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TX.STAAR.EI.STAAR English I Assessment

STAAR English I Assessment
Reporting Category 3: Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts - The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze informational texts.
(EI.10) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. Students are expected to:
EI.10 (A) Analyze the relevance, quality, and credibility of evidence given to support or oppose an argument for a specific audience. Supporting Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Persuasive Text
 
EI.10 (B) Analyze famous speeches for the rhetorical structures and devices used to convince the reader of the authors' propositions. Supporting Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Figurative Language
 
(EI.11) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Texts. Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents. Students are expected to:
EI.11 (B) Analyze factual, quantitative, or technical data presented in multiple graphical sources. Supporting Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
 
(Figure 19) Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author's message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly mo
Figure 19 (B) Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Readiness Standard (Expository) / Supporting Standard (Persuasive) (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 
Reporting Category 1: Understanding and Analysis Across Genres - The student will demonstrate the ability to understand and analyze a variety of written texts across reading genres.
(EI.1) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to:
EI.1 (A) Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words in multiple content areas (e.g., science, mathematics, social studies, the arts) derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes. Supporting Standard (English I STAAR E
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
 
EI.1 (D) Describe the origins and meanings of foreign words or phrases used frequently in written English (e.g., caveat emptor, carte blanche, tete a tete, pas de deux, bon appetit, quid pro quo). Supporting Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adding New Words to Our Language
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
 
EI.1 (E) Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine or confirm the meanings of words and phrases, including their connotations and denotations, and their etymology. Readiness Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adding New Words to Our Language
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using References
 
(Figure 19) Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author's message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly mo
Figure 19 (B) Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Readiness Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 
Reporting Category 6: Editing - The student will demonstrate an ability to edit a variety of texts.
(EI.17) Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:
EI.17 (A) Use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: Readiness Standard
EI.17 (A) (i) More complex active and passive tenses and verbals (gerunds, infinitives, participles). Supporting Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles
 
EI.17 (A) (ii) Restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses. Supporting Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sentences
 
(EI.18) Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. Students are expected to:
EI.18 (A) Use conventions of capitalization. Readiness Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Capitalization
 
(EI.19) Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to:
EI.19 (A) Spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings. Readiness Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
 
Reporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts - The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze literary texts.
(EI.3) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
EI.3 (A) Analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox) in poetry. Supporting Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Figurative Language
 
(EI.4) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
EI.4 (A) Explain how dramatic conventions (e.g., monologues, soliloquies, dramatic irony) enhance dramatic text. Supporting Standard (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Drama
 
(Figure 19) Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author's message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly mo
Figure 19 (B) Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Readiness Standard (Fiction) / Supporting Standard (Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama) (English I STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 

TX.STAAR.EII.STAAR English II Assessment

STAAR English II Assessment
Reporting Category 3: Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts - The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze informational texts.
(EII.10) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. Students are expected to:
EII.10 (A) Explain shifts in perspective in arguments about the same topic and evaluate the accuracy of the evidence used to support the different viewpoints within those arguments. Supporting Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Persuasive Text
 
(EII.11) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Texts. Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents. Students are expected to:
EII.11 (B) Synthesize information from multiple graphical sources to draw conclusions about the ideas presented (e.g., maps, charts, schematics). Supporting Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
 
(Figure 19) Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author's message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly mo
Figure 19 (B) Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Readiness Standard (Expository) / Supporting Standard (Persuasive) (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 
Reporting Category 1: Understanding and Analysis Across Genres - The student will demonstrate the ability to understand and analyze a variety of written texts across reading genres.
(EII.1) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to:
EII.1 (A) Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words in multiple content areas (e.g., science, mathematics, social studies, the arts) derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes. Supporting Standard (English II STAAR
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
 
EII.1 (D) Show the relationship between the origins and meaning of foreign words or phrases used frequently in written English and historical events or developments (e.g., glasnost, avant-garde, coup d'etat). Supporting Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adding New Words to Our Language
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
 
EII.1 (E) Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine or confirm the meanings of words and phrases, including their connotations and denotations, and their etymology. Readiness Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adding New Words to Our Language
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using References
 
(Figure 19) Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author's message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly mo
Figure 19 (B) Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Readiness Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 
Reporting Category 6: Editing - The student will demonstrate an ability to edit a variety of texts.
(EII.17) Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:
EII.17 (A) Use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:
EII.17 (A) (i) More complex active and passive tenses and verbals (gerunds, infinitives, participles). Readiness Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles
 
EII.17 (A) (ii) Restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses. Supporting Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sentences
 
(EII.18) Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. Students are expected to:
EII.18 (A) Use conventions of capitalization. Readiness Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Capitalization
 
