Talking TEKS - 17A, 17C, 19A

01 What TEK is covered by Texas Standard 17C?

• determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words in multiple content areas
• B  summarize text and distinguish between a summary and a critique and identify non-essential information
• C  plan a first draft by selecting the correct genre for conveying the intended meaning
• D use a variety of correctly structured sentences (e.g., compound, complex, compound-complex)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

(1) The acrid scent of burning firewood wafts through the crisp night air.
(2) Suddenly being transported back to childhood as a memory plays in my mind like a movie. (3) My dad, brothers, and I are lounging around a campfire, spearing marshmallows with sticks and holding them over the open flames.

19-10: What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 2?

• F Change being to I am

• G Insert a comma after childhood

• H Change plays to playing

• H Insert a comma after water

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

(4) My marshmallow catches fire, and I turn it slowly, letting it brown on all sides before blowing it out. (5) I pull gently at its crisp brown shell, the aroma of its gooey sweetness teases my nostrils. (6) I wait impatiently for it to cool enough to put in my mouth.

19-11: What is the correct way to write sentence 5?

• A I pull gently at its crisp brown shell, the aroma of its gooey sweetness that teases my nostrils.

• B As I pull gently at its crisp brown shell, the aroma of its gooey sweetness teases my nostrils.

• C Pulling gently at its crisp brown shell, the aroma of its gooey sweetness teasing my nostrils

• D When I pull gently at its crisp brown shell, and the aroma of its gooey sweetness teasing my nostrils.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

04 What TEK is covered by Texas Standard 17A?

• use and understand the function of parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking
• write persuasive text to include clear thesis or position based on logical reasons supported by precise and relevant evidence
• brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic
• spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

(11) Of course, since Americans are not accustomed to eating insects, many are hesitant to trying. (12) If you find a worm hiding inside your apple, you will throw it away, and few want to eat a sandwich with ants in it. (13) For this reason, it will take a major shift in the way we think about food for Americans to become insect eaters.

19-16: What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• F Delete since

• G Change accustomed to acustomed

• H Change to trying to to try

• J No change is needed in this sentence.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

05 What TEK is covered by Texas Standard 19A?

• A analyze textual context to distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words
• B analyze how archetypes and motifs in drama affect the plot of plays
• C  spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings
• D none of this stuff

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

(14) Doing so is not impossible, though, because most food preferances are simply a state of mind. (15) For example, when I was little, I thought oysters were revolting simply because they looked strange, but I tried them recently and really liked them. (16) My cousin used to gag at the mushy texture of avocados when her mother served them, but now she eats them all the time.

19-17: What change should be made in sentence 14?

• A Change Doing to When we do

• B Delete the comma after

• C Change preferances to preferences

• D Change simply to simple

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

(4) Thousands of years old, the cenotes formed when limestone bedrock crumbled, creating sinkholes underneath. (5) The disintigration of limestone exposed secret underground pools of nearly pure water naturally filtered by the earth. (6) Though the ancient Mayans used the cenotes as water sources, people can now swim, snorkel, take photographs, and admire local trees and marine life, all through water as clear as liquid diamond.

18-10: What change should be made in sentence 5?

• F Change disintigration to disintegration

• G Change exposed to expose

• H Insert a comma after water

• J Change filtered to filterred

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

(7) In Cenote Azul, the first cenote we visited, my parents, my grandparents, and I swam through water that seemed too blue to be real. (8) Underneath us, meandering through the same turquoise pool, was schools of tropical fish. (9) I witnessed countless younger kids diving into the water from a small cliff, but I was hesitant to jump at first.

18-11: What change should be made in sentence 8?

• A Change meandering to meanders

• B Change turquoise to turquoys

• C Delete the comma after pool

• D Change was to were

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CCSS.L.3.1F

(8) Underneath us, meandering through the same turquoise pool, was schools of tropical fish. (9) I witnessed countless younger kids diving into the water from a small cliff, but I was hesitant to jump at first. (10) I finally worked up the courage, and my initial splash instantly put all my worries to rest, the experience was invigorating.

18-12: What is the best way to rewrite sentence 10? -

• F I finally worked up the courage, my initial splash instantly put all my worries to rest, the experience was invigorating

• G I finally worked up the courage, and my initial splash instantly put all my worries to rest. The experience was invigorating.

• H I finally worked up the courage. My initial splash instantly put all my worries to rest, the experience was invigorating.

• J I finally worked up the courage, and my initial splash, instantly, put all my worries to rest and the experience was invigorating.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3