STAAR Reading Grade 4 2016 - Past Paper
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 4
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Which detail from the selection supports the idea that people enjoy watching the Puppy Bowl?The Puppy Bowl can be seen on the same day as the Super Bowl.Animals are filmed months before the Super Bowl takes place.The Puppy Bowl is seen by as many as 12.4 million viewers every year.Animal shelters throughout the country send pictures of animals.60s4.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q2The main purpose of this selection is to —describe how puppies learned to play a human sportcompare football players with puppiespersuade the reader to adopt a pet from an animal shelterprovide facts about a popular animal show60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q3Which sentence from the selection expresses the author’s opinion?The cable channel decided to create a show that viewers would find interesting.Petfinder.com reports that the Puppy Bowl increases the overall number of adoptions nationwide.With their big eyes and clumsy ways, puppies are very cute to watch on a football field.Of course, there is a major difference between the Super Bowl and the Puppy Bowl.60s4.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q4What do all the Puppy Bowl participants have in common?They are all the same breed.They are all the same size.They are all used to playing games.They are all available for adoption.60s4.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q5Read the following information about the origin of the word supervise. This information helps the reader know that the word supervises in paragraph 6 means —determinesencouragesjudgeswatches60s4.2.A: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q6The author organizes the information in paragraph 3 by —listing the reasons a cable channel created a show with puppiescomparing the puppy football game with a real football gameexplaining why a game played by puppies is better than the same game played by humansshowing all the ways that puppy football is entertaining to watch60s4.11.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q7One of the main goals of the Puppy Bowl is to —show that puppies can do many of the same things humans doencourage the public to spend more time watching real footballpromote finding new homes for different kinds of petsencourage viewers to play games with their own pets60s4.11.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q8Which section of the selection contains information about how veterinarians help with the Puppy Bowl?Everyone WinsPuppy ProtectionPicking Puppy PlayersPlay by Play60s4.11.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q9What is the best summary of the selection?The cable channel Animal Planet created the Puppy Bowl to air on the day of the Super Bowl. The show brings together animals from shelters across the country so they can participate in a football game. Viewers are encouraged to adopt the show participants.When the cable channel Animal Planet realized that viewers were leaving the channel to watch the Super Bowl, a show was created to bring viewers back.The show is called the Puppy Bowl. It features puppies and other animals.The Puppy Bowl gathers animals from across the country and films them for a show that airs on the cable channel Animal Planet. The 2013 show included puppies, kittens, hamsters, and hedgehogs playing a kind of football game.The Puppy Bowl is filmed in a studio for the cable channel Animal Planet.Puppies are filmed playing a version of football. Kittens, hamsters, and hedgehogs have also been featured on the show.60s4.11.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q10What lesson does Herbie learn in this play?Performing well all the time is impossible.Depending on help from others is often challenging.Success is possible through hard work.Finding humor in a difficult task makes it more enjoyable.60s4.3.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Theme and Genre
- Q11Annabelle asks Miss Pinkham about the grades immediately after the test because Annabelle —wants Miss Pinkham to recognize how much she studied for the testknows that her address is the most difficult to spellthinks everyone in the class should know she did well on the testbelieves that she made a perfect score on the test60s4.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
- Q12The word cinch in paragraph 25 refers to something that is —easyunusualinterestingsimilar60s4.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q13The stage directions in paragraphs 42 and 43 are included to help —make the play humorousshow a new problemcreate suspenseintroduce a new character60s4.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
- Q14Herbie’s reaction when he learns about Olivia’s study method shows that he is —surprised to learn that the plan is very simplecertain that Olivia is making fun of the way he studiesjealous that Olivia always makes better grades than he doeseager to demonstrate some of his own study habits60s4.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
- Q15Why does the playwright include a narrator in this play?To help the audience understand what the characters are thinkingTo assist the main characters in figuring out how to solve a problemTo make the main character’s conflict seem more suspensefulTo give the audience details about the characters’ actions in the scene60s4.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
