2nd Common Assessent Review

7th Grade ELAR: 2nd Common Assessment Review

Today, students will review KEY concepts in preparation for their CA this week!

Main Lesson Objective

• 7.10(C)Writing process. The student uses the writing process to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions to revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety

• 7.10D(iv) Students will show success editing drafts with prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject‐verb agreement

Fragments, Sentences, Commas OH MY!

A sentence fragment is an incomplete thought. It does not finish its idea. It is either missing the subject, the verb, or BOTH!

Multiple Choice

Which is a fragment?

• They smile!

• Wait for it.

• When it begins to snow.

Multiple Choice

Which is a fragment?

• Dogs love chocolate.

• I jumped!

• The answer to this hard problem.

Invitation to Notice: Look At These Sentences

(1) When we think of historical fiction novels. (2) Books like We Were Soldiers and The Once and Future King may come to mind. 

Multiple Choice

(1) When we think of historical fiction novels. (2) Books like We Were Soldiers and The Once and Future King may come to mind.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

• A. Books like When We Were Soldiers, and The Once and Future King, may come to mind, when we think, of science fiction novels.

• B. When we think of science fiction novels, books like We Were Soldiers and The Once and Future King may come to mind.

• C. Books like We Were Soldiers and The Once and Future King may come to mind; When we think of science fiction novels.

• D. When we think, of science fiction novels, books like, We Were Soldiers, and The Once and Future King, may come to mind.

Invitation to Notice AGAIN:

Now Look At These Sentences

(5) The answer to this question. (6) Begins with several famous people deciding to have a contest.

Multiple Choice

(5) The answer to this question. (6) Begins with several famous people deciding to have a contest.

What is the correct way to write sentences 5 and 6?

• A. The answer to this question begins; with several famous people deciding to have a contest.

• B. The answer to this question begins with several famous people deciding to have a contest.

• C. When several famous people, deciding to have a contest; the answer to this question begins.

• D. When several famous people, deciding to have a contest, the answer to this question, begins.

Word Clarity

CAREFUL! Being clear with word choice is essential to writing the best, effective sentences. 

Multiple Choice

Owners want the first pet they get will be obedient. What change should be made in this sentence in order to make its meaning clearer?

• A. Change Owners to Owner

• B. Replace want with expect

• C. Delete the word obedient

Multiple Choice

Students who read science fiction things daily increase their vocabulary. What change should be made in this sentence in order to make its meaning clearer?

• A. Change Students to Student

• B. Replace things with books

• C. Delete the word vocabulary

• D. Change science fiction to Science Fiction

Invitation to Notice

Experts expect that the first work of fantasy fiction is the novel The Princess and the Goblin and Phantastes written in 1818 by George MacDonald.

Multiple Choice

Experts expect that the first work of fantasy fiction is the novel The Princess and the Goblin and Phantastes written in 1818 by George MacDonald.

What change should be made in this sentence in order to make its meaning clearer?

• A. Change Experts to Expert

• B. Replace expect with agree

• C. Delete the word novel

• D. Change fantasy fiction to Fantasy Fiction

Move on to the Next One: Transition Words...

• Provide coherence to a sentence,

• Help writers bridge the gap between ideas, and

• Provide a signal to the reader about what is coming next in the writing.

Multiple Choice

(3) Parents expect that children will always listen. (4) How could they think teenagers won't have their own opinions?

ADD a transition word to help readers move from sentence 3 to 4. Which of these is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 4?

• A. Finally,

• B. Instead,

• C. And

• D. But

Multiple Choice

(3) Experts expect that the first work of fantasy fiction is the novel The Princess and the Goblin and Phantastes written in 1818 by George MacDonald. (4) How could a writer from long ago be the first person in history to publish a work of fantasy fiction?

ADD a transition word to help readers move from sentence 3 to 4. Which of these is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 4?

• A. Finally,

• B. Instead,

• C. And

• D. But

Inference Clues!

• Information is sometimes implied.

• It's what we figure out based on an experience.

• It's NOT always directly stated.

• We use it in conversations ALL the time!

Multiple Choice

Daily after work, Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Maria would have a fit if the boots tracked dirt around the house. He then removed his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic bag. Maria left a new bag tied to the railing for him every morning. On his way in, he dropped the plastic bag in the laundry room and went straight to the shower as instructed. He would eat a delicious dinner with Maria after he was “presentable,” as she had often said.

Why is Paul so careful about being clean and his relationship with Maria?

• Paul's job pays him to not get dirty and Maria is his boss.

• Paul works from home as a computer hacker and Maria is his maid.

• Paul works in landscaping and doesn't want to dirty the home his wife, Maria, keeps neat and clean.

Multiple Choice

(9) This competition among friends led Mary Shelley to write her famous novel. (10) It tells the story of a scientist who discovers the secret of creating life. (11) He uses this to create a living being.

What word could be added to sentence 11 after the word this to make it clearer?

• A. contest

• B. life

• C. knowledge

• D. being

Subject Verbs Agreement Through Prepositional Phrases

Subjects and verbs MUST agree even when a preposition rears its ugly head.

Multiple Choice

Most students from West Dallas attends Pinkston.

What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?

• Change students to student

• Change attends to attend

• Add a comma after Dallas

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

Each of these students are working extremely well on the review.

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?

• Change students to student

• Change are to is

• Change extremely to extreme

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

One of 2D printing’s advantages are lower costs.

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?

• A. Change printing’s to printings

• B. Change advantages to advantage

• C. Change are to is

• Make no change

Complex Sentence Recipe =

• AWUBIS + dependent clause + comma , + independent clause

• Ex: Unless we cook the food, we can't eat.

• Ex: When you touch anything, sanitize your hands.

Fill in the Blank

The complex sentence recipe includes an AWUBIS, dependent clause, an independent clause, and a _________.

Multiple Choice

(4) While factories make things by cutting raw materials into smaller pieces Little Debbie produces cakes by making small pieces.

What is the BEST way to rewrite sentence 4?

• A. Factories make things by cutting raw materials into smaller pieces, Little Debbie produces cakes by making small pieces.

• B. Little Debbie produces cakes by making small pieces since factories make things by cutting raw materials into smaller pieces.

• C. While factories make things, by cutting raw materials, into smaller pieces, Little Debbie produces cakes by making small pieces.

• D. While factories make things by cutting raw materials into smaller pieces, Little Debbie produces cakes by making small pieces.

Multiple Choice

Unless businesses start using social media they will fall behind those that are already using it.

What is the BEST way to rewrite this sentence?

• A. Unless businesses start using social media, they will fall behind those that are already using it.

• B. Businesses will start falling behind those that are already using it, social media.

• C. They will fall behind social media unless businesses start using those that are already using it.

• D. Unless businesses, start using, social media; they will fall behind, those that are already using it.