NoveloA TECH6333-5

Assignment 4: Interactive Digital Assessment Activity

By Arvin Novelo

Grammar Checkpoint: Review of Sentences, Punctuations, and Modifiers

​Target Standards (GDOE PSSTs):

CCSS: L.7.1 - Conventions of standard English grammar and usage
CCSS: L.7.2 - Conventions of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

Audience and Topic

This interactive formative assessment is designed for 7th grade students in the Guam Department of Education (GDOE). The topic focuses on grammar skills aligned to GDOE's Priority Standards, including identifying and correcting phrases, clauses, sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling

Learning Goals

Students will be able to:

• Distinguish between independent and dependent clauses

• Identify and apply correct sentence structures

• Use punctuation accurately, especially commas with coordinate adjectives

• Avoid common grammar mistakes like dangling modifiers

• Demonstrate correct spelling and word usage in context

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains a coordinate adjective?

• She wore a bright red dress.

• He drove a fast, powerful car.

• The dog barked loudly.

• We ate lunch outside.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to fix this sentence?

Running late, the bus was missed by Sam.

• Sam, running late, missed the bus.

• Running late, missed the bus Sam.

• The bus missed Sam, who was running.

• Sam was missed by the bus.

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is this?

Although she was tired, she stayed up to finish her proejct.

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is spelled correctly?

• The dog chased it's tail around the yard.

• Their going to the store now.

• She received a suprise gift.

• They're planning a surprise party.

Categorize

Options (6)

dependent clause

dependent claus

independent clause

independent claus

dependent clause

independent clause

Label each clause as either independent or dependent clause

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If you finish your homework

Because she was late

He ran out the door

They cheered loudly

Match

Match each sentence to the correct sentence type

• I like pizza, and she likes pasta.

• While I was studying, my brother played games.

• I finished the book.

• I called him, but he didn't answer because he was busy.

compound

complex

simple

compound-complex

• compound

• complex

• simple

• compound-complex

Open Ended

Why is it important to avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers in your writing?

Open Ended

Think back about a sentence you wrote recently from our grammar practices. How did you decide which punctuation and grammar to use?