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STAAR-Light STAAR WRITE
Choose the slides you need! Expository,
Personal Narrative, Literary and Persuasive Essays

• Kaye Price-Hawkins
• Priceless Literacy
• www.pricelessliteracy.homestead.com
• kayepricehawkins_at_aol.com

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Expository Text

• Purpose
• Explain
• Inform
• In sample prompts, the key word will be explain
  or explaining so this is your hint to tell
  different things about (explain why) this person
  or topic.

• May be told in 1st
• person about some-
• thing or someone
• OR may be told in
• 3rd person.
• Read the prompt for appropriate POV.
• Be sure you dont drift
• into a narrative

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Mentor Text for Discovery

• Read a piece of expository text.
• Use the foldable (next slide) to examine the text
  for authors craft
• Development and Support
• Language/Diction
• Features

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Foldable for Analysis of Support in an
Expository Essay
Problem And Solution

• HEADING FOR THE PAPER
• Description Problem/Solution
• Thesis
• Comparison/
  Cause/Effect
• Contrast

• Description
• Comparison/ Contrast
• Cause/Effect
• Problem/ Solution
• Sequence

Put Sequence on the back Note the transitional
words/phrases.
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Out of this World Plan-it Pack-It for Expository
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Left side of the folder sentence strip
OS4e Remember (organizational structure
(Glue in the DEVELOP for expository)
box.)

• Insideleft flap of strip Introduction
• Hook the reader with a lead.
• Include a controlling idea/thesis sentence.
• Insidecenter of the strip Body
• Well-developed ideas connected with appropriate
  transitions
• Well-chosen details description, cause and
  effect, comparison and contrast, problem/solution
  focused
• Insideright flap of strip Conclusion
• Leave the reader with something to think about.
• Refer to beginning, not repeated word for word,
  but connected.

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Reading Questions

• Types of questions
• Inference
• Text specific (features, purpose)
• Evidence based
• Authors craft (word choice, literary devices,
  vocabulary)
• Summary
• (glue on this strip to envelope)

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Inside right flaptop STAAR Rubric (Scoring App)

• Each grade level tested will have an appropriate
  rubric which you may want to reword with your
  students so that the rubric reflects what the
  STAAR is saying but morphed into kid-friendly
  language.
• Organization/Progression
• Development of Ideas
• Use of Language/Conventions

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PERSONAL NARRATIVE

• Purpose
• Share an event that happened (or could happen) in
  your life
• Maintain focus on that one event. Include
• Feelings
• Action
• Interaction with others
• Importance of that event

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What do we do about the picture in the prompt?
S- What do you see in this picture? H- How does
this represent other important times
or people in your life? O- What is one event in
your life that could relate to the topic
in the prompt? W-What impact does this event have
on you and the person you are today?
What did you learn? What feelings come
to the surface when you think of this
event?
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Mentor Text for Discovery

• Read a personal narrative with the students.
• Examine the text by looking at the authors craft
  
• Development and Support (Snapshots)
• Language/Diction (Word choice)
• Believability and focus
• Dialogue (direct/indirect) Thoughtshots

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Foldable for Analysis of Support Personal
Narrative and Literary Essay
Problem And Solution
HEADING FOR THE PAPER Snapshots/Support
Dialogue (internal Development between
characters)
Theme Focus symbol
Language/Diction Event/Character
Literary Elements

• Development and Support (Snapshots)
• Language/Diction (Word choice)
• Focus (character, event)
• Dialogue
• Directbetween characters
• Internalthoughts or asides (Thoughtshots)

Note the transitional words/phrases for each
category. Use the back for additional information.
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Out of this World Plan-It Pack-It for Personal
Narrative
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ESPN Remember (Efficient
Structure- Personal Narrative)

Left side of the folder sentence strip
Must be realistic Use first person Include
sensory language

• Insideleft flap of the strip Beginning
• Lead that captures the readers attention
• Includes the focus of the prompt with writers
  spin
• Insidecenter of the strip Middle
• One event well-developed
• SNAPSHOTS, TALKSHOTS (DIALOGUE), THOUGHTSHOTS
  Word choice!!!
• Sensory language Actions and Reactions and
  Motivations
• www_at_ww.how/bme/ps (summary website)
• Insideright flap of the strip End
• Ba (reflection on impact of the
  eventemotions-feelings)
• Duh! (lesson learned Why is it important?)
• BOOM! (hope, wish, dream for future as a result
  of this event)

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STAAR Personal Narrative

• Personal Narratives have a beginning, middle, end
  format and must be believable and realistic.
• The Summary Website includes the essentials
  www_at_ww.how/bme/ps
• who did what and why _at_ where and when. how
  (feelings sequence)/beginning, middle,
  end/problem solution.

