These rigorous, higher-level thinking questions are made in STAAR format, have multiple choice answers, and address these skills:

SET 1:
•Author’s purpose
•Character relationships
•Character traits
•Context clues
•Determining meaning of words using root words & affixes
•Drawing conclusions
•Figurative language – alliteration, similes
•Genres – drama, fairy tales, expository, informational text, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, procedural text
•Imagery
•Main idea
•Making inferences using textual evidence
•Making predictions
•Media literacy
•Poetry elements & structure – lyrical & free verse poetry
•Point-of-view (1st & 3rd person)
•Sensory images
•Sequence & summarize events
•Story elements – plot, point-of-view, problem, moral, theme
•Using a dictionary/glossary

Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4 Fig. 19A, 4 Fig. 19B, 4 Fig. 19C, 4.14B Fig. 19D, 4.19D, 4.2A, 4.2B, 4.2E, 4.3 Fig. 19D, 4.4 Fig. 19D, 4.4A, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.8A
CCSS: RF.4.3A, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.7, RI.4.8, RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6

SET 2:
•Author’s purpose
•Cause & effect
•Character relationships
•Context Clues
•Determining meaning of words using root words & affixes
•Drawing conclusions
•Figurative language – metaphors
•Genres – autobiography, biography, drama, historical fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, realistic fiction
•Imagery
•Making inferences using textual evidence
•Making predictions
•Media literacy
•Point-of-view (1st & 3rd person)
•Sensory images
•Sequence & summarize events
•Story elements – plot, point-of-view
•Table of Contents
•Using a dictionary/glossary

Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.6A, 4 Fig. 19A, 4 Fig. 19B, 4 Fig. 19C, 4 Fig. 19D, 4.14B, 4.2A, 4.2B, 4.2E, 4.3 Fig. 19D, 4.3A Fig. 19D, 4.4 Fig. 19D, 4.5 Fig. 19D, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7A, 4.8A
CCSS: RF.4.3A, RI.4.1, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.7, RI.4.8, RI.4.9, RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6

SET 3:
•Author’s purpose
•Cause & effect
•Compare & contrast
•Context Clues
•Drawing conclusions
•Fact& opinion
•Genres – autobiography, biography, expository, informational, letters, literary nonfiction, outlines, personal narrative, procedural, realistic fiction, webpages
•Imagery
•Implied purpose
•Main idea & supporting details
•Making inferences using textual evidence
•Media literacy
•Paired stories
•Sensory images
•Sequence & summarize events
•Text features
•Timelines
•Using a dictionary/glossary
•Venn diagrams
•Vocabulary

Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.2B, 4.2E, 4.3A, 4.3B, 4.10A, 4.10 Fig. 19D, 4.11A, 4.11B, 4.11C, 4.11D, 4.11 Fig. 19D, 4.11 Fig. 19E, 4.12A, 4.13 Fig. 19D, 4.Fig.19A, 4.Fig.19B, 4.Fig.19F
CCSS: RF.4.4c, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.7, RI.4.9, RL.4.1, RL.4.3

SET 4:
•Analogies
•Author’s purpose
•Cause & effect
•Compare & contrast
•Context Clues
•Describe interaction of characters (relationships & changes)
•Drawing conclusions
•Fact & opinion
•Genres – advertisements, biography, drama, expository, historical fiction, informational, literary nonfiction, poetry, procedural, realistic fiction
•Imagery
•Implied purpose
•Influence of plot’s main events on future events
•Making inferences using textual evidence
•Media literacy
•Paired stories
•Poetry – structural elements & form
•Sensory images
•Sequence & summarize events
•Text features
•Theme
•Timelines
•Vocabulary

Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.2B, 4.2C, 4.3A Fig.19D, 4.4A, 4.5 Fig. 19D, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.10A, 4.11A, 4.11B, 4.11C, 4.11D, 4.14B, 4.19F
CCSS: RI.4.1, RI 4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.7

SET 5:
•Affixes & root words
•Analogies
•Characters – interactions, relationships, & changes they undergo
•Cause & effect
•Context Clues
•Drawing conclusions
•Fiction – structure & elements
•Genres – advertisements, biography, drama, expository, historical fiction, informational, literary nonfiction, poetry, procedural, realistic fiction
•Imagery
•Implied purpose
•Influence of plot’s main events on future events
•Literary nonfiction – structure & elements
•Main idea & supporting details
•Making inferences using textual evidence
•Media literacy
•Outlines
•Poetry – structural elements & form
•Sensory images
•Sequence & summarize events
•Text features
•Theme
•Timelines
•Vocabulary

Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.2A, 4.2B, 4.2C, 4.3A Fig. 19D, 4.6 Fig. 19E, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.7 Fig. 19D, 4.10A, 4.11A, 4.11C, 4.11D, 4.14 Fig. 19D, 4.14B Fig. 19D
CCSS: RF.4.3.A, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.7, RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5

SET 6:
•Affixes & root words
•Analogies, using knowledge of synonyms and antonyms
•Author’s purpose
•Characters – interactions, relationships, & changes they undergo
•Cause & effect
•Compare/contrast
•Conflict
•Context Clues
•Drawing conclusions
•Fact & opinion
•Fiction – structure & elements
•Genres – advertisements, expository, informational, literary nonfiction, poetry, realistic fiction
•Implied purpose
•Influence of plot’s main events on future events
•Literary nonfiction – structure & elements
•Making connections between literary and informational texts with similar ideas and provide textual evidence
•Making inferences using textual evidence
•Media literacy
•Poetry – structural elements & form
•Point-of-view – First or Third Person
•Sensory images
•Sequence & summarize events
•Text features
•Vocabulary

Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4 Fig. 19F, 4.2A, 4.2B, 4.2C, 4.3 Fig. 19D, 4.4A Fig. 19D, 4.6 Fig. 19E, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7 Fig. 19D, 4.10 Fig. 19D, 4.11 Fig. 19D, 4.11A, 4.11B, 4.11C, 4.14 Fig. 19D
CCSS: RF.4.3.A, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.6, RL.4.9
 

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