STAAR 7.20A

(11) It was thought that frogs were lifted by powerful winds above earth’s surface into the freezing level of the atmosphere.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• Delete were before lifted

• Change powerful to powerfull

• Change earth’s to Earth’s

• No change should be made in sentence 11.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

(20) In this community, I was privileged to teach poverty-stricken middle school youth who were hispanic.

What change needs to be made in sentence 20?

• Delete the comma after community

• Change privileged to priviledged

• Change middle school to Middle School

• Change hispanic to Hispanic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

(2) Born in North Carolina in 1794, he was the son of a white woman and a freed slave of african and Cherokee descent.

How should sentence 2 be changed?

• Change was to is

• Change african to African

• Change descent to decent

• Sentence 2 should not be changed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

(31) Because of his model of diligence and determination, Goyens is remembered by one historian as a man who “made a strong imprint on Texas.”

What change, if any should be made in sentence 31?

• Delete the comma after determination

• Change historian to Historian

• Delete the quotation marks around made a strong imprint on Texas

• No change

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

(1) Greg went to visit dictor Herdez for a skin infection.

How does sentence 1 need to be changed?

• Change Greg to greg

• Change doctor to Doctor

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

(4) The nurse told Greg, "box jellyfish are highly poisonous, and your skin reacted to it."

What change needs to be made in sentence 4?

• Change nurse to Nurse

• Change box to Box

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

(1) One of my father's favorite shows when he was growing up was a simple Western that was called gunsmoke and starred James Arness.

What change needs to be made in sentence 1?

• Change father's to Father's

• Change gunsmoke to Gunsmoke

• Change James Arness to james arness

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

(8) My parens never rode a horse or travelled west of the Mississippi River, but mom and dad loved good drama.

How does sentence 8 need to be changed?

• Change west to West

• Change River to river

• Change mom and dad to Mom and Dad

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

(9) After the end of the civil war, they created Standard Oil and began attempting to control all the oil going from Ohio and other states in an effort to maximize their profits.

How does sentence 9 need to be changed?

• Change civil war to Civil War

• Change Standard Oil to standard oil

• Change Ohio to ohio

• Change states to States

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

(12) From his New York City office at 27 Broadway, Finagler said, "we realized that public sentiment would be against us if we tried to refined all the oil."

What change needs to be made in sentence 12?

• Change City to city

• Change office to Office

• Change Broadway to broadway

• Change "we to "We

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3