Famous Explorers of Texas Land

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 2?

• Change American Indians to american indians

• Change live to lived

• Change nomadic to Nomadic

• Make no change

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

How should Ashley revise sentence 5?

• The map Pineda made of the Texas coastline during his voyage was the very first document in Texas history.

• During his voyage, Pineda made a map of the Texas coastline, and it is thought to be the first document in Texas history.

• Pineda made a map of the Texas coastline during his voyage. It is think to be the very first document in Texas history.

• The map Pineda made of the Texas coastline during his voyage is the very first document in Texas history.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 10?

• Change survivors to survivor’s

• Change decided to desided

• Insert a comma after Vaca

• Make no change

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

Which transition word or phrase would BEST fit at the beginning of sentence 25?

• In the same way

• Then

• However

• As a result

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

Ashley wants to further expand on the idea expressed in sentence 9. Which of the following could BEST support and follow sentence 9?

• The survivors were glad to be alive.

• The survivors were mad about the storm.

• These survivors were lucky to be alive.

• These survivors were the first Europeans to walk on Texas soil.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

How should sentence 11 be revised?

• The Karankawa American Indians showed kindness to survivors by helping them survive.

• The Karankawa American Indians were nice and showed the survivors kindness by giving them food to eat clothes to wear and a place to stay.

• Karankawa American Indians showed kindness to the survivors by offering them food, shelter, and clothing.

• The Karankawa American Indians were some of the kind American Indians and was nice after the storm by providing them with food, shelter and clothing.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

How should sentence 28 be changed?

• Change discoveries to discovery

• Change explorers to explorers’

• Insert a comma after although

• No change is needed

Which sentence should Ashley insert after sentence 32 to strongly close her paper?

• If it weren’t for these brave men, Texas wouldn’t be what it is today.

• If it weren’t for these brave men, other future discoveries and settlements may have never occurred that helped make Texas what it is today.

• These brave explorers risked their lives just to discover the great unknown in Texas forever impacting the course of events the state would experience in the future.

• These brave men’s “failures” are what led to other successful discoveries and settlements that helped make Texas what it is today.

What is the correct way to write sentence 1?

• Before, Texas was colonized it was inhabited, by many American Indians

• Before, Texas was colonized, it was inhabited by many American Indians

• Before Texas was colonized, it was inhabited by many American Indians.

• Before Texas was colonized, it was inhabited by many American indians.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 14?

• Change than to then

• Change spent to spint

• Insert a comma after World

• Make no change

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5