STAAR Test - 9th grade Reading

What makes a good answer to an Open Ended Response (short essay)?

1. complete sentence 2. uses key words from the question 3. uses the word "because" if at all possible.

In a cross-over question (a question that asks you to compare two selections) what is the minimum amount of quotes you must provided?

2

What is the minimum number of sentences you need to answer a standard Open Ended Response (short essay)?

3

What is the minimum number of sentences you need to answer a cross over (question that asks you to compare two passages) Open Ended Response (short essay)?

5

What is the acronym that helps remind you of the parts needed to pass the Open Ended Response (short essay) portion of the STAAR Reading test?

A.P.E.

What does the "A" in A.P.E. stand for?

Answer

What can you not do with your quote?

Don't Float Your Quote!

What does the "E" in A.P.E. stand for?

Explain

In the "explain" portion of your Open Ended Response (short essay), what should you be explaining?

How your quote proves your answer.

What does the "P" in A.P.E. stand for?

Prove

How do you embed your quote?

Provide context by writing who said or did the quote and why.

What is a good example of an embedded quote?

While explaining to his audience the importance of Mount Everest during his childhood, Jake says, "I dreamed about it every night".

What is a bad example of an embedded quote?

The authors says, "I dreamed about it every night".