Championship Week/STAAR Prep

That’s what I thought getting glasses would be like, I was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it.

• That’s what I thought getting glasses would be like. And was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it.

• That’s what I thought getting glasses would be like. I was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it.

• That’s what I thought getting glasses would be like. Because I was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

But when I realized I was having trouble seeing the board at school, my heart sinked.

• Change board to bored

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• Change sinked to sank

• This sentence should not be changed.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Instead of telling my Mom, I asked the teacher to move me to the front of the room.

• Change Mom to mom

• Change the comma to a period

• Change asked to ask

• No change needs to be made.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Sitting closer to the board helped for a while, but I knew it wasn’t a permanant solution.

• Change helped to helps

• Insert something after knew

• Change wasn’t a to wasn’t no

• Change permanant to permanent

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

What is the correct way to write the following sentences?

I was sure that I would look terrible in glasses. And that all the kids would tease me.

• I was sure that I would look terrible in glasses and that all the kids would tease me.

• I was sure that I would look terrible in glasses all the kids would tease me.

• I was sure of one thing, I would look terrible in glasses, and all the kids would tease me.

• The sentences are written correctly in the paper.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

I knew that no matter how ridiculous I looked I needed to see the basketball hoop!

• Change that to it

• Change ridiculous to ridiculus

• Insert a comma after looked

• No change needs to be made

However, when I got to school the next day, I was in for a surprise.

• Delete when

• Delete the comma after day

• Change surprise to suprise

• No change should be made.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

The ones who did said things like “Cool glasses” and “Wow, you look good in those!

• Change said to say

• Insert a period after glasses

• Change Wow to wow

• Insert quotation marks after the exclamation point

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

I couldn’t hardly believe it!

• Change couldn’t to could’nt

• Delete hardly

• Change believe to beleive

• No change should be made in sentence 35

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If you are a sports fan, you may get to watch Monday Night Football in the Fall.

• Change are to were

• Delete the comma

• Insert a comma after Football

• Change Fall to fall

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A