CARMS/CUPS Mini Lesson

CARMS/CUPS Mini Lesson

STAAR Prep

Directions

Using your strategies, answer the questions to the best of your abilities. The questions are in no particular order or have been separated by category.

Multiple Choice

(1) A deer crash through the windshield of a Virginia school bus and landed on a student who was taking a nap during the morning commute. - What change should be made in sentence 1?

• A. Change Virginia to virginia

• B. Change nap to knap

• C. Change crash to crashed

• D. No change needs to be made in sentence 1

Multiple Choice

(5) The bus driver opens the doors and deer runs out, the footage shows. (6) The driver calls for assistance and states the vehicle was on Route 13, near Anderson Highway. (7) The student was not injured. (8) The driver said, the deer ran off into the distance and did not appear to be injured.

- You need to add a sentence to the end of the second paragraph to bring the paragraph to a more effective closing. Which of the following should be added at the end of the 2nd paragraph to help close this paragraph?

• A. How did the deer not see us?

• B. I should have followed the deer to have ensured its safety.

• C. We were very fortunate that no one got seriously injured.

• D. Next time that kid won’t sleep on my bus.

Multiple Choice

(8) The driver said, the deer ran off into the distance and did not appear to be injured.

- What change should be made in sentence 8?

• A Change driver to he

• B Delete the comma

• C Change ran to run

• D Change off to of

Multiple Choice

(9) Brian Bartlett, the districts interim director of transportation, praised the driver's actions during the incident. - What change should be made in sentence 9?

• A Change districts to district’s

• B Delete the comma after transportation

• C Delete the apostrophe

• D Change off to of

Multiple Choice

(3) The footage shows the bus in transit when a deer crashes through the windshield on the opposite side from where the driver is seated and flips over a seating barrier to land on a student who was sleeping. (4) The students was wearing his favorite baseball cap. (5) The bus driver opens the doors and deer runs out, the footage shows. (6) The driver calls for assistance and states the vehicle was on Route 13, near Anderson Highway. - The author has included an extraneous sentence in the 2nd paragraph (sentences 3–6). Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?

• F Sentence 3

• G Sentence 4

• H Sentence 5

• J Sentence 6

Multiple Choice

(12) "He did a very good job at keeping the bus safe and he did a very good job keeping the kids on the bus safe."

- What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 12?

• A "He did a very good job at keeping the bus safe he did a very good job keeping the kids on the bus safe."

• B "He did a very good job at keeping the bus safe and he did a very good job keeping the kids on the bus safe even though he should have never put those kids in danger."

• C "He did a very good job at keeping the bus safe, or he did a very good job keeping the kids on the bus safe."

• D "He did a very good job at keeping the bus safe and keeping the kids on the bus safe."