Essential TAKS Skills

This what you need to teach your students and this is what your students need to master before the big day.

Vocabulary and Word Identification

Root words
Prefixes
Suffixes
Context Clues
Multiple-meaning Words
Synonyms
Antonyms

Text Structures

Purpose for Reading
Form and Function
Fiction and Non-fiction
Expository Text

Literary Elements

Genres
Literary Terms
Problem/Plot/Solution
Characters
Setting
Theme
Culture

Comprehension

Background Knowledge
Prove your answers
Retelling
Summarization

Critical Thinking (HOTS)

Main Idea
Inference/Drawing Conclusions
Predictions (see PLORE)
Cause and Effect
Fact and Opinion