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SAQs The OpenEnded Response Is scored on content Unless the frequency andor severity of writing convention errors causes clarity problems Write clearly and neatly Your final answer must be written in the box provided ID: 552116

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STAAR Short Answer Questions

(SAQs)Slide2

The Open-Ended Response . . .

Is

scored on content Unless the frequency and/or severity of writing convention errors causes clarity problems. Write clearly and neatly. Your final answer must be written in the box provided.Slide3

STAAR Literary & Expository SAQs

You will have one SAQ over a single selection and may cover either the literary or expository genre. Slide4

SAQ

Overall Description

0No idea present; Idea not based on text; Idea does not answer the question asked; Idea is too general, vague, or unclear

;

Idea “echoes” text evidence

; Response contains only text evidence

.1Idea needs more explanation or specificity; Represents literal reading of the text; No text evidence or flawed text evidence; Evidence generally references the text; Evidence too partial to support idea; Weak link to idea; Wrongly manipulates meaning of text; Evidence does not provide adequate support for idea.2Idea is reasonable and goes beyond literal reading of text; Makes appropriate connections and valid conclusions; Text evidence is accurate and relevant; Idea and evidence clearly linked; Demonstrates good understanding of text.3Idea is perceptive and reflects awareness of the complexities of the text; Coherent explanation; Text evidence is well chosen for BOTH selections; Evidence strongly supports validity of the idea; Demonstrates a deep understanding of the text.

Considered Passing

Not Considered PassingSlide5

ATI

FormatSentence 1 - State your Answer. Use words from the prompt to create your answer.Sentence

2 - Embed your

Text

Evidence.Sentence 3 – Provide your Insight.Students often find it helpful to begin insight with the words “When people…” to help them communicate the universsal messageTo Answer SAQs:*****Your SAQ may have more than 3 sentences. This format provides you with the minimum required to craft a sufficient response.Slide6

S.A.Q. Practice – Planning Grid

A

)

Rainsford

learns to empathize with the fear of hunted animals.

T

- ‘Who cares how a jaguar feels?”

T

- “

Then he ran for

his life.”

T

- “

Bah!

They’ve

no under-standing…”

T

- “

Rainsford

knew now how an

animal at

bay

feels.”

(Before/After)

I

- Before

arriving at Ship

Trap Island,

Rainsford does not believe hunted animals have any awareness.

I

- But

after being hunted by

Zaroff

,

Rainsford

directly realizes that

the hunted experience a

keen terror.Slide7

For each SAQ, you will have a box like the one above that allows you 10 lines for your answer. Please note that the 10

th

line is the dark bottom edge of the box, and you cannot write below this point. Also, you may not “double line” in order to squeeze more writing in the box. Slide8

Example Response:

He

always thought of the sea as la mar which is what people call her. “He always thought of the sea as la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her.” This is trying to explain how other people see her. Score Point 0: InsufficientThe student repeats verbatim the text.

Example Prompt:

In this excerpt of

The Old Man and the Sea,

how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection. Slide9

Example Response:

Santiago

calls the sea “la mar” which means love because he see’s the sea as a woman. He always refers to her as “feminine” and of something that withheld “great favors.” So thinking of the sea as a woman is personification. Score Point 1: Partially SufficientThe idea is reasonable, but only a general text reference is used to support the idea.

Example Prompt:

In this excerpt of

The Old Man and the Sea,

how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection. Slide10

Example Response:

Personification

explains the relationship between the old man and the sea because he thought of the sea as a real woman and doing things a real woman would do. The old man thought of the sea “as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favors.” Thinking of it as a person makes him seem closer to the sea. Score Point 2: SufficientThe idea is reasonable and goes beyond literal (“makes him seem closer”). The evidence is relevant.

Example Prompt:

In this excerpt of

The Old Man and the Sea,

how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection. Slide11

Example Response:

Hemingway

uses personification to explain that Santiago thinks “of the sea as la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her.” He is referring to the sea as a woman and he takes her side by not blaming her for the “wild or wicked things.” So he is defending the sea as if she had life, just like a man would do for a woman. Score Point 3: ExemplaryThe idea (“he is defending the sea as if she had life”) is perceptive and reflects awareness of the complexities of the text. The evidence (a combination of paraphrase and direct quote) is specific and well chosen.

Example Prompt:

In this excerpt of

The Old Man and the Sea,

how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection. Slide12

STAAR Crossover SAQs

You

will have one SAQ over two thematically linked selections, and you will need to address BOTH adequately in your response.Slide13

Crossover SAQ

Overall Description

0Incorrect or vague; For one or both selections does not answer question asked; idea is not based on one or both selections; No idea present; Sometimes contains only text evidence; “Echoes” the text evidence.

