1. SQUADS #1 CPW 22 “9th Grade English”
Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to address these College Readiness Standards in English:
Conventions of Punctuation 16-19
Conventions of Usage 13-15
Sentence Structure and Formation 13-15
Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy 13-15
SQUADS #1
Success Criteria – I will know I am successful if I can identify the best use of
1.Punctuation
2. Usage
3. Sentence structure
4. Word choice.

2. 9th Grade CPW English Directions
You will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to work on each question individually.
There will be a stopwatch timer included on each slide for the teacher to set so you can keep track.
After you have completed each question individually, you will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to work as a group and decide on the best answer and rationale.

3. 9th Grade English
#1. In the end, everyone gives up jogging. Some find that their strenuous efforts to earn a living drains away their energy.
A. NO CHANGE
B. drain
C. had drained
D. is draining

4. 9th Grade English
#2. Others suffer defeat by the hazards of the course, from hard pavement to muddy tracks, and from smog to sleet and snow. There minds begin to view jogging as strenuous labor.
A. NO CHANGE
B. The people’s minds
C. Their minds
D. Them minds

5. 9th Grade English
#3. It happened two summers ago at Lake Tom. I had been accustomed to running every day, but that week I decided to be lazy. I sailed, basked in the sun, and ate wonderful: lobster, steak, and baked potatoes.
A. NO CHANGE
B. ate wonderfully:
C. eating wonderful:
D. eat wonderful:

6. 9th Grade English
#4. By the fourth day I had to face the truth which my body was slowly changing to dough.
A. NO CHANGE
B. truth about
C. truth:
D. truth, I saw

7. CPW 9th Grade English
Exchange your answer sheet with that of another squad…
Launch the ANSWERS video.