STAAR Writing Review

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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the excerpt of this student’s paper about a child hero and look for any corrections that need to be made.
(1) How could a child be so brave? (2) Why had Hao risked his own life to save his fellow students? (3) Where was this courageous boy’s Mother? (4) When reporters questioned the young boy, Hao answered “I was the hall monitor. (5) It was my job to look after my classmates.”
What change needs to be made in sentence 3?
Change where to were
Change was to is
Remove the apostrophe from boy’s
Change Mother to mother
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the excerpt of this student’s paper about a child hero and look for any corrections that need to be made.
(1) How could a child be so brave? (2) Why had Hao risked his own life to save his fellow students? (3) Where was this courageous boy’s Mother? (4) When reporters questioned the young boy, Hao answered “I was the hall monitor. (5) It was my job to look after my classmates.”
What change needs to be made in sentence 4?
Change questioned to question
Remove the comma after boy
Change Hao to hao
Insert a comma after answered
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.6.2A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
(1) Approximately four billion people watched the televised opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics. (2) They saw an amazing show. (3) Amid lights and music, athletes from around the world marched into the huge stadium in Beijing, China. (4) A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag named Yao Ming. (5) The seven-and-a-half-foot-tall superstar was a sight to behold but most viewers weren’t even looking at him. (6) They were watching the small boy who came into the stadium with the athlete. (7) The boy’s entrance brought enthusiastic cheers. (8) That’s because nine-year-old Lin Hao was more than just a kid.
What is the best way to combine sentences 1 and 2?
Approximately four billion people watched the televised opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics, they saw an amazing show.
Approximately four billion people watched the televised opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics, and they saw an amazing show.
Approximately four billion people watched the televised opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics, but they saw an amazing show.
Approximately four billion people watched the televised opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics; and they saw an amazing show.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1I
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.7.1B
CCSS.L.9-10.2A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
(1) Approximately four billion people watched the televised opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics. (2) They saw an amazing show. (3) Amid lights and music, athletes from around the world marched into the huge stadium in Beijing, China. (4) A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag named Yao Ming. (5) The seven-and-a-half-foot-tall superstar was a sight to behold but most viewers weren’t even looking at him. (6) They were watching the small boy who came into the stadium with the athlete. (7) The boy’s entrance brought enthusiastic cheers. (8) That’s because nine-year-old Lin Hao was more than just a kid.
What change should be made in sentence 5?
Insert a comma after superstar
Change sight to site
Insert a comma after behold
Change viewers to viewer’s
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.6.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
(1) British filmmaker John downer wanted to capture some footage of jungle animals, but they can be difficult to film. (2) Jungle animals don’t usually let humans get very close to them, and they travel in places too dense for wildlife photographers to go. (3) Downer came up with a creative way to overcome these obstacles. (4) In a remote jungle in the heart of India, he used elephants to help him shoot the film.
What change needs to be made in sentence 1?
Change filmmaker to Filmmaker
Change downer to Downer
Remove the comma after animals
Change the comma to a semi-colon
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2A
CCSS.L.2.2A
CCSS.L.3.2A
CCSS.L.4.2A
CCSS.L.K.2A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
(1) British filmmaker John downer wanted to capture some footage of jungle animals, but they can be difficult to film. (2) Jungle animals don’t usually let humans get very close to them, and they travel in places too dense for wildlife photographers to go. (3) Downer came up with a creative way to overcome these obstacles. (4) In a remote jungle in the heart of India, he used elephants to help him shoot the film.
What is the best way to combine sentences 3 and 4?
Downer came up with a creative way to overcome these obstacles; in a remote jungle in the heart of India, he used elephants to help him shoot the film.
Downer came up with a creative way to overcome these obstacles, in a remote jungle in the heart of India, he used elephants to help him shoot the film.
Downer came up with a creative way to overcome these obstacles, so in a remote jungle in the heart of India, he used elephants to help him shoot the film.
Downer came up with a creative way to overcome these obstacles, but in a remote jungle in the heart of India, he used elephants to help him shoot the film.
Tags
CCSS.L.2.1F
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.3.1I
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.7.1B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
(1) Just a few months earlier, on May 12, 2008, Hao had been in his classroom on a typical day at school. (2) Without warning the ground beneath him began to tremble. (3) Hao’s school in the town of Yingxiu was at the very heart of an earthquake. (4) Windows shattered, shelves began toppling over, and the floor lost it’s stability. (5) Finally the whole building collapsed. (6) Hao somehow managed to climb out of the rubble and save himself two of his classmates, and others who were trapped.
What changes need to be made in sentence 4?
Remove the comma after shattered
Change shelves to shelfs
Change it’s to its
No change is needed.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1B
CCSS.L.2.2C
CCSS.L.3.2D
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