ESL Learning Lab

Use this resource as deep practice in preparation for the 9th or 10th grade ELAR STAAR exam. The resource can either be used as a quick warm-up or as an anchor text for further reading. The resource will guide students through a quick read over Theodore Roethke's poem "My Papa's Waltz." Have students use the graphic organizer to pull meaning from the diction and imagery. After students work their way through the text, students are then given a STAAR style deep practice question to answer.

Use the following product as a STAAR deep practice question to help improve student scores. Students will work through a scaffolding activity to help their understanding of the role of organizational patterns (cause n effect, compare n contrast, chronological, description, problem/solution.) Students will first identify the verbiage used by the author to determine the structure, and then they will have to unscramble each sentence to place in its correct paragraph order. Last, students will have

Use this resource as deep practice in preparation for the 9th or 10th grade ELAR STAAR exam. Use the resource as either a quick warm-up or as an anchor text for further reading. The resource will guide students through a quick read of an excerpt piece from Harper lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Have students use the graphic organizer to pull meaning from the diction and imagery. After students work their way through the text, students are then given a STAAR style deep practice question to answer.