STAAR Reading Grade 7 2013 - Past Paper
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 7
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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Measures 17 skills fromGrade 7ELAR (2009)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
Measures 17 skills from
Grade 7
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
7.13.D: Reading - Media Literacy
7.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
7.10.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
7.12.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Procedural Texts
7.12.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Procedural Texts
7.7: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Literary Nonfiction
7.8: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Sensory Language
7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
7.19.A: Oral and Written Conventions - Conventions
7.6.B: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
7.6.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
7.2.A: Reading - Vocabulary Development
7.3.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Theme and Genre
7.9: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
7.5: - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
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- Q1What does the word reenactment mean in paragraph 12?A celebration of a famous personA repetition of an eventA competition involving many participantsA protest in response to an action60s7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q2According to the information in “Consider This,” how is a spider weaving a web similar to Homan Walsh flying the kite?Both create something that is useful to others.Both depend on the wind for success.Both rely on others to complete their task.Both experience failure in the beginning stages of their work.60s7.10.D: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q3The image below paragraph 1 is included in the selection most likely to —show why engineers chose this location for a bridgehighlight the distance that the kite had to fly in order to cross the rivershow where the ferry transported Walshexplain how Walsh developed his plan for flying his kite across the river60s7.13.D: Reading - Media Literacy
- Q4The author organizes this selection by —stating a problem related to building the bridge and explaining how it was solvedcomparing building the bridge to flying a kitelisting all the people involved in building the bridge and describing their contributionsidentifying the reasons for building the bridge and showing how people benefited from it60s7.10.C: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
- Q5Paragraph 10 is mainly about —why metal cables are used in suspension bridgeswhy cables needed to be anchored before attaching them to the deckwhen a stronger line was used to fly the kite across the gorgehow the kite string was used to start the construction of the bridge60s7.10.A: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Expository Text
