Editing/Writing

For many years in the United States, some people was not allowed to vote.

• people were
• people are
• people is
• Make no change

Native Americans, African Americans, and women had to waited many years before they could vote.

• had to waiting
• had to wait
• have to waited
• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott held a convention in New York to fight for women's rights.

• woman's rights
• womens rights
• womens' rights
• Make no change

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

What change should be made in the sentence?
It didn't seem like such a small amount would be enough to make a pancake but I soon realized just how much the batter spreads out.

• Change didn't to did'nt
• Insert a comma after pancake
• Change spreads out to spread out
• No changes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 
So imagine my surprise when I got the high score on todays' quiz.

• Change imagine to imagining
• Insert a semicolon after reaction
• Change todays' to today's
• No change needs to be made

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

Which words correctly complete this sentence:
____ important to the robot to repair ____ circuits.

• It's/its
• Its/it's

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

What is a thesis statement?

• A general idea of what the essay is about
• A summary of the main idea
• A statement that explains the main idea of an essay
• A suggestion that you should read the essay

What is the purpose of the thesis?

• To remind your reader what your paper is about
• To state your opinion or claim and prove it
• To hook the reader's attention
• To use vocabulary words

Where should a thesis statement appear?

• first paragraph
• anywhere in the essay
• last paragraph
• the first sentence of every paragraph

The thesis statement should express a main idea that links to supporting points

• True
• False