ReadingSTAARQuestionStems

ThesequestionstemswillgiveyouahintastothelevelofquestioningusedontheSTAARtest.
Anytimeyouincorporatethesequestionstemsintotheirwork,youareimprovingtheirabilityto
explicitlyunderstandwhatisbeingaskedofthemonthetest.

ReadingComprehension
Whichstatementabout____doesthisarticlebestsupport?
Thereadercantellthat.
Whichsentenceexpressestheturningpointinthestory?
Accordingtothearticle.

TextEvidence
Whichsentencefromthearticlebestsupports
Whatcanthereaderconclude
Theauthorincludedthissentencemostlikelytoshow.
Whatevidencedoes.
Whatcanthereaderinfer.
Whichofthefollowinglinesdoestheplaywrightincludetoshow...

Poetry
Stanza____isimportanttothepoembecauseitshows______
Thepoetorganizesthepoemby_____
Thepoetusestheselinestoshowthatthespeakerfeels______
Whichlinefromthepoempresentsaproblem
Whichexcerptfrom____bestmatchesthefeelingexpressedbythespeaker
Thepoetusesasimilieinlines___and____torevealthatthespeaker.
Dividingthepoemintotwostanzasallowsthepoetto_____
Thepoetlikelyintendsforthelasttwolinestoexpressthespeakers_____
Inthepoem,thespeakersmoodchangesfrom______

Mainidea/Summary
Theorganizationofparagraphs____through____contributestotheauthorsmainidea
by_____
Whatisthebestsummaryofthestory?

PairedText
Thespeakerinthepoemandthenarratoroftheselectionareboth____
Inwhatwaydothespeakerinthepoemandthenarratoroftheselectiondiffer?
Boththepoemandtheselectionendwith.
Onedifferencebetweenthespeakerinthepoemandthenarratoroftheselectionis
Howarethe___andthespeakersimilar?

AuthorsPurpose
Whatisonemessagetheauthorconveysinthestory?
Theauthorschoiceoffirstpersonnarratorhelpsthereader
Whydidtheauthorincludeparagraphs__and___intheselection?
Whatisthecentralmessagetheauthorpresentsintheselection?
Whatisthemostlikelyreasontheauthorincludedparagraph__intheselection.
Theauthorwrotethisarticlemostlikelyto____

Organization
Theauthororganizesparagraphs___through___by
Theauthorusesthissentencetoexplainhow
Howdoestheauthororganizeparagraphs...

Crafting
Thequotationshows.
Theabruptdialogueinthepoemhelpsconveytheidea..

FigurativeLanguage
Themetaphorinthefirststanzaisusedtoemphasizethatthe___
Instanza____,thepoetsuseofametaphorsuggeststhat_____

LiteraryElements
Paragraphs___and___contributetotherisingactionofthestory_____
Theimageryinstanzas___and____suggeststhat___
Whichwordsdoestheauthorusetocreateagloomymood?
____contributestotheplotby_____
Howdoesthesettinginfluencetheplotofthestory?
Whatisironicabout______
Theplaywrightusesthestagedirectionstoshow_______
Whichstatementbestexpressesthemainthemeoftheexcerpt?

PointofView
Thepointofviewfromwhichthestoryistoldgivesthereaderinsightinto_____

Vocabulary
Whichdefinitionoftheword_____isusedinparagraph___?
Whichdefinitionmatchestheword___asitisusedinparagraph____?

MediaAnalysis(Halfofthetestshavesomesortofvisualincluded)
Themessageconveyedbythephotographisthat______
Thephotographafterparagraph___helpsreaders_____
Theimagebelowparagraph___isincludedintheselectionmostlikely____
In____,howdothetwoparagraphsdifferfrom_____

Athemeexpressedinthestorycenterson____

Other
Whatcanthereadertellaboutthenarratorsfeelings____
Inparagraph___,theauthorusesthephrase_____
Whichstatementbestexpressesthemainconflictintheexcerpt?
Whichsentencefromtheselectionsiscommonplaceassertion?