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Grammar
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Injustice Unit Short Answer
Wild Card Category
100
I only had one goal this semester___to achieve a perfect 4.0. Which belongs in the blank, a colon or semicolon?
What is a semicolon?
100
A principle in writing that aims at giving information clearly in as few words as possible.
What is concise writing?
100
A complaint filed by a union against an employer
What is a grievance?
100
The top ______% of Americans that hold 40% of the nation's wealth.
What is the top 1%?
100
Paper topic: The rate of girls unable to go to school throughout the world; Source: A Youtube video on the topic by lonelygirl1 Credible or non-credible source
What is a non-credible source?
200
While I was going to the library. Dependent or independent clause?
What is a dependent clause?
200
Ideas, sentence fluency, organization, conventions, word choice, voice
What are the six traits of good writing?
200
A campaign aimed at procuring a higher minimum wage for service workers.
What is the fight for 15?
200
Policies, practices, and laws that appear to funnel students from the classroom into the criminal justice system.
What is the school-to-prison pipeline?
200
Accurate, strong words with specific sensory details
What is word choice? (6 traits of good writing)
300
I wasn't happy at my current job, I decided to quit. Run-on sentence or fragment?
What is a run-on sentence?
300
Demonstrating a knowledge of correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation
What are conventions?
300
A practice in which police officers can legally stop, question, and frisk pedestrians without a search warrant.
What is "stop and frisk?"
300
The number of girls around the world that are denied an education.
What is 66 million?
300
1. Introduces an explanation or elaboration 2. Titles and sub-titles 3. Ratios Punctuation that has the three above uses.
What are colons?
400
The cat_____at the ball of yarn. jumps jump
What is jump?
400
Paper topic: The rate of girls unable to go to school throughout the world; Source: United Nations Committee on Girls Credible or non-credible source?
What is a credible source?
400
Practices and policies that appear to push students away from the classroom into the criminal justice system.
What is the school-to-prison pipeline?
400
Name two injustices that exist within school systems.
What are disparities in funding? What is the school-to-prison pipeline?
400
1. Links 2 complete sentences with an implied relationship 2. Joins two independent clauses with a conjunction 3. Separates things in a lengthy, complex list Punctuation with the three above uses.
What are semicolons?
500
While they raked the leaves, the children played. "The children played"=Independent or dependent clause?
What is an independent clause?
500
1. Remove redundancy 2. Reduce phrases to words 3. Omit unnecessary descriptive words 4. Watch your pronouns 5. Delete fancy fluff phrases
What are the 5 steps to concise writing?
500
A legal term referring to the legal responsibility of the school to serve as substitute parents for students.
What is in loco parentis?
500
Fill in the blank: The U.S. has the highest__________ rate due to the fact that more non-criminal offenders are imprisoned, and are kept in prison longer.
What is incarceration?
500
Name one type of injustice discussed during the unit. Describe it, and provide an example from class discussions, videos, your journal, etc.
What is the school-to-prison piepline? (school) What is stop-and-frisk? (criminal) What is Marissa Alexander's case? (criminal)