Socorro Independent School District

STAAR Test Assessed Curriculum for Reading (STAAR Test: April 24, 2013)

CSCOPE and STAAR SE’s

SEVENTH GRADE

Reporting Category 1: Understanding and Analysis Across Genres The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze a variety of written texts across reading genres. (10 questions) 20% of Test
SE’s / ’11-’12 STAAR
(District) / ’11-’12 STAAR
(Campus) / ’11-’12 STAAR
(Teacher) / 1st 9 Weeks / 2nd 9 Weeks / 3rd Nine Weeks / 4th 9 Weeks
(2A) determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes (Vocabulary Development)
DMT
Readiness Standard, Gr3-8 (Supporting EngI-III) / (20) 78.77% / X
X / X
X / X
X
X / X
(2B) use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words (Vocabulary Development)
DMT
SAT
Readiness Standard, Gr3-EngIII / (25) 78.1%
(44) 79.05%
(48) 73.18% / X
X / X
X / X
X
X / X
(2E) use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words. (Vocabulary Development)
DMT
Readiness Standard, Gr3-EngIII / (36) 75.2% / X
X / X
X / X
X
X
(7A) describe the structural and substantive differences between an autobiography or a diary and a fictional adaptation of it (Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction)
IDMT
SAT
Supporting Standard, Gr3-EngII / Not Tested / X / X
(9A) explain the difference between the theme of a literary work and the author's purpose in an expository text. (Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History)
IDMT
SAT
Supporting Standard, Gr5-8 (Readiness Gr3-4; EngI-III) / Not Tested / X / X
X / X
(Figure 19F) make connections between and across texts, including other media (e.g., film, play), and provide textual evidence.
DMT
SAT
Readiness Standard, Gr3-EngIII / (29) 63.53%
(30) 48.81%
(31) 71.01%
(32) 59.07%
(33) 82.25% / X
X / X
X / X
X
X / X
Reporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze literary texts. (21 Questions) 42% of Test
(3A) describe multiple themes in a work of fiction (Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre)
IDMT
SAT
Supporting Standard, Gr3-EngII (Readiness, EngIII) / Not Tested / X / X / X
(3B) describe conventions in myths and epic tales (e.g., extended simile, the quest, the hero's tasks, circle stories) (Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre)
DMT
Supporting Standard, Gr3-EngIII / Not Tested / X / X / X
(3C) analyze how place and time influence the theme or message of a literary work (Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre)
DMT
SAT
Supporting Standard, Gr5-EngIII (no SE for grades 3-4) / Not Tested / X
X / X / X
(4A) analyze the importance of graphical elements (e.g., capital letters, line length, word position) on the meaning of a poem (Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry)
IDMT
Supporting Standard, Gr3-EngIII / (19) 53.85% / X / X
(5A) explain a playwright's use of dialogue and stage directions (Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama)
IDMT
Supporting Standard, Gr4-EngIII (not tested in Gr3) / Not Tested / X / X / X
(6A) explain the influence of the setting on plot development (Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction)
DMT
SAT
Readiness Standard , Gr3-8, EngII-III (Supporting EngI) / Not Tested / X / X / X / X
(6B) analyze the development of the plot through the internal and external responses of the characters, including their motivations and conflicts (Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction)
IDMT
SAT
Readiness Standard, Gr3-5, 7-EngI and EngIII (Supporting Gr 6, Eng2) / (26) 44.56%
(43) 49.76%
(49) 50.21% / X / X / X / X
(6C) analyze different forms of point of view, including first-person, third-person omniscient, and third-person limited (Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction)
DMT
SAT
Supporting Standard, Gr3-EngIII / 24 (65.49%) / X / X
(8A) determine the figurative meaning of phrases and analyze how an author's use of language creates imagery, appeals to the senses, and suggests mood (Comprehension of Literary Text/ Sensory Language)
DMT
SAT
