STAAR Standards & Question Stems - Reading 3-8

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1 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Beginning eading trategies 3 2 B ask relevant questions, seek clarification, and locate facts and details about stories and other texts and support answers with evidence from text What is the speaker doing in this poem? Vocabulary identify the meaning of common prefixes and suffixes and know how they change the meaning of roots. determine the meaning of grade-level 2 academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or linguistic roots or affixes 3 4 B use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish among multiple meaning words and homographs 4 use the context of the sentence to 2 B determine the meaning of unfamiliar words 7 or multiple meaning words 3 4 identify and use antonyms, synonyms, C homographs, and homophones 4 use a dictionary or glossary to determine 7 2 E the meanings, syllabication, and pronunciation of unknown words Literary Text Which words in paragraph help the reader understand the meaning of The word in paragraph means...? In paragraph, the word means to...? In paragraph, the word emphasizes...? 3 paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories 3.19 D 4 3 evidence to support understanding (Theme and Genre) summarize and explain the lesson or message of a work of fiction as its theme 3 infer the implicit theme of a work of fiction What is the main message of the poem? 7 3 describe multiple themes of a work of fiction, distinguishing theme from the topic 1

2 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Literary Text 3 analyze literary works that share similar themes across cultures compare and contrast the adventures or 4 3 B exploits of characters in traditional and classical literature 3 describe the phenomena explained in origin B myths from various cultures 3 B analyze the function of stylistic elements in traditional and classical literature 7 3 B 3 B 3 C 3 C describe conventions in myths and epic tales compare and contrast the similarities and differences in mythologies from various cultures explain the effect of an historical event or movement on the theme of a work of literature compare and contrast the historical and cultural settings of two literary works 7 3 C analyze how time and place influence the theme or message of a literary work The poet helps the reader understand how it felt mainly by...? 3 C Poetry explain how the values and beliefs of particular characters are affected by the historical and cultural setting of the literary work 3 descibe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery explain how the structural elements of 4 4 poetry relate to form analyze how poets use sound effects to 4 reinforce meaning in poems explain how figurative language contributes 4 to the meaning of a poem The reader can tell that the poem is written in free-verse form because it does not have...? Which poetic structure is found in the poem? The poet mentions at the beginning of the poem to convey...? 2

3 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Poetry compare and contrast the relationship betweeen the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms 3.19 D evidence to support understanding (Poetry) D 4.19 D analyze the importance of graphical elements on the meaning of a poem evidence to support understanding (Poetry) The poet places the words " " on a line by themselves most likely because the words...? The repetition of the line " " suggests that the speaker...? Lines through are included in the poem because they...? Which word describes the feeling that the poet creates in this poem? Lines through are important to the poem because they...? The poet titled this poem most likely because...? Lines through are included in the poem because they...? Which word describes the feeling that the poet creates in this poem? The poet titled this poem most likely because...? The paragraph above the title of the poem is included to...? The italicized section of the poem serves to...? What do lines through tell the reader? Which line indicates that the speaker does not Which statement best describes the contrast between the speaker's experiences in the two settings of the poem? What does the dream reveal to the reader? To the speaker, " " means...? D make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding (Poetry) t the end of the poem, the speaker expresses a feeling of...? Because the poem is written from the speaker's point of view, the reader is better able to understand...? 3

4 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Drama 4 describe the structural elements particular to dramatic literature make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama 7 explain a playwright's use of dialogue and stage directions explain how different playwrights characterize their protagonists and antagonists through the dialogue and staging og their plays.19 D.19 D make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding (Drama) Which line from the play suggests that (character feels about character)? What can the reader conclude about (character) and (character) from their dialogue? Based on the dialogue in paragraphs through, how does (character) respond to? What do paragraphs through suggest about (character)? What is the theme of the play? How does cene differ from cene? Which of these events resolves (character's) conflict in the play? What can the readers conclude from the last paragraph of cene? ead these lines from cene 1 of the play.. What do these lines represent? ead the line from the excerpt.. The playwright includes this line in order to...? How does (character) deal with the knowledge that (character) is? The details used to describe (character's) ideas about are included to...?.19 E summarize and paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts (Drama) Which sentence best summarizes cene?.19 E summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts (Drama) What is the best summary of the excerpt? 4

