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Poetry & drama

Complete source-unit instructional sequence adapted for independent tutoring, with a small unit-level diagnostic and separate fresh reassessment items. All named source lessons remain available in this unit. Five initial check/practice items reuse reviewed source questions; two reassessment items are original and distinct. The checks sample selected unit skills, not every standard. Written work is ungraded and self-reviewed; completing this unit is not a verified STAAR readiness claim.

1 focused skill · About 75 minutes · Untimed

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A short diagnostic

Answer 2 questions before studying. Two questions sample each skill; an unanswered skill is not a failed skill. You can change answers until you check them.

June’s remark “by the gallon” is an aside because…

THE PERFECT OPENING — original dramatic scene [A ribbon crosses the entrance of a newly painted community room. Behind the podium, a bucket catches water from a leak. Only the audience and JUNE can see it.] DIRECTOR: Today we unveil a room with absolutely no unfinished business. JUNE [aside to the audience]: Unless unfinished business comes by the gallon. DIRECTOR: June, tell our guests how carefully we listened. JUNE: You listened to every suggestion about the paint. DIRECTOR: Every suggestion! JUNE: I also sent three notes about the roof. DIRECTOR [covering the bucket with a banner]: We must keep our attention on the future. [The guests step outside for a photograph. June remains.] JUNE [alone]: I can stand beside the ribbon and pretend the room is ready, or I can risk spoiling his ceremony. A dry wall matters less than the children who will sit beneath it. I will bring the bucket into the light. [June lifts the bucket and follows the guests.]

It is spoken to the other character while the audience listensIt is directed to the audience outside the other character’s awarenessIt is a stage direction telling actors how to moveIt is a private thought reported by an outside narrator

What does the isolated final word emphasize?

Original classroom text: We carried stones / across the empty lot / until the first green shoot / rose.

Growth emerging after effortThe workers abandoning the lotThe absence of plants foreverA change to a new speaker

Coverage and sources

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Exhaustive independent assessment of every standard tagged in this unit
Statistically equated pre/post tests or guaranteed fresh items after repeating this same unit
Automatic grading of essays or proof of independent writing proficiency
A full-length official STAAR exam or verified full-year course-credit completion

MasteriTrail instructional material, with attributed source selections where noted, aligned to selected skills in the TEA resources below. Not an official test and not endorsed by TEA.

TEA STAAR English I assessed curriculum — selected skill alignment, not endorsement ↗ · Source checked 2026-10-27