ACT Prep Round 4
Subject: 11th Grade English
CPW
SQUADS
Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to practice College
Readiness Standards:
1
Conventions of Punctuation 24-27
2
Conventions of Punctuation 24-27
3
Conventions of Usage 24-27
4
Conventions of Usage 28-32
5
Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus 24-27
6
Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy 20-23
Success Criteria – I am successful if I can
1)
Use an apostrophe for possessive noun
2)
Only use a semi-colon to connect two complete thoughts
3)
use appropriate pronoun
4)
Use who and whom correctly
5)
Choose the phrase that develops the focus
6)
Delete redundant and wordy material
11th Grade English Directions
• You will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to
work on each question individually.
– There will be a stopwatch timer included on each
slide for the teacher to set so you can keep track.
• After you have completed each question
individually, you will have 1 minute and 30
seconds to work as a group and decide on the
best answer and rationale.
11th Grade English
• From Passage II “How Old Am I?”
• 1. The practice of advancing a person’s age seems
to me to reflect the value a society places on life
experience and longevity.
A. NO CHANGE
B. persons’ age
C. persons age
D. person’s age,
11th Grade English
• From Passage III “Wearing Jeans in School”
• 2. The United States District Court of New
Hampshire; agreed to hear Kevin’s case.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Court, of New Hampshire
C. Court of New Hampshire
D. Court of New Hampshire,
11th Grade English
• From Passage IV “The Case of the Trick
Photographs”
• 3. Some sixty years later, an elderly Frances
Griffiths publicly admitted that her and her cousin
had staged the photographs as a practical joke.
A. NO CHANGE
B. her cousin and herself
C. she and her cousin
D. her cousin and her
11th Grade English
• From Passage V “Her Letters to the World”
• 4. Other letters are solemn; speaking of relatives
and friends whom had died.
A. NO CHANGE
B. who
C. who they
D. of whom
11th Grade English
• From Passage V “Her Letters to the World”
• 5. At one point, Emily sent a draft of her poem
“Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers” to Susan, who
read the poem. As a result, Emily wrote two other
versions of the second stanza.
– *Given that all the choices are true, which one would
most clearly describe an interaction between Susan
and Emily during Emily’s writing process?
A.
B.
C.
D.
NO CHANGE
liked the poem tremendously.
considered and thought about the poem.
praised the poem but suggested revisions.
11th Grade English
• From Passage V “Her Letters to the World”
• 6. 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
SQUADS
ACT Prep Round 4
Subject: 11th Grade English
CPW
Now ‘Squad Up’ and replay this
PPT. Use the Student
Answer/Rationale Sheet.
Then exchange your Squad’s
answer sheet with that of
another squad.
Launch the ANSWERS video.