5 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Fiction sequence and summarize the plot's main 4 events and explain their influence on future events describe incidents that advance the story or novel, explaining how each incident gives rise to or foreshadows futre events summarize the elements of plot development in various works of fiction Why do the (characters) argue? 7 4 B B B 7 B B 4 C C C 7 C C explain the influence of setting on plot development analyze linear plot development to determine whether and how conflicts are resolved describe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo explain the roles and functions of characters in various plots, including their relationships and conflicts recognize dialect and conversational voice and explain how authors use dialect to convey character analyze the development of plot through the internal and external responses of the characters, including their motivations and conflicts analyze how the characters' qualities influence the theme of a fictional work and resolution of the central conflict identify whether the narrator or speaker of a story is first or third person describe different forms of third-person points of view in stories explain different forms points of view, including first- and third-person explain different forms points of view, including first-, third-person omniscient, and third-person limited analyze different forms points of view, including limited versus omniscient, subjective versus objective ead the line from the excerpt.. The playwright includes this line in order to...?

6 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Fiction.19 D evidence to support understanding (Fiction) ead this sentence from paragraph.. The described in the sentence represents the...? Which sentence from the folktale best shows that the (character/s) are (quality)? 3 sequence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events describe the interaction of characters 3 B including their relationships and the changes they undergo Literary Nonfiction 7 make inferences and draw conclusions about the structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text identify the literary language and devices used in memoirs and personal narratives and compare their characteristics with those of an autobiography describe the structural and substansive differences between an autobiography or a diary and a fictional adaptation of it analyze passages in well-known speeches for the author's use of literary devices and word and phrase choice to appeal to the audience D evidence to support understanding (Literary Nonfiction) The reader can tell that was concerned that...? Which sentence shows that...? What evidence from the selection shows that...?

7 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Literary Nonfiction In paragraph, why does the author include information about how D E E 3 9 Literary Text 4 make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding (Literary nonfiction) summarize information in text, maintaining meaning and logical order (Literary Nonfiction) summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts (Literary nonfiction) make inferences and draw conlusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction with evidence from the text identify the author's use of similies and metaphors to produce imagery evaluate the impact of sensory details, imagery, and figurative language in literary text Why does the author include the italicized paragraph at the end of the selection? The author organizes the information in this selection by...? Which sentence best shows that What is the best summary of the section What is the best summary of this selection? The author's use of figuartive language in paragraph emphasizes that...? explain how authors create meaning through stylistic elements and figurative language emphasizing the use of personification, hyperbole, and refrains D determine the figurative meaning of phrases and analyze how an author's use of language creates imagery, appeals to the senses, and suggests mood explain the effect of similies and extended metaphors in literary text evidence to support understanding (ensory Language) ead the lines and from the poem. The poet uses personification in these lines to show that...? Which line best communicates the speaker's feelings of? ead this sentence from papragraph.. The imagery in these lines appeals most to the reader's sense of...? 7

8 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Informational Text compare and contrast the stated or implied 9 purpose of different authors writing on the same topic explain the difference between the theme 7 9 of a literary work and the author's purpose in an expository text analyze works written on the same topic 9 and compare how the authors achieved similar or different purposes 9.19 D make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding (Informational Text) The author uses the first paragraph mostly to...? Why does the author include paragraphs and? 3 10 identify language that creates a graphic visual experience and appeals to the senses 10 draw conclusions from the information presented by the author and evaluate how well the author's purpose was achieved What does the author hope to accomplish by writing the letter? Expository Text B summarize the main ideas and supporting details in text, demostrating an understanding that a summary does not include opinions evaluate a summary of the original text for accuracy of the main ideas, supporting details, and overall meaning summarize the main ideas,supporting details, and relationships among ideas in text succinctly in ways that maintain meaning and logical order distinguish factual claims from commonplace assertions and opinions 10 B distinguish factual claims from commonplace assertions and opinions and evaluate inferences from their logic in text 10 C 7 10 C explain how different organizational patterns develop the main idea and the author's point of view use different organizational patterns as guides for summarizing and forming an overview of different kinds of expository text