Readiness Standard, Gr5-7 (Supporting Gr3, 4, 8th-EngIII) / (15) 74.92% / X
X / X / X
(13A) interpret both explicit and implicit messages in various forms of media (Media Literacy)
IDMT
Supporting Standard, Gr3-EngIII (in reporting categories 2 and 3) / Not tested / X
X / X
X / X
(13C) evaluate various ways media influences and informs audiences (Media Literacy)
IDMT
Supporting Standard, Gr5-8 (in reporting categories 2 and 3; no SE in Gr3-4 / (46) 53.48% / X
X / X
X / X
(Figure 19D) make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding
DMT
SAT
Readiness Standard (Fiction) / Supporting Standard (Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama), Gr3-EngIII / Literary Nonfiction:
(12) 75.32%
(14) 59.41%
(16) 70.86%
(theme & genre)
(17) 60.72%
(18) 64.57%
Poetry:
(21) 62.46%
(22) 49.48%
(sensory lang.)
(23) 77.55%
Fiction:
(28) 63.38%
(47) 66.62%
(50) 68.33% / X
X / X
X / X
X
X / X
(Figure 19E) summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts.
DMT
SAT
Readiness Standard (Fiction) / Supporting Standard (Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama)
Gr3-EngIII / Literary Nonfiction:
(13) 64.75%
Fiction:
(27) 51.41%
(45) 64.94% / X
X / X
X / X
X
X / X
Reporting Category 3: Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze informational texts.(19 Questions) 38% of Test
(10A) evaluate a summary of the original text for accuracy of the main ideas, supporting details, and overall meaning (Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text)
IDMT
SAT
Readiness Standard, Gr3-EngIII / (5) 61.45%
(34) 67.72%
(37) 51.53%
(39) 60.84% / X / X / X
(10B) distinguish factual claims from commonplace assertions and opinions (Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text)
IDMT
Supporting Standard, Gr4-EngIII (Readiness, Gr3) / (7) 51.74% / X / X
(10C) use different organizational patterns as guides for summarizing and forming an overview of different kinds of expository text (Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text)
DMT
SAT
Readiness Standard, Gr3-EngIII / (2) 46.88%
(35) 59.65% / X / X / X
(10D) synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres, and support those findings with textual evidence (Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text)
DMT
SAT
Readiness Standard, Gr5-8 (Supporting, EngI-III; no SE in grades 3-4) / (1) 77.83%
(4) 64.05%
(6) 59.59%
(8) 74.95% / X / X / X
(11A) analyze the structure of the central argument in contemporary policy speeches (e.g., argument by cause and effect, analogy, authority) and identify the different types of evidence used to support the argument (Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text)
DMT
Supporting Standard, Gr3-EngIII / Not Tested / X
X
(11B) identify such rhetorical fallacies as ad hominem, exaggeration, stereotyping, or categorical claims in persuasive texts. (Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text)
IDMT
SAT
Supporting Standard, Gr5-EngI (Not tested in EngII-III; no SE in Gr3-4) / Not Tested / X
X
(12B) explain the function of the graphical components of a text (Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Text)
DMT
Supporting Standard, Gr3-EngIII / (3) 79.84%
(11) 76.21% / X
(13A) interpret both explicit and implicit messages in various forms of media (Media Literacy)
IDMT
Supporting Standard, Gr3-EngIII (found in RC2 and RC3) / Not Tested / X
X / X
X / X
(13C) evaluate various ways media influences and informs audiences (Media Literacy)
IDMT
Supporting Standard, Gr5-8; no SE in Gr3-4 / Not Tested / X
X / X
X / X
(Figure 19D) make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding
Readiness Standard (Expository) / Supporting Standard (Persuasive)
Gr3-EngIII / Expository:
(10) 61.48%
(38) 64.32%
(40) 73.43%
(culture & history)
(41) 70.16% /
(Figure 19E) summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts.
Readiness Standard (Expository) / Supporting Standard (Persuasive)
Gr3-EngIII / Expository:
(9) 64.72%
(42) 40.75% /

Prepared by Yvonne Aragon, ELAR Facilitator, Socorro Independent School District July 2012 Page 7