SQUADS CPW “10th Grade English” Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to address these College Readiness Standards in English: Organization, Unity, and Coherence 20-23, 24-27 Conventions of Punctuation 16-19, 28-32 Conventions of Usage 20-23 Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus 24-27 Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy 24-27, 28-32 SQUADS Success Criteria – I will know I am successful if I can organize a paragraph, select the most appropriate punctuation, choose the best word choice, and develop the sentence based on topic and focus.

1. Smith is the official griot of both the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland; she has served as griot-in-residence at several universities. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? A. Maryland. She B. Maryland, and she C. Maryland and D. Maryland, she

2. The cake recipe is unusual, with a rare origin and ingredients that makes them unappealing to anyone without extensive exposure to it. A. NO CHANGE B. makes it C. make it D. make them

3. Quills are hollow, so the removal of a quill stub before it is ready to be naturally shed would be very painful to the animal. Given that all of the choices are true, which one most clearly provides a reason for the statement that follows in this sentence? A. NO CHANGE B. fasten deeply, C. break occasionally, D. are very light,

4. Bird rehabilitators, therefore, treat broken raptor feathers through imping – the implanting of a new feather into the quill stub. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? A. imping, which is the B. imping: the C. imping. The D. imping, the

5. If the kids repeatedly fail to hit the piñata – and lots of them do – the mom is patient, giving them many chances instead of just once or twice. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? A. mom patiently gives B. mom, who is patient, gives C. mom, who patiently gives D. patient mom gives

6. The stage is full of children wandering aimlessly in their costumes, while each adult in the audience section is frantically snapping pictures. They wonder at the parent’s odd flash photography. A. NO CHANGE B. parents’ C. parents D. parents,

7. The student gathered essential information critical to writing his essay. A. NO CHANGE B. for C. important to D. that was essential to

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