4th Grade Writing STAAR Test Taking Strategies Review

Question 1

What does CUPS (editing acronym) stand for?

Accepted Answer

Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling

Question 2

What should you do when you are done with the test?

Accepted Answer

Double check your answers and reread your essay.

Question 3

After you write a first draft of your essay, what should you do next?

Accepted Answer

Revise & Edit

Question 4

What does ARMS (revising acronym) stand for?

Accepted Answer

Add, Remove, Move, Substitute

Question 5

What do you need to include in the introduction to your Expository Essay?

Accepted Answer

Lead/Hook and a Topic Sentence

Question 6

After you write your final essay on the lined paper, what should you do next?

Accepted Answer

Revise & Edit... ONE MORE TIME!

Question 7

In what order should you complete the STAAR Writing test?

Accepted Answer

First: Multiple choice questions. Second:Writing Prompt

Question 8

What do you need to include in the conclusion of your Expository Essay?

Accepted Answer

Restate the topic 2nd: wish, lesson, takeaway, or statement

Question 9

What is the first thing you should do, once you start the multiple choice section?

Accepted Answer

Read the directions.

Question 10

After you prewrite your essay, what should you do next?

Accepted Answer

Write a 1st draft on the lined paper

Question 11

What type of sentence is this? I went to the store to buy juice.

Accepted Answer

Simple sentence

Question 12

After you revise & edit your essay, what should you do next?

Accepted Answer

Write a final draft on the lined paper

Question 13

Which sentence is correct?

Accepted Answer

Mike and Matt run to the store.

Question 14

What type of sentence is this? I had lunch, but I didn't have dinner.

Accepted Answer

Compound sentence

Question 15

After you have read your writing prompt several times, what should you do?

Accepted Answer

Prewrite

Question 16

After you write the introduction to your Expository Essay, what do you write next?

Accepted Answer

Main Idea #1 and 3 or 4 details

Question 17

Which is a correct response to this writing prompt: Write about a place you would like to see.

Accepted Answer

I would love to go to Paris, France to see the Eiffel Tower.

Question 18

On what day is your Mock STAAR Writing Test?

Accepted Answer

The Mock STAAR Writing test is Thursday, November 10.

Question 19

After you write the main idea #1 and 4 details to an Expository Essay, what do you write next?

Accepted Answer

Main idea #2 and 3 or 4 Details

Question 20

Name all the times you should use a capital letter.

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 21

When you answer your writing prompt, what is the 1st thing you should do?

Accepted Answer

Circle your writing prompt, and read is several times.

Question 22

What type of sentence is this? Before I went to the store, I had lunch.

Accepted Answer

Complex sentence

Question 23

Which sentence is correct?

Accepted Answer

You are a good person.

Question 24

What type of sentence is this? I ate eggs and bacon.

Accepted Answer

Simple sentence

4th Grade Writing STAAR Test Taking Strategies Review

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4th Grade Writing STAAR Test Taking Strategies Review

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