Transcript 11th Grade English PPT

ACT Prep
Subject: 11th Grade English
CPW
SQUADS
Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to practice CollegeReadiness
Standards in English:
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Sentence Structure and Formation: 20-23
Knowledge of Language: 24-27
Punctuation Conventions: 24-27
Punctuation Conventions: 24-27
Usage Conventions: 28-32
Sentence Structure and Formation: 16-19
Success Criteria – I am successful if I can…
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Use parallel structure
Use the phrase most appropriate in terms of the content and style
Recognize and correct inappropriate uses of colons and commas
Use apostrophes to form simple possessive nouns
Correctly use the relative pronouns who and whom
Determine the need for punctuation or conjunctions to correct fused
sentences
11th Grade English
• You will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to
work on each question individually.
• You will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to
work as a group and write your rationales for
each answer.
11th Grade English
1. Unbricking a kiln after a firing is like a person
uncovering buried treasure.
A.
B.
C.
D.
NO CHANGE
someone
a potter
OMIT the underlined portion
11th Grade English
2. The fire chugs like a train engine, hungry for more oxygen. Each
tie the fire is stoked, sparks shoot from the chimney into the
night sky. The clay pieces gleam white-hot amid the flames. At
last, when the temperature soars out of sight, she knows the
firing is nearing its end.
Given that all the choices are true, which provides the most specific
detail and maintains the style and tone of the essay?
A.
B.
C.
D.
NO CHANGE
rises beyond belief,
soars well above a thousand degrees,
elevates in increments to the point that a temperature
of more than one thousands degrees is reached,
11th Grade English
3. Rosie, it turns out is: a desert tortoise that
my grandmother had started raising over
twenty years ago.
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B.
C.
D.
NO CHANGE
Rosie, it turns out, is
Rosie, it turns out is
Rosie it turns out, is
11th Grade English
4. I learned that I should build plywood enclosures in
each of my parents’ backyards so that Rosie would
be safe year round.
A. NO CHANGE
B. parent’s backyards
C. parents backyards
D. parents backyards,
11th Grade English
5. Banneker’s grandmother was an indentured servant
from England whom, after completing the term of
her contract, bought some land and then married a
freed slave.
A. NO CHANGE
B. who,
C. which,
D. OMIT the underlined portion.
11th Grade English
6. Their daughter Mary – Benjamin’s mother – also
married a freed slave. Benjamin’s grandmother taught
him to read, and he attended a one-room Quaker
school when the farmwork slowed down during the
winter.
Which of the following alternatives to the underlined
portion would NOT be acceptable?
A. read; he
B. read, and he also
C. read he
D. read. He
SQUADS
ACT Prep
Subject: 11th Grade English
CPW
Now ‘Squad Up’ and replay this
PPT. Use the Student
Answer/Rationale Sheet.
Then exchange your Squad’s
answer sheet with that of
another squad.
Launch the ANSWERS video.