STAAR Test - 9th grade Reading
Exam questions and answers
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 does the "P" in A.P.E. stand for? - - Prove
- What does the "E" in A.P.E. stand for? - - Explain
- 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 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.
- What can you not do with your quote? - - Don't Float Your Quote!
- How do you embed your quote? - - Provide context by writing who said or
did the quote and why.
- What is a bad example of an embedded quote? - - The authors says, "I
dreamed about it every night".
- 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".
- In the "explain" portion of your Open Ended Response (short essay), what
should you be explaining? - - How your quote proves your answer.
- 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
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