STAAR Resources - Last Minute RX

STAAR 911 RX

ALL of you have worked hard to excel tomorrow. Personally, I think you will all perform much better than last year. I HAVE complete FAITH in each of you and what we've learned.

I know some of you are still probably worried about the essay tomorrow, so I've put some resources for you in the DROPBOX

STAAR HELP

Included are prompts and scoring guides/writing samples for 2014 and 2013 (today's prompt was 2013). Read the high scoring essays and the commentary by the graders. Make note of what they do and use it.

I've also included the 2014 and 2015 Reading Exams with answer keys if you'd like a last minute prep. Choose a passage of two, answer the questions, and check your answers.

Finally - Here's a link to that Prep Video we watched - Remember the strategy:

 BOX your Prompt: Underline Read, Think, Write

     T-Chart: Pro/Con 3 Pros, 2 Cons (choose 2 pro/1 con)

    1. State your position clearly! (Thesis)

    2. Reason #1 (also the topic sentence for 1st Body Paragraph)

    3.Reason #2 (also the topic sentence for 2nd Body Paragraph)

    4. Combine for FINAL Thesis (3 in 1)

Stop! Answer Reading Passage #1

Go Back to Essay and DRAFT!

Write Intro with Hook and Thesis

 FEED Reason #1 and write paragraph

 FEED Reason #2 and write paragraph with counter

Restate your Thesis without saying "in conclusion" and remember to have a call to action (why it's important)

STOP!!!! TAKE 5!

Go Back to the Reading Questions, preview the Short Answers AND Preview Questions before you read each Passage. Answer all questions and bubble as you go. Pre-write short answers before writing in the BOXES  APES: ANSWER! PROVIDE EVIDENCE, EXPLAIN, SUMMARIZE.

GO Back to your PERSUASIVE ESSAY Draft and Read it. Add words, correct grammar, check transitions, and spelling.

Write ESSAY IN COMPOSITION BOX.

Now finish strong with "Editing and Revising"

YOU GOT THIS!!

    

 

Essay Assignment Due Tuesday 3/29

Persuasive Essay

The Following Two links are to provide you with food for thought on a question that may be unfamiliar to you. 

Music historians, critics, fans, and even recording artists have divergent opinions as to the state of Hip Hop in 2016. Russell Simmons sees it one way Hip Hop is Alive   while Oakland Historian and Professor Davey D. Believes Quite the Opposite

After examining both perspectives compose a persuasive essay (26 lines and yes I understand this is ridiculously limiting) that defends or challenges the following: Hip Hop is Dead.

Homework due 3/10

From EOC Study Guide -

pp. 96 - 122

If you have not posted your Blog Comments please do so as they are late. These are project grades and I am deducting points for late submissions. If you wish to minimize the impact of your deduction, then make sure your responses are ARTICULATE, THOUGHTFUL, and SUPPORTED.

Complete all other Assignments from book and read Chapter 3.

Come to class with questions and observations about the Novel.

Irony Review and Quiz - 3/8

Watch the following video: Irony explained

Then take the Quiz Irony Quiz

 

and email the certificate to jessupsenglish@gmail.com . If you score under 80% please retake and send me both scores until you pass.

3rd Period - UTFOJ Responses Chapter 2 or 5

Please Describe Estrella's Character and explain how she changes in Chapter 2.

What is your reaction to Estrella's world/environment?  How is it relevant to today?

CHAPTER 5 POST - 

1. How do you think Estrella sees herself at the end of the novel?

2. The title "Under the Feet of Jesus" suggests that religion will play an important role in the lives of these characters, but it doesn't. Why?

2nd Period - UTFOJ Responses Chapter 2 or 5

Please Describe Estrella's Character and explain how she changes in Chapter 2.

What is your reaction to Estrella's world/environment?  How is it relevant to today?

 

CHAPTER 5 POST - 

1. How do you think Estrella sees herself at the end of the novel?

2. The title "Under the Feet of Jesus" suggests that religion will play an important role in the lives of these characters, but it doesn't. Why?

1st Period - UTFOJ Responses Chapter 2 or 5

Please Describe Estrella's Character and explain how she changes in Chapter 2.

What is your reaction to Estrella's world/environment?  How is it relevant to today?

CHAPTER 5 POST - 

1. How do you think Estrella sees herself at the end of the novel?

2. The title "Under the Feet of Jesus" suggests that religion will play an important role in the lives of these characters, but it doesn't. Why?

Homework from Book Due 3/8

From Work Book:

pp. 74 - 83

pp.  260 - 267 

pp. 136 - 147

pp. 170 - 177

pp. 18 - 48

Reading: Under the Feet of Jesus Chapter 2 then go to class blog post and respond in the correct period to the prompts.

Under the Feet of Jesus - 3rd Period Post Chapter One and Four

1. Text-to-Text – How do the ideas in this text remind you of another text (story, book, movie, song, etc)? Complete ALL of the following statements:
   • What I just read reminds me of ___________________ (story/book/movie/song) because...
   • The ideas in this text are similar to the ideas in ___________________ because….
   • The ideas in this text are different than the ideas in ­­­___________________ because….
2. Text-to-Self – How do the ideas in this text relate to your own life, ideas and experiences? Complete TWO of the following statements:
   • What I just read reminds me of the time when I….
   • I agree with/understand what I just read because in my own life...
   • I don't agree with what I just read because in my own life...
3. Text-to-World – How do the ideas in this text reading relate to the larger world – past, present and future. Complete ALL of the following statements:
   • What I just read makes me think about _________________________ (event from the past) because……
   • What I just read makes me think about _________________________ (event from today related to my own community, nation or world) because….
   • What I just read makes me wonder about the future because….

Under the Feet of Jesus - 2nd Period Post Chapter One and Four

1. Text-to-Text – How do the ideas in this text remind you of another text (story, book, movie, song, etc)? Complete ALL of the following statements:
   • What I just read reminds me of ___________________ (story/book/movie/song) because...
   • The ideas in this text are similar to the ideas in ___________________ because….
   • The ideas in this text are different than the ideas in ­­­___________________ because….
2. Text-to-Self – How do the ideas in this text relate to your own life, ideas and experiences? Complete two of the following statements:
   • What I just read reminds me of the time when I….
   • I agree with/understand what I just read because in my own life...
   • I don't agree with what I just read because in my own life...
3. Text-to-World – How do the ideas in this text reading relate to the larger world – past, present and future. Complete ALL of the following statements:
   • What I just read makes me think about _________________________ (event from the past) because……
   • What I just read makes me think about _________________________ (event from today related to my own community, nation or world) because….
   • What I just read makes me wonder about the future because….

Under the Feet of Jesus - 1st period Chapter One. and Four

1. Text-to-Text – How do the ideas in this text remind you of another text (story, book, movie, song, etc)? Complete ALL of the following statements:
   • What I just read reminds me of ___________________ (story/book/movie/song) because...
   • The ideas in this text are similar to the ideas in ___________________ because….
   • The ideas in this text are different than the ideas in ­­­___________________ because….
2. Text-to-Self – How do the ideas in this text relate to your own life, ideas and experiences? Complete two of the following statements:
   • What I just read reminds me of the time when I….
   • I agree with/understand what I just read because in my own life...
   • I don't agree with what I just read because in my own life...
3. Text-to-World – How do the ideas in this text reading relate to the larger world – past, present and future. Complete ALL of the following statements:
   • What I just read makes me think about _________________________ (event from the past) because……
   • What I just read makes me think about _________________________ (event from today related to my own community, nation or world) because….
   • What I just read makes me wonder about the future because….