biographya text abouta realperson's lifeplaywrightThe personthat writesplays ordramas.stanzaA group of linesin a poem.Sometimes wethink of these asparagraphs.sensorydetailsDetails writtenby the authorthat appeal tosmell, taste,touch, sound,and sight.Infer /InferenceTo us backgroundknowledge andtext evidence tomake an educatedguess.stagedirectionsInformation thattells the castmembersactions' orsetting of theplay.sequenceThe orderof thingsin a text.autobiographyWhen apersonwrites a textabout theirown life.castThe membersthat make upthe charactersin a play ordrama.dialogueParts of thestory thatshowcharacterstalkingplottheevents ina storysimileCompares 2things usinglike or as.Example: Sheis as pretty as abutterfly.metaphorcomparing 2things withoutusing like or as.Example: Sheis a shiningstar!lineA groupof wordsin a row.narratorThe person thattells the eventsin the story butisn't actually inthe story.conflictTheproblemin thestorysummaryThe importantparts of thetext retold inyour ownwords.settingWhen andwhere texttakesplace.climaxThe turning point inthe story. This iswhen you see theproblem affecting theplot. Characters andthe whole mood ofthe story begins tochange.NonfictionTexts thatgivefactualinformationtextfeaturesFeatures in thetext thatauthor's use toprovide thereader moreinformation.genreDifferent types oftext. Fiction,Nonfiction, RealisticFiction, HistoricalFiction, Biography,and more.MainIdeaWhat thestory wasmostlyabout.resolutionHow theproblem getsresolved andhow thestory ends.biographya text abouta realperson's lifeplaywrightThe personthat writesplays ordramas.stanzaA group of linesin a poem.Sometimes wethink of these asparagraphs.sensorydetailsDetails writtenby the authorthat appeal tosmell, taste,touch, sound,and sight.Infer /InferenceTo us backgroundknowledge andtext evidence tomake an educatedguess.stagedirectionsInformation thattells the castmembersactions' orsetting of theplay.sequenceThe orderof thingsin a text.autobiographyWhen apersonwrites a textabout theirown life.castThe membersthat make upthe charactersin a play ordrama.dialogueParts of thestory thatshowcharacterstalkingplottheevents ina storysimileCompares 2things usinglike or as.Example: Sheis as pretty as abutterfly.metaphorcomparing 2things withoutusing like or as.Example: Sheis a shiningstar!lineA groupof wordsin a row.narratorThe person thattells the eventsin the story butisn't actually inthe story.conflictTheproblemin thestorysummaryThe importantparts of thetext retold inyour ownwords.settingWhen andwhere texttakesplace.climaxThe turning point inthe story. This iswhen you see theproblem affecting theplot. Characters andthe whole mood ofthe story begins tochange.NonfictionTexts thatgivefactualinformationtextfeaturesFeatures in thetext thatauthor's use toprovide thereader moreinformation.genreDifferent types oftext. Fiction,Nonfiction, RealisticFiction, HistoricalFiction, Biography,and more.MainIdeaWhat thestory wasmostlyabout.resolutionHow theproblem getsresolved andhow thestory ends.

STAAR BINGO - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. a text about a real person's life
    biography
  2. The person that writes plays or dramas.
    playwright
  3. A group of lines in a poem. Sometimes we think of these as paragraphs.
    stanza
  4. Details written by the author that appeal to smell, taste, touch, sound, and sight.
    sensory details
  5. To us background knowledge and text evidence to make an educated guess.
    Infer / Inference
  6. Information that tells the cast members actions' or setting of the play.
    stage directions
  7. The order of things in a text.
    sequence
  8. When a person writes a text about their own life.
    autobiography
  9. The members that make up the characters in a play or drama.
    cast
  10. Parts of the story that show characters talking
    dialogue
  11. the events in a story
    plot
  12. Compares 2 things using like or as. Example: She is as pretty as a butterfly.
    simile
  13. comparing 2 things without using like or as. Example: She is a shining star!
    metaphor
  14. A group of words in a row.
    line
  15. The person that tells the events in the story but isn't actually in the story.
    narrator
  16. The problem in the story
    conflict
  17. The important parts of the text retold in your own words.
    summary
  18. When and where text takes place.
    setting
  19. The turning point in the story. This is when you see the problem affecting the plot. Characters and the whole mood of the story begins to change.
    climax
  20. Texts that give factual information
    Nonfiction
  21. Features in the text that author's use to provide the reader more information.
    text features
  22. Different types of text. Fiction, Nonfiction, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biography, and more.
    genre
  23. What the story was mostly about.
    Main Idea
  24. How the problem gets resolved and how the story ends.
    resolution