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Test taking strategies and motivation for before the STAAR test. #8thgrade
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How can I do my best on the star?
Use my test taking strategies
Make sure I am the first one finished
Use my head knowledge instead of the text
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When reading a selection, if I "zone out," what should I do?
Take a deep breath and count to ten before I keep reading
Go back to the very beginning and read the selection twice
Go back and reread any section I "zoned out" on
Keep reading because I might run out of time
3
When reading a poem, I should .....
Read it and don't worry about strategies
Do my notes and prove my answers just like always
Pay attention to Sensory details and figurative language
Sing it out loud
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When we work on reading comprehension and test-taking strategies, we are....
Becoming better thinkers
Only doing it to get ready for the STAAR test
Learning strategies we can use in real life
Wasting our time
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When I am testing and feel like I am losing my focus, I should...
Put my head down and sleep for 30 minutes
Just keep going because I don't have enough time
Take a small five minute "mental" break
Give up
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If I am having trouble understanding a poem, one strategy I can use is.....
Realize that the poem likely has some figurative language
Just give up and skip it
Read the poem six times
Focus on what I do understand instead of what I do not
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During the test, I can...
Remain totally silent
Raise my hand if I have a question
Stay seated
Tap my pencil and bug my neighbor
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True or False. It is ok to take all four hours to finish the test...
False
True
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If a question asks about figurative language (simile, personification, etc), I should assume ..
It is symbolic
The Poem is too hard to understand
The words mean exactly their literal meaning
The poet is just showing off
10
In reading a play, I must...
Visualize what is happening
Stand up and let everyone see my acting skills
Read all stage directions
Read the list of characters if given
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What is something I should NOT do before the STAAR test?
Skip breakfast
Stay up late the night before
Arrive to school late
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Why do I want to use my strategies?
I can make better scores
I can use my strategies throughout school
Miss. Benning will be checking that I used them
13
When asked about the meaning of a word in context, I should first ....
try to sound out the word
Skip it and come back to it later
Use the context clues and come up with my own definition
look it up in the dictionary
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If I have a question that asks about TWO different selections, I can prove my answer by...
I must find the answer in both selections
I must prove my answer in one selection only
I don't need to prove my answers
I can use a dictionary
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When taking your test, the most important thing you can do is.
Rush and finish before everyone else
Get nervous
Have a great attitude
Do your absolute best
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If the STAAR test has a play as a selection, I should
Read it carefully
Annotate as I read
Look carefully and take notes on any pictures
Pay attention to stage directions
