Reading by STAAR-light
Kaye Price-Hawkins
kayepricehawkins@aol.com
www.pricelessliteracy.homestead.com
STAAR-tested Genres…
Literary
Nonfiction
Expository
Fiction
Persuasive
Poetry
Drama
Questions:
See the following
sections for specific
question models
Writer
Author
Poet
Playwright
TEXT
Variety of Genres
Topic
and
Purpose
Audience
Context
Culture
Research-based Approach
• Brain Research
– Novelty
– Repetition *
– Multi-sensory
approach (visual, verbal,
kinesthetic, etc.)
– Connection-building
– Application
– Cooperative learning
• Best Practices
– Explicit instruction
Peer group Independent
accountability (gradual
release model)
– Writing every day in
every subject
– Robert Marzano’s High
Yield Strategies
• See next slide.
Marzano’s High Yield Strategies
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Identifying Similarities and Differences
Summarizing and Note Taking
Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition
Homework and Practice
Nonlinguistic Representations
Cooperative Learning
Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
45%
34%
29%
28%
27%
27%
23%
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22%
Information from Classroom Instruction that Works by Robert Marzano, Pickering and Pollock, 2001.
http://www.schools.manatee.k12.fl.us/3160MARZANO
Reading Foldable
Instructional Focus
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/sia/msip/
DOK_Chart.pdf
Reading Foldable—Inside Center
STAAR Assessment Model Questions
(2011 Released)
Point of view – inside:
Reading Foldable – Left flap inside
Poetry Insight
Title (& significance)
Organization (structure)
Poem’s setting/literary language
Clues (connotations)
Attitude (poet and speaker)
Theme (message)
Sections (lines, quotes, stanzas)
Graphical elements
Rhyme scheme
Rhythm
Repetition
TOP
Reading Foldable
Inside Center of Left Flap
Text Evidence
(quotes—words, phrases,
sections (lines, paragraphs,
etc. of text)
Text Evidence
Proof
and
Support
Inference &
Drawing
conclusions
Vocabulary
Clues to meaning
BIO-POEM (Biography Research)
Bottom of the inside left flap:
Biography
and
Memoir:
Use this modified
version of the
Bio-Poem:
Title (Your Choice)
First Name Only
(or a nickname)
Words or phrases describing this person’s
character (not a physical description)
Words or phrases describing this person’s actions
Who gave . . .
Who influenced (or changed the way we…)
Who was concerned about …
Who was respected because of …
Who felt . . .
Who wanted to inspire others to…
Last Name
(or full name if the first line was a nickname)
Reading Foldable–Inside Center Top
Inside:
Inside:
Exposition
Opening Scene…
Initiating Event
Characters Introduced
Appearance
Attitude
Dialogue
Setting Description
Action
Climax
Resolution
Reading Foldable – Right flap inside
TOP: Author’s Purpose Booklet
Author’s Purpose
Back of card (lines):
(front of card)
• Persuade:
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P ersuade (convincing
language)
I nform (explain/
expository)
E ntertain (stories,
poems, plays, etc.)
– Selected facts, reasons, examples
– Opinions, requests (Convincing
language will influence the reader)
– Comparison and contrast
• Inform:
– Description; comparison-contrast;
problem-solution; cause-effect
– Facts/Details/Instructions
– Places, Events, People
• Entertain:
– Imagery, literary devices, mood
– details that tell a story (plot)
Knowing the author’s purpose is
important because the reader will…
• better understand the selection
and
• read the selection differently
Drama in 3D
Bottom of the inside right flap:
• On the inside left of the booklet:
• Stage Directions
Explanation
• Characters
• Setting
• On the inside right
of the booklet:
• Diorama
Brown Clasp Envelope (on the back)
STAAR Strip (glued on the envelope)
Super Techniques And Awesome Reasons
• What techniques did the author use?
– (examples: dialogue, figurative language, theme
tone, etc.)
– List compiled from 2011 released STAAR test
items
• Why include those phrases or features?
– (examples: add humor, describe, list reasons,
reveal character, support, tell why, etc.)
– List compiled from 2011 released STAAR test
items
Academic Language
Graffiti Box
infer
support
Vocabulary File “Box”(top)
Top - 3x5 flipper:
Graphic Features/Graphical Elements
(Examples and Possible purposes for each)
Top foldable:
• Sensory Language
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Observations/Glimpses
Textures/Sensations
Sounds/Noises
Tastes/Flavors/Savors
Smells/Fragrances/Odors
Feelings/Emotions
– Font (italics, bold, varied, capitalized
words for emphasis)
– Graphs/charts
– Italicized paragraph above text
– Line length and placement
– Shape of Poem
– Timeline
– Picture/photograph/cartoon & captions
– Punctuation
– Word position and placement
Vocabulary File “Box” (bottom)
Section 3: Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices
Examples
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Alliteration
Allusion
Dramatic irony
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Parenthetical asides
Personification
Repetition
Simile
your TEKS for suggested terms…
– Structure
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• Poetic
• Expository
• Narrative
Symbol
Tone
Dialogue
Setting
Keys to Success
• Connect your genres by
theme, struggle or similar
time in history. Examine
each type of text via
analysis. For example:
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Message or theme
Author’s craft and purpose
Word choice
Organization
Summary
Text features
• Connect writing of genres to
the reading.
• Make connections between
the mentor texts and the
students’ writing.
• Mix genres. For example:
– Write a poem about a fictional
story or biography.
– Write a drama (with stage
directions and dialogue) about
a fictional story.
– Find two genre versions of the
same event.