This is a practice activity for the newly redesigned STAAR test of Reading and Language Arts (RLA) that incorporates new question types.

The selection is entitled “Of Feathers, Fat, and Freezing/ Chickadee's Song” and is intended for grade 7, but it can be used with grades 6 – 9.

The genre of the selection is Informational/Poetry

(Paired Passages).

It features 16 total questions. There are 11 multiple choice, 2 multiselect,

2 dropdown, and 1 inline (dropdown).