Mrs AT

This is an End of Course Reading activity which uses O Henry's, "The Gift of the Magi." It contains 15 questions that focus on STAAR type questioning: mood, point of view, author's craft, literary devices, summarization, conflict, dictionary usage, inferencing, irony, theme, as well as forshadowing. I have also included the answer key.

This is an End of Course Reading activity which uses Poe's "The Gift of the Magi" It contains 25 questions that focus on STAAR type questioning: mood, point of view, author's craft, literary devices, summarization, conflict, dictionary usage, inferencing, irony, theme, as well as forshadowing. I have also included the answer key.

During the STAAR writing tests, students are provided one 26-line page to write each composition. While students may use all 26 lines to respond to each prompt, they cannot write more than 26 lines. Students are not allowed to add lines inside the box or to write outside the box.This is an example of the lined page that students will use to write each STAAR written composition.

This PowerPoint presentation explains how to write an effective persuasive essay for the STAAR writing exam for English II. This presentation explains all the steps students should use in their persuasive essays based on the standards set fourth by the STAAR guidelines.

This prompt is scaffolded in the traditional STAAR Read-Think-Write format. This will enable the teacher to give students a good example of what they will expect to find for the English II EOC exam.

Students will use a foldable to enhance comprehension of the stort story "The Monkey's Paw." The questions focus on elements of fiction.

Students taking the STAAR Exam need to understand the basic rules and conventions of written English. This PowerPoint enables students to master verbals: gerunds, infinitives, and participles. This PowerPoint presentation allows the teacher to give students an opportunity to take notes and facilitate their mastery of verbals with guided practice activities.

This prompt is scaffolded in the traditional STAAR Read-Think-Write format. This will enable the teacher to give students a good example of what they will expect to find for the English II EOC exam.

This prompt is scaffolded in the traditional STAAR Read-Think-Write format. This will enable the teacher to give students a good example of what they will expect to find for the English I and English II EOC exam.

This prompt is scaffolded in the traditional STAAR Read-Think-Write format. This will enable the teacher to give students a good example of what they will expect to find for the English II EOC exam.

This essay is wrtten in the STAAR read, think, write format. It is intended to allow your students to practice the persuasive essay as it is presented on the STAAR EOC test.

This prompt is scaffolded in the traditional STAAR Read-Think-Write format. This will enable the teacher to give students a good example of what they will expect to find for the English II EOC exam.

This prompt is scaffolded in the traditional STAAR Read-Think-Write format. This will enable the teacher to give students a good example of what they will expect to find for the English I and English II EOC exam.

This is a word wall, ready to print, for the short story, "Like the Sun."

Students are given lines from the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, and asked to identify the figurative language being used: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole. Then students are asked to justify their response.

This prompt is scaffolded in the traditional STAAR Read-Think-Write format. This will enable the teacher to give students a good example of what they will expect to find for the English I and English II EOC exam.

This prompt is scaffolded in the traditional STAAR Read-Think-Write format. This will enable the teacher to give students a good example of what they will expect to find for the English I and English II EOC exam.

This prompt is scaffolded in the traditional STAAR Read-Think-Write format. This will enable the teacher to give students a good example of what they will expect to find for the English I and English II EOC exam.

This product should be paired with the Poetry Powerpoint ($). It is foldable that is structured to go hand in hand with the notes presented in the PowerPoint.