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SQUADS
CPW Round 1
9th Grade English
Agenda Page 36
CPW Week 2
Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to address these College
Readiness Standards in English:
1. Conventions of Usage 20-23
2. Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy 16-19
3. Conventions of Usage 24-27
4. Sentence Structure and Formation 16-19
Success Criteria – I will know I am successful if I can:
1. identify correct standard usage
2. avoid unnecessary wordiness
3. ensure pronouns agree w/ antecedents
4. create the most logical sentence
9th Grade 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.
“Philosophy and Baseball”
1. Baseball is unique among American sports by
its ability to appeal to so many different
people.
• Choose the best alternative.
A. NO CHANGE
B. as
C. in
D. because
“Philosophy and Baseball”
• 2. Baseball has an ability to appeal to a love
resembling that of a child of fable and
legend.
• Choose the best alternative
F. NO CHANGE
G. love that seems to occur during childhood
H. love like that of children
J. childlike love
“Philosophy and Baseball”
3. When Hank Aaron was out on the field, he
became a modern-day knight selecting their
lance.
• Choose the best alternative.
F. NO CHANGE
G. there
H. his
J. one’s
“Tuning in During the Twenties”
4. Then a vice president of Westinghouse,
looking for a way to make the transmission of
radio signals more profitable, decided on a
two-fold strategy.
• Choose the best alternative.
A. NO CHANGE
B. but had a decision
C. deciding
D. yet decided
SQUADS
CPW Round 1
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.
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