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Argumentative ECR

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Question 1

 After reading this sample essay, what score would you give this student? Think about what is required from referencing the rubric provided to give an accurate score. 

What is 2 in Organization/2 in Conventions

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Question 2

After reading this sample essay, what score would you give this student? Think about what is required from referencing the rubric provided to give an accurate score.

 1 in Organization/ 1 in Conventions

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Question 3

After reading this sample essay, what score would you give this student? Think about what is required from referencing the rubric provided to give an accurate score.

3 in Organization/ 2 in Conventions

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Question 4 

Read the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the box provided.

What is the author’s main message in the selection? Support your answer with evidence from the selection.

The author’s main message in "Why We Need Solo Sports" is that individual sports enhance lifelong health, well-being, and personal development, providing a sustainable alternative to team sports which many abandon after school. Solo sports foster essential life skills like self-reliance, mental toughness, and personal accountability

Authors Purpose

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Question 6

Why did the author include paragraph 8 in the blog entry?

To give some suggestions and to encourage the reader to take action

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Question 7

From the poem, it is clear that the traveler from the antique land is:  

a fine observer of details.

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Question 5

Read the following paragraph from the section "Salazar's Pit Viper Joins The Club."

Salazar's pit viper now joins a small club of animals that are named after characters from Harry Potter.  For example, scientists have named several spiders after Aragog, a gargantuan spider that made an appearance in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."  Scientists also named a dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia, which literally translates to "dragon king of Hogwarts."

Which idea is BEST supported by this paragraph?

The Harry Potter franchise has had a unique impact on fields outside of literature.

Theme

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Question 8

Which theme is explored in the poem?  

Nature can provide perspective on life.  

Multiple TEKS

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Question 10

When the author brought the flower seeds home, her mother reacted in a way that —

showed she expected the author to be responsible for the care of the seeds

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Question 12

From the poem, one can identify that the ruler was:

powerful, wicked and stern.

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Question 13

In the provided passage, what would be considered an internal conflict?

Sammy was sad because he couldn't go to the amusement park

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Question 15

Which statement best describes the central idea of the first stanza?

The narrator is undecided about what path to take

Summary

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Question 14

The student took notes about information in the sources. Which note correctly paraphrases, or restates, information from both sources?

The first computers were big machines designed to designed to solve math problems more quicker than people can.

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Question 11

Which of these is the best summary of paragraphs 10 and 11?

C.) A 2015 Time magazine article reported that smaller participatory budgeting program in Arizona funded several smaller projects before successfully growing to include 30,000 students. Over three years, these students voted on how to spend $250,000 in their schools. The participatory budgeting process can be a source of both reward and tension, so each school must carefully decide for itself if the process has value for the students and the community.