Do Now: STAAR Practice (3/29-3/30)

(18) The brain is wired in such a way that the sense of smell is processed near the centers’ of emotion and memory.

What change, if any, is needed in sentence 18?

• Insert a comma after way

• Change is processed to has processed

• Change centers’ to centers

• Sentence 18 should not be changed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

(12) The students were excited to actually see snow in the Winter.

• Change students to student's

• Change Winter to winter

• Change were to was

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Identify this sentence as: Written Correctly , a Fragment (Incomplete Sentence), or a Comma Splice

I am so ready for the summer , my family is going on a vacation to the beach.

• Written Correctly

• Fragment

• Comma Splice

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Identify this sentence as: Written Correctly , a Fragment (Incomplete Sentence), or a Comma Splice

Stephanie did not want to cook, but Amanda convinced her that it would save her money.

• Written Correctly

• Fragment

• Comma Splice

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

. (14) Doing so is not impossible, though, because most food preferances are simply a state of mind.

What change should be made in sentence 14?

• Change Doing to When we do

• Delete the comma after though

• Change preferances to preferences

• Change simply to simple

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

(6) My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school. (7) She is having a hard time in math.

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

• My own sister is having a hard time in math attending one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school.

• My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school although she is having a hard time in math.

• My own sister, who attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, is having a hard time in math.

• My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, she is having a hard time in math.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A