9 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Expository Text 10 C 7 10 D make subtle inferences and draw complex conclusions about the ideas in text and their organizational patterns synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two 10 D synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres and support those findings with textual evidence D B evidence to support understanding (Expository) summarize the main idea and supporting details in text in ways that maintain meaning summarize the main idea and supporting details in text in ways that maintain meaning and logical order distinguish fact from opinion in a text and explain how to verify what is a fact From the information provided in the selection, the reader can conlude that...? What is the best summary of the section _ 11 B determine the facts in a text and verify them through established methods 4 11 C describe explicit and implicit relationships among ideas in texts organized by causeand-effect, sequence, or comparison 11 C 4 11 D D analyze how the organizational pattern of a text influences the relationships among ideas use multiple text features to gain an overview of the contents of text and to evidence to support understanding (Expository) What can the reader conclude about (character)? 11 E synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres 3 13 identify the details or facts that support the main idea 9

10 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Expository Text 3 13 B draw conclusions from facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence 3 13 identify explicit cause and effect C relationships among ideas use text features to locate information and 3 13 D make and verify predictions about contents of text Persuasive Text Which sentence best supports the idea that...? What happened to when The author includes headings in bold print to...? 11 compare and contrast the structure and viewpoints of two different authors writing for the same purpose, noting the stated claim and supporting evidence 7 11 analyze the structure of the central argument in contemporary policy speeches and identify the different types of evidence used to support the argument 11 B 7 11 B identify simply faulty reasoning used in persuasive texts identify such rhetorical fallacies as ad hominem, exaggeration, stereotyping, or categorical claims in persuasive texts 11 B analyze the use of rhetorical and logical fallacies as loaded terms, caricatures, leading questions, false assumptions, and incorrect premises in persuasive texts Which idea from paragraph does the author base on an assumption? D D E evidence to support understanding (Persuasive Text) make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding (Persuasive Text) summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts (Persuasive Text) ead this sentence from paragraph.. The author uses this sentence to...? The author of this selection thinks...? The author supports each of his arguments with...? What is the best summary of this selection? 10

11 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Persuasive Text The author uses the information in paragraphs,, and to show that...? The author's main argument is that...? 12 identify the author's viewpoint or position and explain the basic relationship among ideas in the argument Based on the information in the letter, the author would most likely agree with which of these statements? 12 B Procedural Text 12 B 7 12 B B 13 B 3 1 B recognize exaggerated, contradictory, or misleading statements in text interpret factual or quantitative information presented in maps, charts, illustrations, graphs, timelines, tables, and diagrams explain the function of the graphical components of a text determine the sequence of activities needed to carrty out a procedure interpret details from procedural text to complete a task, solve a problem, or perform procedures explain factual information presented graphically interpret factual or quantitative information presented in maps, charts, illustrations, graphs, timelines, tables, and diagrams locate and use specific information in graphic features of text Which of these sources does the author use to support his argument? The author organizes the information in the letter mostly by...? D evidence to support understanding (Informational/Procedural) table is included in the the section to help the readers...? 11

12 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Media evaluate graphics for their clarity in 12 B communicating meaning or achieving a specific purpose 13 explain messages conveyed in various forms of media 7 13 interpret both explicit and implicit messages in various forms of media evaluate the role of media in focusing 13 attention on events and forming opinion on issues 13 recognize how various techniques influence B viewer's emotions 7 13 evaluate various ways media influences and C informs audiences evaluate various techniques used to create 13 C a point of view in media and the impact on the audience D evidence to support understanding (Media) The photographs are included to support which idea? D C make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding (Media) use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning identify the point of view of media presentations Why is the (graph, picture, map, chart) included at the end of the selection? D evidence to support understanding (Media) The pictures in the selection show 3 1 use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning D evidence to support understanding (Media) The picture next to paragraph is included in the article to...? 12

13 T tandards & Question tems - eading 3- Grade TEK E tandard / Question tem Comprehension kills 7 make complex inferences about text and 19 D use textual evidence to support summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize 7 19 E texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts What is one difference between the poem 4 and the selection? Both the poem and the selection express make connections between literary and the importance of...? What is one way the selection and the informational texts with similar ideas 19 F folktale differ? and provide textual evidence Which sentence from the selection best (Comprehension) represents the message of the folktale? One difference between the selection and the folktale is that in the selection, 7 19 F 19 F make connections between and across, including other media, and provide textual evidence make intertextual links among and across texts, including other media, and provide textual evidence One difference between the selection and the folktale is that in the selection, 13