1. SQUADS Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to address these College Readiness Standards in English: 1. Conventions of Punctuation 24-27 2. Conventions of Usage 20-23 3. Organization, Unity, and Coherence 24-27 4. Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus 24-27 5. Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy 24-27 6.Sentence Structure and Formation 16-19, 24-27 Success Criteria – I will know I am successful if I can identify the correct use of punctuation, usage, and word choice, as well as select the most appropriate addition to a sentence in terms of its purpose and focus. “9 th Grade English” CPW

2. 1. In the 1920s, Mexican artist Diego Rivera (1886- 1957) practiced the art of painting frescoes, large murals done on fresh plaster. The writer wants to suggest that the art of the fresco had been in decline previous to Rivera. Which choice best accomplishes that goal? A. NO CHANGE B. engaged in C. influenced D. revived

3. 2. The central panel on the north wall shows the manufacture of a 1932 Ford V-8 engine, and the central panel on the south wall shows the production of this same car’s exterior. Smaller panels depicting workers in a variety of other Detroit industries. A. NO CHANGE B. depict C. depicting some D. had depicted

4. 3. Smaller panels depicting workers in a variety of other Detroit industries. The writer is thinking of adding the following phrase to the end of the sentence above (changing the period after industries to a comma): such as medicine, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. Should the writer make this addition there? A.Yes, because it offers relevant examples that help to specify a broad term. B.Yes, because it helps explain how the panels were physically constructed. C.No, because it provides a sampling of industries rather than a full listing. D.No, because it digresses from the main point of the sentence.

5. 4. The fresco is a dynamic work because it captures the energy, humanity, and collective achievement of the Detroit workers. However, Rivera considered it the greatest achievement of his career. A. NO CHANGE B. Despite this, C. Regardless, D. DELETE the underlined portion.

6. 5. Many thousands of years ago, people around the world began attaching different stories to the stars in the night sky. The sun sets gradually the images of a winged horse, a drinking gourd, a heartbroken hero appear in lights overheard. A. NO CHANGE B. sets, gradually, C. sets, and gradually D. setting gradually

7. 6. The scorpion that, according to myth, killed Orion inhabits the sky as well, but at such a distance because it can never sting the hunter again. A. NO CHANGE B. so when C. this means D. that

8. 7. I visit his grave at least once a week – not during the day, but at night. A. NO CHANGE B. week; not during the day C. week not during the day D. week, not during the day;

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