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Reading STAAR Question Stem

Cards

Grades 6-8

Created by : Christi Cecil

Thank you so much for purchasing my product! Practice for the Reading STAAR test with these question stems. This is a good way to get your students used to answering STAAR questions without killing them with worksheets. There are 47 question cards. I have used these question cards many ways in my classroom. I print them onto card stock and then laminate them. They are used frequently in my classroom. I have a set on a key ring on my desk. When I am creating questions, a test, or just randomly asking questions about a text, I used them. I have to create a new set every year because I wear them out so much! I also use them during our station time. Students select several and create questions about a particular text we are working on. Sometimes I just have them answer their own questions, or create multiple choice responses for them. I have enough sets so that each partnership in my classroom can have a set. I have students work together to create one or tow questions about the text. I then have students rotate their questions to another partnership, where they need to answer the questions. This has turned into a stump your neighbor type game. This ensures that the students’ questions are difficult enough. Students must also provide text

evidence to support their answers. These questions were taken from the released STAAR passages from 2011, 2013 and the recently released 2014.******** There are a total of 156 questions cards and 4 cover cards. 59 fiction, 47 nonfiction, 32 poetry and 18 drama. Please check out my blog at: http://talesfromroom801.blogspot.com/ © Christi Cecil 2014

The reader can

conclude that when

(character name)

(action) -

The author included

paragraph ______ in order to -

Read the sentences

from paragraph _____.

These sentences show

that _________-

Which statement best

expresses the main

theme of the excerpt?

What effect does

(character's) behavior

have on the resolution

of the excerpt?

What effect does

(action or event) have

on the resolution of the

excerpt?

Insert sentence from the text

Which sentence best

explains why

(character) is

(emotion)?

Which event triggers

the main problem in the excerpt?

The author included

paragraph ______ to -

Which sentence best explains why

(character) is surprised

by (character’s

action)?

Which of these best

expresses (character’s)

(feelings or emotions)?

Which of these best

expresses (character’s)

admiration for (character)?


expresses the main

conflict in the excerpt?

In paragraph ____,

which words does the

author use to create a _______ mood?

What is the best

summary of the excerpt?

What do paragraphs

____ through ____

suggest about

(character)?

(Character’s actions)

contribute to the plot

by-

Which of these best

describes (character’s)

internal conflict in the story?

The point of view from

which the story is told

gives the reader insight

into-

A theme expressed in

the story centers on-

In paragraph _____,

the word (vocabulary

word) means

something that is-

How does the setting

influence the plot of

the story?

What does the word

(vocabulary word)

mean in paragraph

____?

In paragraph ____, the

word(vocabulary

word) emphasizes -

The reader can

conclude that when

(character name)

(action) -


reader can tell that

something that (phrase

or idiom) is -

Because the story is

written in 1st person

point of view, the reader is better able to

understand -

The language in

paragraph ____ is used

to emphasize -

Paragraph ____

through ____ help build

tension in the story by-

Based on the story,

what can the reader

conclude about _______?

Paragraph ____ is

important to the story

because it-

(Character’s) thoughts

in paragraph _____ show that she/he -

In paragraph _____,

which words does the author use to create a

_____ mood?

Which of these best demonstrates the

moment when

(character) realizes

__________?

The story reaches the

climax when -

Which sentence from

the story provides the

best evidence that

(character) feels

(feeling word)?

The author uses

paragraph ___ to

convey to the reader -

The figurative

language in paragraph ____ helps

the reader imagine -

The author includes

paragraph ____ and

_____ in the selection most likely to illustrate

that -

What can the reader conclude about

(character’s)

relationship with

(character)?

The author includes

the questions in

paragraph ____ most

likely to -

The author organizes

the selection by -

Which statement is an

example of

stereotyping?

Read the sentence

below

The author uses the

comparison to help

the reader understand


author included

examples in her argument most likely

because she-

Both (character) and

(character) agree

that-

The details in

paragraph ____ help

the reader infer that -

Which sentence

foreshadows that

(character) will be

_______?

Insert metaphor or simile

The author uses short

sentences in

paragraph ____ to help

create a feeling of -

Read the sentence.

The author uses

figurative language in

this sentence most

likely to -

What is the significance of _____?

In paragraph _____,

the descriptions of

(something in the text)

suggest that-

How does the author

reveal (character’s)

reason for _________?

What lesson does the

narrator learn?

Insert figurative language

The author’s use of

similes in

paragraph ___ creates

a feeling of -

The reader can best

identify this selection as a (text genre)

because it -

Read the sentence

Why does the author

include this description

of (character)?

Read the sentence.

The author includes this

sentence most likely to

show -

What idea is

suggested by the

information in each

section of the table?

Insert sentence with an idiom

Insert a description of the character

Reading STAAR

Stem Questions

Fiction

The author included

paragraph ___ most

likely to -

The author chose the

title of this selection to highlight the idea

that -

By presenting the ideas

included in paragraph

___ through ____, the author is able to -

Which sentence from

the selection is a

commonplace

assertion?

Reading STAAR

Stem Questions

Nonfiction


word ____ means the -

Which sentence from

the selection is an

opinion?

What is the best

summary of the selection?

What are paragraphs

____ and ____ mainly about?

What is the best

summary of the section

titled (insert heading

title)?

With which statement

would the author most

likely agree?

