SQUADS #2 Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to address these College Readiness Standards in English: 1. Conventions of Punctuation 13-15, Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus Conventions of Usage 16-19, 20-23, Organization, Unity, and Coherence Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy 20-23, Success Criteria – I will I am successful if I can identify the best use of punctuation, usage, word choice, organization, and topic development. “11 th Grade English” CPW

11 th Grade English 1. The music is mainly instrumental – the bands generally consist of guitar, bass guitar, saxophones, accordion, and drums. – Which of the following alternatives to the underline portion would NOT be acceptable? A. instrumental; in general, the bands B. instrumental, the bands generally C. instrumental. The bands generally D. instrumental; the bands generally

11 th Grade English 2. Even something as visibly simple or natural as computing a person’s age can prove to be not so clear-cut. A. NO CHANGE B. apparently C. entirely D. Fully

11 th Grade English – From the passage entitled “Wearing Jeans in School” 3. In 1970, the school board in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, approved a dress code that prohibited students from wearing certain types of clothing. – Given that all of the choices are true, which one would best illustrate the term dress code as it is used in this sentence? – A. NO CHANGE – B. clothing that was inappropriate. – C. clothing, including sandals, bell-bottom pants, and “dungarees” (blue jeans). – D. clothing that is permitted in some schools today.

11 th Grade English 4. The school board members believed that wearing “play clothes” to school made the students inefficient toward their school work, while more formal attire established a positive educational climate. A. NO CHANGE B. lazy and bored to tears with C. blow off D. lax and indifferent toward

11 th Grade English 5. Furthermore, the board offered no evidence to back up its claim that such clothing created a negative educational environment. A. NO CHANGE B. where C. which D. in which

11 th Grade English 6. His challenge initiated a review, of students’ rights and administrative responsibility in public education. A. NO CHANGE B. review, of students’ rights, C. review of students’ rights D. review of students’ rights,

11 th Grade English 7. Though the two remained cordial, their friendship was damaged due to the fact that they had the disagreement. A. NO CHANGE B. because of the fact that they had a C. due to the fact of their D. by the

11 th Grade English 8. Other letters are solemn, speaking of relatives and friends whom had died. A.NO CHANGE B. who C. who they D. of whom

11 th Grade English 9. At one point, Emily sent a draft of her poem “Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers” to Susan, who praised the poem but suggested revisions. As a result, Emily wrote two other versions of the second stanza. A. NO CHANGE B. rewrote two other alternate C. rewrote two additional alternate D. wrote two alternate revised

11 th Grade English 10. Dickinson’s last twenty years of letters – many over 1,500 words in length – reveals the breadth and depth of her connection to the world through a wide circle of correspondents. A. NO CHANGE B. reveal C. will of revealed D. would of revealed

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