STAAR Reading Grade 7 2016 - Past Paper

have the desire

challenge of solving real-world crises

demonstrates that young children

make the world a better, more peaceful place

It is no surprise that both Hunter and the World Peace Game are becoming well known beyond the borders of Virginia.

The students also participated in a mock news conference and asked the press secretary questions about real-world issues.

Time magazine named Hunter one of the 12 education activists to watch in 2012.

Hunter now spends part of his time teaching the World Peace Game to other teaching professionals through a partnership with schools in other Virginia counties.

involves a detailed setup

includes a great amount of physical activity

leads to thought-provoking discussions

requires a specific number of players

think of new rules and scenarios for the game as they play

create their own version of the game to share with their friends and families

be motivated to find careers that are involved with promoting world peace

be more aware of the events taking place in the world around them

often leads players to become discouraged by the results of their choices

can be an intense experience for players as they consider the impact of their choices

can be frustrating to many of the players because of its complexity

often results in players changing what they value in life

feels responsible for making sure people around the world follow the rules of the World Peace Game

thinks it is important to share the ideas and values of the World Peace Game with others

knows that students will continue playing the World Peace Game when they are older

enjoys teaching others how to facilitate the World Peace Game more than playing the game himself

suggest that playing the game has motivated students to create their own games

provide insight into how students react to playing the game

demonstrate that the game is a valuable way to teach students about world cultures

explain how students are able to achieve the goals of the game

Every year teacher John Hunter’s students play the World Peace Game in his fourth-grade class. In the game students are assigned to a country and make decisions that will solve problems their country faces. Students must work together to solve the problems in the game. When all the problems are solved, the game is over.

Since 1978 teacher John Hunter’s students have been playing the World Peace Game. The game has gained Hunter attention from TV producers, and students around the world are now playing it. Hunter and his class have even been asked to explain the rules and purpose of the game to U.S. government officials.

In 1978 teacher John Hunter created the World Peace Game and shared it with his students. The game requires students to collaborate in order to solve simulated world problems. The game has attracted the interest of people all over the world. Hunter hopes playing the game will have a positive, lifelong impact on students.

John Hunter, a fourth-grade teacher, created the World Peace Game in 1978. In the game the students find solutions to world problems. His students spend eight weeks each year playing the game. The World Peace Game has attracted the attention of many different people around the world.

It allows the characters to witness an uncommon event.

It offers the characters a chance to develop new relationships.

It causes the characters to feel unsafe.

It gives the characters the opportunity to identify a problem.

We hurry back to the nest, where a few other beachwalkers have been drawn in as well.

I can tell her mind is on my little brother, Charlie.

The baby turtle seems to be taking a break from his attempts to free himself from the nest.

It doesn’t seem to be as strong, though, and the first turtle is putting an increasing amount of distance between them.

He is concerned that his mother has started worrying again.

He is consumed by his thoughts about the first turtle’s destiny.

He doesn’t want to ruin the experience for the little girl.

He doesn’t have the patience to observe such a long process.

The young must make their own path in life.

Strangers can bond while sharing an experience.

Home is wherever a person feels accepted.

People have a responsibility to protect nature.

The narrator and his mother decide to walk on the beach at sunset, but it soon becomes dark. They meet a little girl and her mother, who explains that a nest of sea turtles has unexpectedly begun to hatch. The woman asks whether the narrator and his mother have a cell phone so that she can call her husband, but they do not. The narrator and his mother leave, but they return when the little girl yells that a turtle is out of the nest.

A little girl tells people walking on the beach that some baby turtles are hatching. The narrator and his mother join the girl and her mother in watching the turtles, which are hatching about 10 days earlier than expected. The girl asks her mother where the first turtle is going and learns that it must swim to the Sargasso Sea. The narrator admires the small turtles’ determination to cross the sand and reach the water.

While on vacation the narrator and his mother come across a nest of hatching sea turtles. The narrator listens as a woman explains to her young daughter that the small turtles will travel far across the ocean. A small crowd watches the turtles make their way across the sand. The narrator tries to continue watching the first turtle after the waves pull it out to sea, but the creature is soon hidden from view.

The narrator is on a family vacation in Florida. While on an evening walk along the beach, the narrator and his mother have the opportunity to watch baby sea turtles hatch and struggle toward the ocean. The turtles remind the mother of her younger son, who is traveling alone to Los Angeles. The narrator hopes that the first newly hatched sea turtle will overcome the odds and survive in the ocean.

present each character’s thoughts about the event

describe the occasion’s importance to the local residents

help the reader feel closely connected with the narrator’s experience

explain the narrator’s complex relationship with his mother

They show that the local residents think tourists disregard the safety of the turtles.ReadingPage

They reveal the significance of seeing the turtles hatch from their nest.

They explain why it is problematic that the turtles are hatching early.

They establish that the woman is knowledgeable about the life cycle of turtles.