Benchmark Review

When you get your essay, what should you do first?

• Cross out read

• Cross out read and think

• Cross out write

• Cross out think and write

What is the prompt for this essay?

• Write an essay explaining the benefit of adversity

• Write about how many people will want to spend time with you when you are good, but only people who care about you will be there when times are bad

• Write about the quote

• Write about read, think and write.

What is the next step after attacking the prompt?

• Start writing the essay

• Brainstorm Reasons

• Controlling Idea

• Develop Evidence

The meat of a hamburger is which part of the essay?

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Body Paragraphs

• Controlling Idea

If a question says look at the whole paragraph instead of a sentence, you should?

• Answer the questions

• Write a Gist Statement

Complete the sentence with a comma and a FANBOYS.

The weather today will be cool, _____ it will be rainy.

• or

• but

• nor

• so

What must a compound sentence have?

• Comma and a FANBOYS

• FANBOYS

• Two commas

• Semicolon

When do we add a colon? Select all that apply.

• Definition and examples

• List

• Between two complete sentences

(15) Mr. Owens, my Band Director, insists that I practice every night.

How does sentence 15 need to be changed?

• Change Band Director to band director

• Change insists to insisting

• Delete the second comma

• Sentence 15 does not need to be changed

(30) The current living arrangements is causing me a lot of stress.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30?

• Change arrangements to arangements

• Change a lot to alot

• Change is causing to are causing

• Make no change