Open Up - Grade 8 - ELA - Module 3 - Mid Unit 3 Assessment

Read the following sentences from the text reflection:“Making his vision of saving children a reality was not easy. It also wasn’t his profession.”Part A Combine the sentences using a comma with a coordinating conjunction to indicate a pause between connected ideas. (L.8.2a)

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L.8.2.a

Part BCombine the sentences using a dash to indicate a pause between connected ideas. (L.8.2a)

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L.8.2.a

Read the sentence, from the text reflection, below. Then, rewrite the sentence, adding two commas to indicate pauses between list items. (L.8.2a)He used his own funding time and organization skills to start planning for the transport of children from Prague to London in 1939.

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L.8.2.a

Read the quotation, from the text reflection, below. Rewrite the sentence using an ellipsis to omit information that is not essential for understanding what Winton named his organization. (L.8.2b)“He made up an organization, calling it ‘The British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Children’s Section.’”

• “He made up . . . ‘The British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Children’s Section.’”
• “He made up an organization, calling it. . . .”
• “He made up an organization . . . ‘The British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Children’s Section.’”
• “He made up an organization, calling it ‘The British . . .Children’s Section.’”

Read the quotation, from the text reflection, below. Rewrite the sentence using an ellipsis to omit information that is not essential for understanding that anxious parents visited Winton for help. (L.8.2b)“Anxious parents, who gradually came to understand the danger they and their children were in, came to Winton and placed the future of their children into his hands.”

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L.8.2.b

Read the sentence, from the text reflection, below:“Despite these challenges, Nicholas Winton worked hard, and many children were saved by him.”Select the sentence that has been correctly revised to fix the inappropriate shift from the active voice to passive voice. (L.8.1b, L.8.1d)

• Despite these challenges, Nicholas Winton worked hard, and he saved many children.
• Despite these challenges, Nicholas Winton worked hard, and many children saved him.
• Despite these challenges, Nicholas Winton worked hard, and he was saved by many children.
• Despite these challenges, Nicholas Winton worked hard, and he many children saved.

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L.8.1.d

L.8.1.b

Rewrite the sentence from the text reflection below to correct the inappropriate verb shift from the conditional to indicative mood. (L.8.1c, L.8.1d)Winton knew that if children entered the camps, they would suffer and they will die.

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L.8.1.d

L.8.1.c