7th grade ELA Round 1 GMAS March Madness Competition

ELAGSE7L4a. Determine Meaning

Which is the BEST definition for the phrase relative seclusion as it is used in the excerpt from "Stop Feeding the Birds"?

Natural food locations are scattered everywhere. Birds that have to look for food on their own can easily find it in places where they can eat in relative seclusion. At artificial feeding sites, however, the birds often have to compete.

DOK 2

• quiet

• shelter

• privacy

• isolation

ELAGSE7L1b. Demonstrate Command Conventions

Read this sentence.

I went to the spring to get some water, and I saw a deer drinking there.

Which type of sentence is this?

DOK 1

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound-complex

ELAGSE7RL3. Analyze Structure

How does the description in paragraph 4 shape the character of Phileas Fogg?

DOK 2

• It shows that Fogg tends to live an isolated life.

• It reveals that Fogg finds it difficult to trust others.

• It demostrates that Fogg is largely misunderstood.

• It suggests that Fogg is often in conflict with people.

ELAGSE7RL2. Determine Central Idea

Read the excerpt from the passage.

He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world.

Which central idea of the passage does this except help to develop?

DOK 2

• Phileas Fogg is not well understood by others.

• Phileas Fogg has difficulty making friends.

• Phileas Fogg tries to disguise himself.

• Phileas Fogg is not confident in himself.

ELAGSE7RL4. Determine Meaning

Read the sentence from paragraph 4 of the passage.

He lived alone in his house in Saville Rox, whither none penetrated. A single domestic sufficed to serve him.

What is the meaning of the word domestic in the sentence?

DOK 2

• someone who works in business

• someone who does farm work

• someone who works at a club

• someone who does household work

ELAGSE7RL1. Cite textual evidence

What conclusion about Phileas Fogg can the reader MOST LIKELY draw from the passage?

DOK 2

• He is a person of strict habits

• He writes about his travels

• He has become wealthy from investments.

• He frequently entertains friends in his large home.

ELAGSE7RL3. Analyze Characters

Which statement shapes the actions of Phileas Fogg?

DOK 3

• Fogg's reserved nature leads him to avoid attracting unwanted recognition.

• Fogg's need for solitude leads him to socialize only with employees.

• Fogg's respect for education leads him to act as a teacher to those around him.

• Fogg's restless nature leads him to to engage in continual activity.

ELAGSE7W1a.

Read the paragraph from a student's argumentative essay.

This week, our class will vote on how to use the money we raised through our annual Fall Festival. The class will decide whether the money should be spent on a class field trip or on a set of electronic tablets for the library. I think the funds should be spent on tablets. The tablets can be checked out by students for use at home, just like a library book. If the tablets are preloaded with educational games and books, then students will get hours of reading and working on other brain-challenging tasks.

Which sentence should be added to the paragraph to acknowledge the opposing claim?

DOK 3

• Tablets are more convenient to take back and forth to school than heavy books, and the tablets can be updated to include the most current information for any middle-school subject.

• Our librarian has agreed to load the tablets with educational games and books that are appropriate for any middle-schooler.

• Some classmates favor the field trip because it will be an unforgettable experience, but that experience lasts only one day, while the experiences offered by tablets will be ongoing.

• We have raised enough money to purchase at least ten tablets, maybe more, if we use the school account to purchase the tablets in bulk.

ELAGSE7W2e.

Read the paragraph.

More than a hundred years ago, Europeans who wanted to drink coffee typically tied up coffee grounds in a little piece of cloth and boiled it in a pot of water. 2 Some grounds usually got through the cloth and mixed with the drink. 3 The coffee also tasted very bitter. 4 Melitta Bentz invented a much better system for brewing coffee that involved using a heavy paper filter and a pot with holes punched in it. 5 When she poured the boiling water through this contraption, the paper held the coffee grounds, water drained through, and the resulting beverage was a ton better.

Which edit should be made to maintain the formal style of the paragraph?

DOK 2

• Change “a pot of water” to “some water” in sentence 1.

• Change “mixed” to “stirred” in sentence 2.

• Change “punched” to “placed” in sentence 4.

• Change “a ton better” to “much improved” in sentence 5.

ELAGSE7L2b.

The sentence below has a spelling error.

In the laboratory, we set up the apparatus efficiently in aproximately 10 minutes.

Which word is NOT spelled correctly?

DOK 1

• laboratory

• apparatus

• efficiently

• aproximately