SQUADS #2
CPW
“11th Grade English”
Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to address these College Readiness
Standards in English:
1. Conventions of Punctuation 13-15, 16-19
2.Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus 24-27
3. Conventions of Usage 16-19, 20-23, 28-32
4. Organization, Unity, and Coherence 16-19
5. Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy 20-23, 28-32
Success Criteria – I will I am successful if I can identify the best use of
punctuation, usage, word choice, organization, and topic development.
11th Grade English
• 1. The music is mainly instrumental – the bands
generally consist of guitar, bass guitar,
saxophones, accordion, and drums.
– Which of the following alternatives to the underline
portion would NOT be acceptable?
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A. instrumental; in general, the bands
B. instrumental, the bands generally
C. instrumental. The bands generally
D. instrumental; the bands generally
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• 2. Even something as visibly simple or natural
as computing a person’s age can prove to be
not so clear-cut.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. apparently
• C. entirely
• D. Fully
11th Grade English
– From the passage entitled “Wearing Jeans in School”
• 3. In 1970, the school board in Pittsfield, New
Hampshire, approved a dress code that prohibited
students from wearing certain types of clothing.
– Given that all of the choices are true, which one
would best illustrate the term dress code as it is used
in this sentence?
– A. NO CHANGE
– B. clothing that was inappropriate.
– C. clothing, including sandals, bell-bottom pants, and
“dungarees” (blue jeans).
– D. clothing that is permitted in some
schools today.
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• 4. The school board members believed that
wearing “play clothes” to school made the
students inefficient toward their school work,
while more formal attire established a positive
educational climate.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. lazy and bored to tears with
• C. blow off
• D. lax and indifferent toward
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• 5. Furthermore, the board offered no evidence
to back up its claim that such clothing created a
negative educational environment.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. where
• C. which
• D. in which
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• 6. His challenge initiated a review, of students’
rights and administrative responsibility in
public education.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. review, of students’ rights,
• C. review of students’ rights
• D. review of students’ rights,
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• 7. Though the two remained cordial, their
friendship was damaged due to the fact that
they had the disagreement.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. because of the fact that they had a
• C. due to the fact of their
• D. by the
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• 8. Other letters are solemn, speaking of
relatives and friends whom had died.
• A.NO CHANGE
• B. who
• C. who they
• D. of whom
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• 9. At one point, Emily sent a draft of her poem
“Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers” to Susan,
who praised the poem but suggested
revisions. As a result, Emily wrote two other
versions of the second stanza.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. rewrote two other alternate
• C. rewrote two additional alternate
• D. wrote two alternate revised
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• 10. Dickinson’s last twenty years of letters –
many over 1,500 words in length – reveals the
breadth and depth of her connection to the
world through a wide circle of
correspondents.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. reveal
• C. will of revealed
• D. would of revealed
CPW 11th Grade English
• Exchange your answer sheet with that of
another squad…
• Launch the PDF.