questions

8. Strategy for Reading

9. Guided Practice:
from Chasing Redbird

10. CLOSURE: Exit Ticket
What question was most difficult for you on today’s passage? Why do you think it was challenging? What strategy can you use to improve your chances of selecting the correct answer on a similar question on the EOC?

11. Match the word to its meaning
Write today’s date in your RWN, number 1-6, then write the letter of the correct answer beside each number.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Main idea
Thematic idea
Author’s Purpose
The reason for an author’s choices in writing
Primary message or central idea specific to a particular text
Comparing without using like or as
Comparing with like or as
Giving human qualities to a non- human thing
A universal idea suggested by text; not specific to a particular piece

12. Warm up
Take five minutes to finish the questions from yesterday (46-52)

13. Tuesday, 3 April 2018
DLT: Wildcats will use strategies to successfully master staar skills

14. Missing Revising and Editing test, daily work, and essay
FYI:
STAAR countdown: there are 4 more school days before the EOC!
TUTORIALS: MONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY
Missing Revising and Editing test, daily work, and essay

15. Review – steps on an essay
Find prompt
Make question
4x4
Thesis and Topic
HOT
PEEL
R&R
Anyone can learn from ________ that ____________.

16. Order from Amazon or Barnes & Noble
We’ll begin using it on Monday, April 9.

17. EOC Snack Policy:
State Mandated!!

18. Strategy for Reading

19. Independent Practice:
How a Demon iPad Stole My Summer Vacation
Each question is worth 10 points (70 points total)
RAMP strategy is worth 30 points

21. CLOSURE: Exit Ticket
Write the main idea of today’s selection on your exit ticket and hand it to your teacher as you leave the room.

22. Match the word to its meaning
Write today’s date in your RWN, number 1-5, then write the letter of the correct answer beside each number.
Speaker
Stanza
Refrain
Imagery
Alliteration
Repetition of one or more lines in a poem at regular intervals
Words and phrases written to appeal to the five senses
The ‘voice’ a reader hears when reading a poem
Repetition of the first consonant in a series of words
Lines grouped together in poetry

23. wednesday, 4 April 2018
DLT: Wildcats will use strategies to successfully master staar skills

24. FYI:
STAAR countdown: there are 3 more school days before the EOC!

25. EOC Testing Room Assignments
NOTE:
Periods 1-6 will meet in room 2016 on Thursday, April 12th.

26. Order from Amazon or Barnes & Noble
We’ll begin using it on Monday, April 9.

27. Guided Practice: I’ll Never Forget a Dog Named Beau: Poetry Analysis

29. CLOSURE: Exit Ticket
On a sticky note: think about the tone of the poem. After watching the poem, discuss the shifts in tone of the poem and write three tone words… First tone 2. Second tone (after first shift) 3. Third tone (after final shift)

30. Match the word to its meaning
An illustrative image that supports the text (picture, graph, map, chart, etc.)
The author’s attitude toward a subject
The point conveyed by an author
Conclusion made by the reader based on evidence an prior knowledge
What someone thinks, feels, or believes
Author’s Message
Tone
Inference
Opinion
Graphic Element

31. thursday, 5 April 2018
DLT: Wildcats will use strategies to successfully master staar skills

32. FYI:
STAAR countdown: there are 2 more school days before the EOC!

33. Review – steps on an essay
Find prompt
Make question
4x4
Thesis and Topic
HOT
PEEL
R&R
Anyone can learn from ________ that ____________.

34. Order from Amazon or Barnes & Noble
We’ll begin using it on Monday, April 9.

35. EOC Testing Room Assignments
NOTE:
Periods 1-6 will meet in room 2016 on Thursday, April 12th.

36. Strategy for Reading

37. Independent Practice:
Hunger for Books paired with The Low-Tech Appeal of Little Free Libraries: Comparing Across Genres
20 4 points each (80 total)
RAMP 20 points

38. CLOSURE: Exit Ticket
When selections are paired together, they likely share a common theme or idea. What is the connection between Hunger for Books and The Low-Tech Appeal of Little Free Libraries?

39. Match the word to its meaning
Write today’s date in your RWN, number 1-5, then write the letter of the correct answer beside each number.
To show, reveal, or express
A statement that can be proven as true and accurate
Details used to support a response
Text in which an author presents his own ideas and opinions; meant to sway a reader
The way one feels toward a particular subject; tone
Evidence
Attitude
Fact
Persuasive
Convey

40. friday, 6 April 2018
DLT: Wildcats will use strategies to successfully master staar skills

41. FYI:
STAAR countdown: there is 1 more school day before the EOC!

42. Review – steps on an essay
Find prompt
Make question
4x4
Thesis and Topic
HOT
PEEL
R&R
Anyone can learn from ________ that ____________.

43. Order from Amazon or Barnes & Noble
We’ll begin using it on Monday, April 9.

44. Strategy for Reading

45. Independent Practice:
Hunger for Books paired with The Low-Tech Appeal of Little Free Libraries: Comparing Across Genres
20 4 points each (80 total)
RAMP 20 points

47. CLOSURE: Exit Ticket
List three things you plan to do that will help ensure or increase your chances for success on the EOC and explain how they will help. 