Which of these

supports the idea that

(insert inference from

the selection)?

How does the author

organize paragraphs

___ and ___?

What can the reader

conclude about the

author’s opinion of (something in the

article)?

Which words from

paragraph ____ help

the reader understand what (vocabulary

word) means

The author of this

selection thinks that - The author uses the first

paragraph mostly to -

The author wrote this

article most likely to -

Why does the author

include paragraph

_____ and _____?

Why is the (map,

photograph, chart,

etc.) included with the

selection?

Which idea from

paragraph ___ does the author base on an

assumption?

What does the word

(vocabulary word)

mean in paragraph ___?

In paragraph ___, the

word (vocabulary

word) emphasizes -

The author supports

each of his arguments

with-

Why does the author begin this selection

(with a question,

dialogue, a

description, etc.)?

The author emphasizes

the idea that -

What is the most likely

reason the author wrote this selection?

Which sentence shows

that the author

believes (inference

from the text)?

Because the Latin root

_____ means ____, the

reader can tell that the

word _____ in

paragraph ___ refers to something that -

What do the words

(idiom) mean in

paragraph ___ -

In paragraph ___ and

___, the author

presents the idea that -

Why does the text

begin with a question?

The author begins and

ends the selection by

bringing together the

idea that -


expresses an opinion

found in the selection?

The author includes

the description in

paragraph ___ most likely to -

The author of the

selection includes ___

and ___ most likely to -

Which sentence from

the selection suggests

that the author thinks

____ is important?

The images included

with the article help the reader

understand -

Which of the following

belongs in the empty

box? (Sequence

Question)

Which of the following is the best title for the

diagram?

What is paragraph

____ mainly about?

Which emotion in the

photograph most

likely intended to

evoke in the reader?


author uses the

example of _____ to-

Which sentence best

reflects the concerns about (idea from the

text)?

How do paragraphs

____ through ____

support the author’s position about (idea

from the text)?

The author supports

the article’s premise by

providing -

The author includes

the description of _____

most likely to -

Based on the information in the

selection, which of

these would most

likely be true?

Read these lines from the

poem

The metaphor in the

____ stanza is used to

emphasize -

The poet uses a simile

in line ___ to reveal

that the speaker -

Reading STAAR

Stem Questions

Poetry

Insert sentence from the text.

These lines highlight the speaker’s (feelings)

because they show that -

Read lines ___ from the

poem


The poem uses personification in these

lines to show that -

How are the (item in the poem) and speaker

similar?

Dividing the poem into

___ stanzas allows the

poet to -

Which lines from the

poem reflect a lesson that the speaker

learns?

The poet likely intends

for the ____ lines to

express the speaker’s

In the poem, the

speaker’s mood

changes from -

In stanza ___, the

poet’s use of a

metaphor suggests

that -

The (the thing in the poem) is important to

the poem because it

represents -

Based on the ____

stanza, the reader can

conclude that the

speaker -

The poet helps the

reader understand how it felt to -

The dialogue in the

poem helps convey

the idea that the characters are -

The poet places the

words ____ on a line by

themselves most likely

because -

The repetition of the

line ____ suggests that

the speaker -

The imagery in stanza

___ suggests that -

At the end of the

poem, the speaker

expresses a felling of -

Which line from the

poem best expresses the speakers sense of

(emotion)?

Which line best

communicates the

speaker’s feelings of ______?

The repetition of the

words ___ & ___

emphasizes the

speaker’s desire to -

The poet chose an

irregular and

unpredictable rhyme

scheme most likely to -

Because the poem is written from the

speaker’s point of

view, the reader is

better able to

understand -

The last two lines of the

poem suggest that

____ in the title is a

symbol for -

The imagery in lines ___

through ___ help the reader understand -

The poet includes these lines most likely

to suggest that the

speaker -

The poet reveals the

speaker’s feelings

mainly by -

The poet organizes the

poem as she does in

order to -

What is the most likely

reason that the poet

uses capitalization in

line ____?

Insert a sentence from the poem.

Why does the poet

include stanzas ___ &

___?

The poet includes the

(type of figurative

language) in stanza ___ in order to -

Which line from the

poem suggests (a

feeling or idea)?

Reading STAAR

Stem Questions

Drama

What does the word

(vocabulary word)

mean in paragraph

___?

In scene ___, the

dialogue between

____ and _____ reveals

that -

Read these lines from

paragraph ____.


The playwright includes these lines to suggest

that -

Read the following line

from scene ___.


What is ironic about the parents’ belief that ____?

Read the line from the

excerpt.


The playwright includes this line in order to -

The language used in

paragraph ____ helps

the reader infer that

the -

The playwright uses

stage direction at the

end of scene ___ to

hint that -

Which of the following

lines does the

playwright include to show that (character)

is (adjective)?

In paragraph ___, the

word (vocabulary

word) means to -

What can the reader

conclude about

(character) from their

dialogue?

What does paragraph

____ suggest about

(character)?

Paragraph ____ is

important to the lay

because it shows -

Based on the dialogue in paragraph ___, how

does (character)

respond to (action in

the play)?

What is the best

summary of the excerpt?

(Something from the

play) in scene ____ is

important because it -

Why are the stage

directions at the end

of scene ____

important?

The details used to

describe _______ are

included to -

Read this line from the

play.


What is the most likely purpose of this line?

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