Q3 Benchmark Review

Q3 Benchmark Review

Q3 Benchmark Goals

Keep your index card for entry to the fun!

If you reach your benchmark goal for quarter 3, you will be granted entry to the ice cream bar party on Friday in class. We still have to have teaching and learning, but we will teach and learn with something SWEET! Thank you all for your hard with third quarter. Let's get ready to do even better in 4th quarter.

Fill in the Blank

A complete _____should be on either side of the semicolon.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. ____________; other people pay their house cleaners by task.

Which can be placed before the semicolon to complete the sentence?

• Because some people pay a set weekly amount for home cleanings

• When people begin paying a set weekly amount for house cleanings

• Some people pay a set weekly amount for house cleanings

• Before some people began paying a set weekly amount for house cleaning

Poll

Which one of these words is a pronoun?

• Paul

• She

• Ball

• Purple

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. The teachers loaded everything____would need for the long trip to the training school.

Which pronoun fits in the blank?

• their

• theirs

• them

• they

A change from the way we would normally spell, use the appropriate grammar, puncutation or vocabulary.

What is it?

Variation from Standard English

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. This kinds of pens always last me several months.

Which word from the sentence represents a variation from standard English?

• "This"

• "always"

• "me"

• "several"

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. He had already went to bed by the time we got there. Which word from the sentence represents a variation from standard English?

• "had"

• "went"

• "by"

• "got"

Open Ended

Fix the sentence that had the variation from standard English?

She had already went to bed by the time we got home.

What is pronoun continuity?

If I start with a "he" for a pronoun, I should not switch the "he" later on to a "she" or another pronoun that doesn't equal the number of nouns I'm referring to. For example, if my friends and I go to the park, I shouldn't later on say "they" if I am included in it. I should use "we" continuously if I am talking about "us".

Basically, my pronouns must continuously "agree" throughout the text.

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph. The cat curled their tail after seeing my family's van pull into the driveway. Happy by the friendly greeting, we approached the front door and it trotted happily behind.

Which underlined word represents an inappropriate shift in pronoun continuity?

• "their"

• "my"

• "we"

• "it"

Open Ended

Let's name some transition words that we should use in our writing. For example, "finally" is a transition word.

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph.

_____, Chrissy had watched frozenly while her cousin was scolded by the school bully, but today would be different. She bravely stood up. "Stop that or else I will report you to administration," she declared.

Which transition BEST completes the paragraph?

• Finally

• Meanwhile

• Suddenly

• Yesterday

Poll

Which phrase from the paragraph shows that the answer you chose was the BEST choice?

_____, Chrissy had watched frozenly while her cousin was scolded by the school bully, but today would be different. She bravely stood up. "Stop that or else I will report you to administration," she declared.

• watched frozenly

• best friend

• but today

• stood up