1

Has a reasonable idea but needs more explanation or specificity;

Literal

reading of text; Idea contains an inaccuracy; Weak connection between idea and support; No text evidence or flawed evidence; Text evidence is only a general reference to the text or is too partial to support the idea; Wrongly manipulates the meaning of the text.2Idea is reasonable and beyond literal reading of text for both selections; Specific enough to allow appropriate connections and valid conclusions; Text evidence is accurate and relevant; Demonstrates a good understanding of the text.3Idea is perceptive and reflects awareness of the complexities of the text; Coherent explanation; Text evidence is well chosen for BOTH selections; Evidence strongly supports validity of the idea; Demonstrates a deep understanding of the text.Not Considered PassingConsidered PassingSlide14

A

T2 ISentence 1 - State your Answer. Sentence 2 - Embed your

Text evidence

Transition Word!

Sentence

3 – Embed your Text evidence.Sentence 4 - Provide your Insight.To Answer Crossover SAQs:*****Your SAQ may have more than 4 sentences. This format provides you with the minimum required to craft a sufficient response.Slide15

Prompt

:

What is one similarity between the narrator of “A Handful” and Curtis in “Writin’ on the Line”? Explain your answer and support it with evidence from both selections.A  Present your Answer in your own words, but using words from the prompt to get started.T Provide 1 piece of the best Text Evidence present within the article. Remember to embed!Transition WordT

Provide 1 piece of the

best

Text Evidence present within the article. Remember to embed!I  Connect your embedded evidence to your Claim by presenting clear Insight. This is the universal message that readers can gather from reading your response..Slide16

For each SAQ, you will have a box like the one above that allows you 10 lines for your answer. Please note that the 10

th

line is the bottom edge of the box, and you cannot write below this point. Also, you may not “double line” and attempt to squeeze more writing in the box. Slide17

Example Response:

The narrator in “A Handful” talks in first person and the narrator in “

Writin’ on the Line” third person. In “A Handful” the narrator constantly uses possessives like my and I and also has things like “I remember it” and “In a way I do”. However, in “Writin’ on the Line” the narrator talks using he’s and avoids possessives and talks like “his first bank” and “he’s now in demand for personal appearances”. Score Point 0: InsufficientThe response does not answer the prompt, quotations provided are not relevant to the prompt, no reasonable idea or relevant textual evidence is provided.

Example Prompt: What is one similarity between the narrator of “A Handful” and Curtis in “

Writin

’ on the Line”? Explain your answer and support it with evidence from both selections.Slide18

Example Response:

Both the narrator of “A Handful” and Curtis had assistance from a close friend or relative. Kevin saved the narrator of “A

Handful”’s life, as well as help him get over his fear of bridges. Kaysandra helped Curtis become an author as well.Score Point 1: Partially SufficientThis response offers a reasonable idea (assistance from a close friend or relative). The idea is not supported by relevant direct quotations from either story.

Example Prompt: What is one similarity between the narrator of “A Handful” and Curtis in “

Writin

’ on the Line”? Explain your answer and support it with evidence from both selections.Slide19

Example Response:

Both selections deal with a problem where a loved one helps another loved one out. In “A Handful” Kevin helps the narrator overcome his fear of bridges. “The only person who could calm me down was the person who saved me”. In “

Writin’ on the Line” Kaysandra helps Curtis achieve his dreams of becoming a writer. “Fortunately, Kaysandra believed in those handwritten words”. With her support, Curtis was successful.Score Point 2: SufficientThe response offers a reasonable idea for each selection (Kevin helping narrator to overcome the fear of bridges; Kaysandra helping Curtis achieve his dreams of becoming a writer). Direct quotations support the ideas from both selections.

Example Prompt: What is one similarity between the narrator of “A Handful” and Curtis in “

Writin

’ on the Line”? Explain your answer and support it with evidence from both selections.Slide20

Example Response:

One similarity between the narrator and Curtis is that they were both helped by their loved one in an hour of need to finally attain success whether it be in the form of career or triumph over emotional turmoil. Curtis “would be the first [to admit] that without [

Kaysandra’s support] his dream [would never have been realized]”. Despite the years that have gone by, even when the narrator’s parents thought the story was getting old, “Kevin just ignored them. [Instead], his face wouldn’t change, and…his voice only got softer” indicating that Kevin was there for the narrator regardless of what other people thought.Score Point 3: ExemplaryThe response offers the reasonable idea that both were helped by their loved one in an hour of need to finally attain success whether it be in the form of career or triumph over emotional turmoil. Quotations demonstrate a strong connection between textual evidence and the idea. Incorporated relevant commentary into their response.

Example Prompt: What is one similarity between the narrator of “A Handful” and Curtis in “

Writin

’ on the Line”? Explain your answer and support it with evidence from both selections.