STAAR Reading Grade 6 2013 - Past Paper
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 6
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Which statement about education does this article best support?Schools should give students time off.Smaller class sizes are better for instruction.Schools should adapt to local conditions.Students prefer attending classes with friends.60s6.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q2The organization of paragraphs 2 through 4 contributes to the author’s main idea by —highlighting the effects school boats have had on peopledescribing school boats from their flat bottoms to their waterproof roofsexplaining how school boats came to becomparing school boats with other types of boats60s6.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q3Read these sentences from paragraph 7. This quotation shows that —Rezwan’s efforts have improved educational conditions for future generationsFarida thinks that there are enough facilities in her village to serve all the childrenFarida’s own difficulties in attending school cause her to be doubtful about her daughter’s educationRezwan believes that his school boats will create many doctors and engineers60s6.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q4As used in paragraph 2, what does the word periodic mean?Regularly occurringUnexpectedSeldom repeatedPrevious60s6.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q5Which sentence from the article best supports the claim that Rezwan’s boats have successfully addressed a problem in Bangladesh?Each boat was built to accommodate between 30 and 35 students.In all, these boats help educate close to 90,000 families in Bangladesh.The purpose of the organization is to help the people of Bangladesh receive an education and also to bring technology and an improved quality of life to poor people in remote areas of the country.Students study using solar lamps that are charged during the day at stations near the river.60s6.10.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q6The reader can conclude that Rezwan believes that —choosing a career is a difficult decisioneducating children is easier than educating adultsfloating schools cannot compete with traditional schoolsdeveloping technology skills is a necessity in today’s world60s6.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q7The message conveyed by the photographs is that —the school boats float down the river to pick up studentsstudents are engaged in learning on school boatsthe school boats can be used in both sunny and rainy weathereach school boat needs many workers to manage it60s6.13.A: Reading - Media Literacy
- Q8From Chloe’s description of the fourth-grade students in paragraph 8, the reader can tell that Chloe —regrets becoming a school mentoris jealous of Maneya’s mentoring assignmentis unhappy with Maneya’s approach to mentoringrealizes that mentoring requires long hours60s6.6.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q9What is one message the author conveys in the story?You must take risks in order to succeed.People who prepare are the most successful.Treat others as you want to be treated.It is best not to judge situations too early.60s6.3.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Theme and Genre
- Q10In paragraph 13, the word relented means —entertained an audiencecreated a spectacleworked hardgave in60s6.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q11Paragraphs 6 and 7 contribute to the rising action of the story by showing that Chloe —is unfamiliar with the concepts being taught in first gradehas the wrong impression about first gradeno longer wants to participate in the mentoring programdoes not like being told what to do60s6.6.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q12The author’s choice of first-person narrator helps the reader —understand how the mentoring experience has had an impact on Chloelearn how the first graders feel about Chloerealize that the other mentors are not as serious about the project as Chloe iscomprehend how Chloe’s classmates view her60s6.6.C: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q13What can the reader conclude about Chloe’s and Maneya’s mentoring experiences?Both mentors need help to be successful in their assignments.Both mentoring assignments end in a positive way.Both mentoring assignments present unique challenges.Both mentors fail to learn from their assignments.60s6.6.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q14In paragraphs 4 and 5, what does Chloe’s conversation with Maneya reveal about Chloe?She does not enjoy attending classes at her middle school.She has experience working with young children.She believes that she will not have to work hard in the first-grade classroom.She dislikes fourth-grade students.60s6.6.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q15Which sentence expresses the turning point in the story?I wasn’t the one who was complaining anymore.It sounded like a great classroom to spend time in.I looked at the students and gave them a thumbs-up.Just six weeks ago I had been the envy of my middle school peers.60s6.6.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