(EII.19) Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to:
EII.19 (A) Spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings. Readiness Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
 
Reporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts - The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze literary texts.
(EII.2) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understan
EII.2 (C) Relate the figurative language of a literary work to its historical and cultural setting. Supporting Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Figurative Language
 
(EII.3) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
EII.3 (A) Analyze the structure or prosody (e.g., meter, rhyme scheme) and graphic elements (e.g., line length, punctuation, word position) in poetry. Supporting Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Figurative Language
 
(EII.4) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
EII.4 (A) Analyze how archetypes and motifs in drama affect the plot of plays. Supporting Standard (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Drama
 
(Figure 19) Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author's message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly mo
Figure 19 (B) Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Readiness Standard (Fiction) / Supporting Standard (Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama) (English II STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 

TX.STAAR.EIII.STAAR English III Assessment

STAAR English III Assessment
Reporting Category 6: Editing - The student will demonstrate an ability to edit a variety of texts.
(EIII.17) Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:
EIII.17 (A) Use and understand the function of different types of clauses and phrases (e.g., adjectival, noun, adverbial clauses and phrases). Supporting Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sentences
 
(EIII.18) Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. Students are expected to:
EIII.18 (A) Correctly and consistently use conventions of punctuation and capitalization. Readiness Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Capitalization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Punctuation
 
(EIII.19) Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to:
EIII.19 (A) Spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings. Readiness Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
 
Reporting Category 3: Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts - The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze informational texts.
(EIII.11) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Texts. Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents. Students are expected to:
EIII.11 (B) Translate (from text to graphic or from graphic to text) complex, factual, quantitative, or technical information presented in maps, charts, illustrations, graphs, timelines, tables, and diagrams. Supporting Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
 
(EIII.9) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
EIII.9 (B) Distinguish between inductive and deductive reasoning and analyze the elements of deductively and inductively reasoned texts and the different ways conclusions are supported. Supporting Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Persuasive Text
 
(Figure 19) Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author's message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly mo
Figure 19 (B) Make complex inferences (e.g., inductive and deductive) about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Readiness Standard (Expository) / Supporting Standard (Persuasive) (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 
Reporting Category 1: Understanding and Analysis Across Genres - The student will demonstrate the ability to understand and analyze a variety of written texts across reading genres.
(EIII.1) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to:
EIII.1 (A) Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words in multiple content areas (e.g., science, mathematics, social studies, the arts) derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes. Supporting Standard (English III STAAR
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
 
EIII.1 (D) Recognize and use knowledge of cognates in different languages and of word origins to determine the meaning of words. Supporting Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adding New Words to Our Language
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Structural Analysis
 
EIII.1 (E) Use general and specialized dictionaries, thesauri, glossaries, histories of language, books of quotations, and other related references (printed or electronic) as needed. Readiness Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Using References
 
(EIII.9) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
EIII.9 (D) Synthesize ideas and make logical connections (e.g., thematic links, author analyses) between and among multiple texts representing similar or different genres and technical sources and support those findings with textual evidence. Supporting Standard (En
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 
(Figure 19) Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author's message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly mo
Figure 19 (B) Make complex inferences (e.g., inductive and deductive) about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Readiness Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills
 
Reporting Category 4: Composition - The student will demonstrate an ability to compose a variety of written texts with a clear, controlling thesis; coherent organization; sufficient development; and effective use of language and conventions.
(EIII.15) Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to:
EIII.15 (C) Write an interpretation of an expository or a literary text that: Readiness Standard
EIII.15 (C) (v) Anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information (English III STAAR EOC)
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Reporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts - The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze literary texts.
(EIII.3) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
EIII.3 (A) Analyze the effects of metrics, rhyme schemes (e.g., end, internal, slant, eye), and other conventions in American poetry. Supporting Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Figurative Language
 
(EIII.4) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
EIII.4 (A) Analyze the themes and characteristics in different periods of modern American drama. Supporting Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Drama
 
(EIII.5) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
EIII.5 (A) Evaluate how different literary elements (e.g., figurative language, point of view) shape the author's portrayal of the plot and setting in works of fiction. Readiness Standard (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Figurative Language
 
(EIII.6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. S
EIII.6 (A) Analyze how rhetorical techniques (e.g., repetition, parallel structure, understatement, overstatement) in literary essays, true life adventures, and historically important speeches influence the reader, evoke emotions, and create meaning. Supporting Stan
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Reading-Figurative Language
 
(Figure 19) Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author's message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly mo
Figure 19 (B) Make complex inferences (e.g., inductive and deductive) about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Readiness Standard (Fiction) / Supporting Standard (Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama) (English III STAAR EOC)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Thinking Skills