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Idea development for literary and personal
narrative

• SNAPSHOTS Details, description (Explode the
  moment.)
• DIALOGUEStrategically used in personal
  narratives
• THOUGHTSHOTSexcellent color commentary
  (asides/mutterings)
• From Barry Lanes AFTER THE END

talking
thoughts
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Reading Questions

• Types of questions
• Inference
• Text specific (features, purpose)
• Evidence based
• Authors craft (word choice, literary devices,
  vocabulary)
• Summary
• (glue on this strip to envelope)

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Inside right flaptop STAAR Rubric (Scoreboard)

• Each grade level tested will have an appropriate
  rubric which you may want to reword with your
  students so that the rubric reflects what the
  STAAR is saying but morphed into kid-friendly
  language.
• Organization/Progression
• Development of Ideas
• Use of Language/Conventions

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LITERARY WRITING

• Literary texts will
• Express ideas and feelings about real or imagined
  people, events, and ideas.
• Create an engaging real or fictional story with
• a well-developed conflict and resolution
• interesting and believable characters
• a range of literary strategies (e.g., dialogue,
  suspense) and devices to enhance the plot

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What do we do about the picture in the prompt? SEE

• S- What do you see in this picture? Use this as
  
• as a springboard to the prompt.
• E- Effectively connect to the prompt and plan a
  
• short story that fits the focus.
• E- Create a story about one EVENT that could
• relate to the topic.

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Mentor Text for Discovery

• Read a short literary piece.
• Examine the text by looking at the authors craft
  for literary text
• Notice how the plotline develops

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Out of this World Plan-It Pack-It for Literary
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Left side of the folder sentence strip
Inside the sentence strip
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Inside right flaptop STAAR Rubric (Critics
Corner)

• Each grade level tested will have an appropriate
  rubric which you may want to reword with your
  students so that the rubric reflects what the
  STAAR is saying but morphed into kid-friendly
  language.
• Organization/Progression
• Development of Ideas
• Use of Language/Conventions

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Persuasive WRITING

• Persuasive texts include
• A position on a narrow topic
• An exploration of both sides of the issue
• Strong evidence for the side you choose
• Facts and relevant examples
• Logical reasoning
• Testimonials from believable experts
• Convincing language

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Mentor Text for Discovery

• Read a piece of persuasive text with the
  students.
• Examine the text by looking at the authors
  craft, development and support
• Convincing language (argument/transitions)
• Facts and relevant examples
• Quotations/believable experts
• Logical reasoning

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Foldable for Analysis of Support in a
Persuasive Essay
Problem And Solution
HEADING FOR THE PAPER Facts/Relevant
Quotations/Believable examples
experts (Ethos)
Topic/Position Logical for or against
Convincing Reasoning
language (Logos)

(Pathos)

• Facts/relevant examples
• Quotations/ believable experts
• Logical reasoning
• Convincing language

Note the transitional words/phrases for each
category. Other support and questions may be
placed in the boxes on the back.
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Out of this World Plan-It Pack-It for Persuasive
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APPEAL RememberA Perfect Persuasive
Essay-- At Last!
word choice transitions to connect and
lead to arguments or proof convincing
language

• Inside Left INTRODUCTION
• Opening statement Hook your reader
• Thesis statement (what you are going to prove)
• Inside Center BODY
• Ideas and support of your thesis
• Specific, strong, relevant examples
• Topic-specific evidence tightly linked
  (transitions)
• Contrast your point of view with the
  opposition(strawman)
• Inside Right CONCLUSION
• Closing argument
• Restate (not word for word) main point
  powerful evidence
• Remind your reader why this is the right
  position

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Inside right flaptopSTAAR Rubric (Jurys
Verdict The Sentencing!)

• Each grade level tested will have an appropriate
  rubric which you may want to reword with your
  students so that the rubric reflects what the
  STAAR is saying but morphed into kid-friendly
  language.
• Organization/Progression
• Development of Ideas
• Use of Language/Conventions

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SCORINGfor all writingTAKS compositions --
perfect agreement model. Two readers, if the
scores did not agree, a third reader (and
sometimes a fourth) read the paper to determine
the final score.STAAR compositions -- adjacent
scoring model. Perfect agreement does not have
to be reached. Districts receive a more accurate
description of each students writing
performance. Score 1 Score 2 Score
Total CSR Rating
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Test-taking Strategiesfor all!

• Circle the write statement and underline
  important key words.
• Use space for planning the essay
• Graphic organizer that works
• Decide on direction and focus of the paper
• Rough Draft, keeping in mind the time limit and
  the length
• Introduction (one to three sentences)
• Main focus (with detailswell-developed section
  of the papermay be one or two paragraphs)
• Conclusion (one to three sentences)