Context Clues:
The baby grand piano will fit well in this SPACIOUS apartment.
a. lovely
b tiny
c. well lit
d. roomy
What is d. roomy?
Crack! Thunder struck and rain poured. Max stared blankly out the window, trying to contain his emotions that raged like the weather. He was beginning to lose it. Dropping the kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sobs. His mother comforted him, “There, there, Max. We’ll just find something else to do.” She began to unpack the picnic basket that was on the counter and offered him a sandwich. Max snapped, “I don’t wanna sand-mich!” A flash from the sky lit up the living room. Boom! Mom sighed.
Why is Max upset?
What is "He wanted to fly his kite."
A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter
A. Entertain B. Inform C. Persuade
What is B. Inform?
(1)Mae Jemison, who was born in 1956, became the first African-American woman in space. (2) She flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavor in September of 1992. (3) She is an astronaut. (4) She is also a medical doctor, and a surgeon. (5) Dr. Jemison speaks four languages, including English, Japanese, Russian, and Swahili.
1. What is the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4?
A. She is an astronaut, medical doctor, and a surgeon.
B. She is an astronaut, and a medical doctor, and a surgeon.
C. Not only is she an astronaut, but she is also a medical doctor and a surgeon. D. No revision needed
What is C. Not only is she an astronaut, but she is also a medical doctor and a surgeon?
The rotting onion created a terrible STENCH in the refrigerator.
A. fragrance
B. stain
C. noise
D. stink
What is D. stink?
Cynthia clutched her plane ticket tightly in her hand. She couldn’t stop wiggling her left foot and double-checking to make sure she was at the right gate. She had never flown before and didn’t want to get lost in Houston’s enormous airport. Finally, her boarding group was called. She picked up her backpack and walked up to the ticket counter. Here I go, she thought to herself.
From events in this story, what can the reader
conclude about Cynthia?
A. She is excited to be flying on an airplane
B. She is not looking forward to her vacation
C. She is nervous about flying
D. She is on the wrong plane
What is C. She is nervous about flying?
A pamphlet urging people not to eat animals or use products made from animals or animal suffering because the author thinks that is cruel and unnecessary.
What is Inform?
(1) One of the world’s most great track athletes was Jesse Owens. (2) He was born on September 12, 1913, in Alabama. (3) He one four gold medals, set two Olympic records, and tied another at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games. (4) Jesse’s track records was not broken until the 1984 Olympics.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
A. Change one to won.
B. Change two to too.
C. Change medals to meddles.
D. Sentence 3 should not be changed.
What is A. Change one to won?
There was a long hiatus in the television broadcast. This pause was caused by technical problems.
A. noise
B. break
C. show
D. announcement
What is b. break?
5. Jaylene looked around the classroom frantically, desperate for anything that would help her. She hadn’t studied for her science quiz, and she was paying the price today. She knew that her grade on this quiz would not be an A. When the timer went off, Jaylene sighed and slowly walked to the front of the room to turn in her paper. She was already thinking of ways to avoid showing this grade to her parents.
Which sentence best shows that Jaylene’s parents
expect her to make A’s in science?
A. Jaylene looked around the classroom frantically...
B. When the timer went off, Jaylene sighed...
C. She was already thinking of ways to avoid showing this grade to her parents.
D. She hadn’t studied for her science quiz, and she was paying the price today.
What is C. She was already thinking of ways to avoid showing this grade to her parents?
Gangs and fraternities share many characteristics, but are also quit different.
Poetry and literature, while being quiet different, also have many similarities.
What type of organizational pattern is being used in the two examples above?
What is compare and contrast?
(1) One of the world’s most great track athletes was Jesse Owens. (2) He was born on September 12, 1913, in Alabama. (3) He one four gold medals, set two Olympic records, and tied another at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games. (4) Jesse’s track records was not broken until the 1984 Olympics
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?
A. Change Jesse’s to Jesse
B. Change was to were
C. Change broken to breaking
D. Change the period to a question mark
What is B. Change was to were?
Grandma Marie loved to indulge her grandchildren whenever she was watching them, giving them all the things they were never allowed to have, like soda and greasy food.
A. spoil
B. ignore
C. starve
D. humor
What is A. spoil?
Research has shown that birth defects have various causes.
Smoking is the single most preventable risk factor for fatal illness in the United States.
What is the organizational pattern is being used?
What is Cause and Effect?
(1)Harriet Tubman was born a slave in Maryland in 1820. (2) By 1849, she had escaped slavery. (3) She became a conductor of the Underground Railroad. (4) She made nineteen dangerous rescue trips to the South. (5) Harriet helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom to the Northern United States and Canada.
4. What is the correct way to write sentences 5?
A. Harriet helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom, to the Northern United States and Canada.
B. Harriet helped over 300 slaves, escape to freedom to the Northern United States and Canada.
C. Harriet helped over 300 slaves and escape to freedom to the Northern United States and Canada.
D. The sentence is written correctly in the paper.
What is D. The sentence is written correctly is written correctly in the paper?
As Jamal ran towards the goal on the soccer field, he suddenly rolled his ankle and fell painfully to the ground. He grimaced, clutching his ankle in pain.
A. wince
B. regret
C. sad
D. sorrow
what is a. wince?
(1) Garrett Morgan, an inventor and a businessman, was born on March 4, 1877. (2) Many people do not realize that he was the first person to invent a traffic signal. (3) He also invented a gas mask using it to rescue miners who were trapped in an underground mine. (4) The U.S. Army asked him to produce gas masks for them.
What is the correct way to write sentence 3?
A. He also invented a gas mask, using it to rescue miners. Who were trapped in an underground mine.
B. He also invented a gas mask, using it to rescue miners, who were trapped in an underground mine.
C. He also invented a gas mask that was used to rescue miners who were trapped in an underground mine.
D. The sentence is written correctly in the paper
What is C. He also invented a gas mask that was used to rescue miners who were trapped in an underground mine?