STAAR Review #2

What are the three main parts of an essay?

• The hook, the topic sentence, and conclusion.
• Introduction, Hook, Body
• Introduction, Body, Conclusion
• Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal. 

Choose the strong thesis 

• I would like to become a chef
• I would like to become a chef so I can inspire others. 
• Becoming a chef has many benefits such as, interacting with others and sharing the love of food. 
• Becoming a chef sounds cool because I can share my love of food with others. 

A thesis should always incorporate words from what?

• the quote

• the teacher

• a book

• the research question

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.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

After a few more questions and a breif pause, the quiz continued.

• Change few to fewer
• Change breif to brief
• Change the , to a ;
• No change needs to be made

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

When I opened my present I let out a yell.

• Delete When
• Change I to we
• Change I let out to and yell out
• Insert a comma after present.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Choose the best conjunction to combine the sentence pair: Joe loves watching television. He hates soap operas.

• and
• but
• or

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Choose the best conjunction to combine the sentence pair: We can drive to San Francisco. We can take an airplane. 

• and
• but
• or

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

(7) Many people come to the Rocky Mountains to see the deer and study his habits.

• Change come to coming

• Change and to they

• Change his to their

• No change needs to be made in sentence 7.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What does 'their' mean?

• it's a possessive pronoun showing that something belongs to someone.

• it's a location

• it means they are

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D