STAAR prep that actually sticks.

Review season goes better when students practice the exact moves the test asks for. These lessons come from my own English II STAAR review, built to push kids past Approaches and toward Meets and Masters.

You'll find short constructed response (SCR) and extended constructed response (ECR) practice, reading passages with STAAR-style questions, and quick vocabulary, inference and editing sets you can run as warmups or a full review day.

11 resources · every one included with All-Access

STAAR Refresher: Mastering SCR with RACE & CER

A quick SCR refresher on RACE and CER, with sentence stems and five short practice stories.

Lesson + worksheet · 8–10 · $2

Intro to Short Constructed Responses (SCR)

A first lesson on short constructed responses using Claim, Evidence, Reasoning and a 0-2 rubric.

Lesson · 8–10 · $5

STAAR Review Saga: Mastering Vocabulary, Inferencing & Editing

Lesson 1 of a video game-themed STAAR review: vocabulary in context, inference, and revising/editing.

Test prep · 9–10 · $3

STAAR Review Saga: Conflict, Theme & Inferring

STAAR review on conflict, theme and inference with one original story, 5 MC and 10 context-clue vocab questions.

Test prep · 9–10 · $3

STAAR Review Saga: Inferencing & Author's Purpose (MC + SCR)

STAAR review lesson with three original short stories, 21 multiple-choice questions, an SCR and a debate.

Test prep · 9–10 · $5

English 1 & 2 STAAR Review Packet (Anime Edition)

An original My Hero Academia-themed story with 20 figurative language questions and an answer key.

Study guide · 8–10 · $5

Level Up ECR

Every student starts at 100 HP. Write a qualified thesis on the clock, take damage on each send-back, and level up.

Writing game · 9–12 · $7

ECR Prompts for "The Most Dangerous Game"

Five ECR prompts for "The Most Dangerous Game": argumentative, correspondence, and informational.

Writing lesson · 8–10 · $4

Lamb to the Slaughter: ECR Prompts

Five STAAR-style ECR prompts for "Lamb to the Slaughter," on irony, characterization, setting, and more.

Writing lesson · 8–10 · $5

Five Short Constructed Responses: The Scarlet Ibis

Five text-evidence SCR prompts on "The Scarlet Ibis": pride, symbolism, setting, and more.

Assessment · 8–10 · $2.5

Tone & Mood Full Lesson & Worksheet

Tone vs. mood notes slides plus a three-part worksheet with an answer key.

Lesson bundle · 7–10 · $4.99

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