STAAR writing practice, Grade 4.

The generator below uses TEA’s exact released directions for this grade: the 2026 informational item (“clearly state your central idea”) and the 2025argumentative item (“clearly state your claim”). The genre rotates by year: argumentative in 2025, informational in 2026. Practice both.

01 Build a task

Build a Grade 4 practice task.

Grade is preset. Pick a genre and topic, and generate a complete package: the student prompt in the exact released directions format for that genre, leveled source passages, the official TEA rubric, and an exemplar response.

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1. GradeGrade 42. GenreInformational3. TopicHow beavers reshape rive…4. GenerateFull task package

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Choose a topic

Pick a curated topic or write your own. Argumentative topics are screened so both sides have citable evidence in the sources.

Directions follow the 2026 released Grade 4 informational item.

02 FAQ

Grade 4 STAAR writing, answered.

What genre is on the Grade 4 STAAR writing test?

The genre rotates by year. On released tests, Grade 4 was argumentative in 2025 and informational in 2026, so students should practice both informational and argumentative writing.

How is the Grade 4 STAAR essay scored?

Two scorers each apply the official TEA rubric: Organization and Development of Ideas (0 to 3) and Conventions (0 to 2), summed to a 10-point total.

What do the Grade 4 directions ask for?

The released informational directions ask students to "clearly state your central idea" and the argumentative directions ask them to "clearly state your claim". This generator uses that exact language.

03 Scoring

How Grade 4 essays are scored.

Two scorers each apply the official TEA rubric: Organization and Development of Ideas (0–3) and Conventions (0–2), summed to a 10-point total. The full rubrics, word for word, are in the EnlightenAI rubrics library.