Reading
Based on this selection, what is the author’s purpose?
A. To introduce an individual from history who fought against racial injustice.
B. To tell about a time in history that was oppressive for African Americans.
What is " A. To introduce an individual from history who fought against racial injustice." ?
What does A.C.E stand for?
What is Answer, cite, explain?
What are the names of the four paragraphs that should be included in a traditional ECR?
What is the introduction paragraph, Body Paragraph one, Body Paragraph two and the conclusion?
How should this sentence be changed?
Metamorphoses, the Roman poet Ovid’s fascinating retelling of the daphne and Phoebus myth, is based on earlier Greek tales.
A. Make Roman lowercase
B. Capitalize fascinating
C. Capitalize daphne
D. No change needs to be made to this sentence
What is C. Capitalize daphne?
Which text structure is indicated by the signal words but and different?
A. chronological order
B. compare and contrast
C. problem and solution
D. cause and effect
What is B. compare and contrast?
What is one detail that supports the author’s purpose?
A. “During the next few years, other black riders were arrested and convicted for the same offense—sitting in seats reserved for whites.”
B. “It took a spunky fifteen-year-old high school student to bring matters to a head.”
What is B. “It took a spunky fifteen-year-old high school student to bring matters to a head.”?
Do you receive credit for the SAR if you do not answer the question?
No, you do not receive credit.
For example,Therefore and Additionally are all examples of what?
What are 'transitions'?
How should sentence 12 be changed?
(12) Solar power is a form of clean energy -sunlight is a renewible resource that can be harnessed daily and never run out.
A. Change renewible to renewable
B. Change can be harnessed to harnessing
C. Insert a comma after and
D. Sentence 12 should not be changed.
What is A. Change renewible to renewable
The word “renewable” replaces the erroneous spelling “renewible.”
Which text structure uses the following clue words?
Because, so that, therefore, this led to, since, if…then, reasons why
What is Cause and Effect?
What is the author’s message?
A. Young people can make a difference.
B. Buses are an important form of transportation for many people.
What is A. Young people can make a difference. ?
Which of the following is an exmplar example of a citation?
A. For example, in paragraph nine it states," So, when all that’s left of me Is love, Give me away."
B. Therefore, the author says, " So, when all that’s left of me Is love, Give me away."
C.Line 6 talks about, So, when all that’s left of me Is love, Give me away.
D." So, when all that’s left of me Is love, Give me away."
What is A.For example, in paragraph nine it states," So, when all that’s left of me Is love, Give me away." ?
What should be included in your conclusion paragraph?
Restate your thesis and summarize the key supporting ideas discussed
How should this sentence be changed?
Next year, my brother will take geometry and French, and both subjects will be challenging.
A. Capitilize brother
B.Capitilize geometry
C. Lowercase French
D. No change needs to be made
What is ' No change needs to be made'?
Name at least TWO text structures and give an example of each.
Answers may vary.
Which of the following pieces of evidence reveals the author’s message?
A. “They paid their fines quietly and continued to ride the public buses.”
B. “It took a spunky fifteen-year-old high school student to bring matters to a head.”
What is B. “It took a spunky fifteen-year-old high school student to bring matters to a head.” ?
Why is the "E" important in the short answer response?
Answers may vary.
The "E" is important in A.C.E to support the reasoning of your answer and the citation included.
True or False? The thesis statement should contain the title, the author and should be a road map to what you are going to discuss in your essay.
What is true?
How should this sentence be changed?
Henry needed a job after school to make money to buy a new bike, pay back a loan from his parents, and save for college.
A. Change needed to needs.
B. Insert to before both pay and save
C. Delete to after school
D. No change needs to be made to this sentence
What is D. No change needs to be made to this sentence ?
What is the definition of the word falter used in the sentence below:
The business was faltering due to poor management.
a: to walk unsteadily.
b: to lose drive or effectiveness
c: to move waveringly or hesitatingly
What is " b: to lose drive or effectiveness"?
While answering questions on the reading portion of my test, it is NOT important to make sure my answer is correct by finding it in the passage. True or False?
What is FALSE.
Give an example of an exemplar thesis statement for the following prompt:
Explain how authors create a theme in literary nonfiction
Answers may vary/ correct response is at the teacher's discretion.
What does A.C.C.E stand for and when is it used?
Answer, cite, cite, explain. It is used when you are writing an extended constructed repsonse on paired passages.
What is the correct way to revise sentence 16?
(16) A skill that everyone still has to master even in the digital age, everyone could benefit from by writing by hand.
A. A skill that everyone still has to master even in the digital age, writing by hand could benefit everyone.
B. A skill that everyone still has to master even in the digital age, everyone could be benefitting from writing by hand.
C. Writing by hand, a skill that everyone still has to master even in the digital age, could be benefitting everyone.
D. Sentence 16 should not be changed.
What is A skill that everyone still has to master even in the digital age, writing by hand could benefit everyone.?
Reorganizing the part of the sentence that follows the comma so that it begins with “writing by hand” corrects the dangling modifier before the comma.
How should this sentence be changed?
The neighborhood committee voted to keep the festive lights through March yet I want them to come down after the first of January.
A. The neighborhood committee voted, to keep the festive lights through March yet I want them to come down after the first of January.
B. The neighborhood committee voted to keep the festive lights through March, yet I want them to come down after the first of January.
C. The neighborhood committee voted to keep the festive lights through March yet I want them to come down, after the first of January.
D. No change needs to be made to this sentence
What is B. The neighborhood committee voted to keep the festive lights through March, yet I want them to come down after the first of January. ?
The comma in a compound sentence should be placed before the coordinating conjunction.