SC Ready ELA

The author's intent for writing something - to inform, to entertain, to persuade

• author's purpose

• plot

• point of view

• main idea

What is the correct order for plot?

• Climax, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

• Exposition, Falling Action, Climax, Rising Action, Resolution

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

• Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action, Resolution

What are the most important things to do as you read?

• visualize and connect; predict and preview

• ask questions about the text and summarize

• examine text features and text structures

• all of the above

A student is writing a letter to the school principal. Read the draft of the letter and complete the task that follows.

Dear Principal Wells, In order to relieve problems related to homework at Harkins Middle School, I propose the school schedule be extended by one hour. The extra time could be devoted solely to students completing class assignments and teachers assisting those who need help with homework. With an additional hour, students could focus on getting tasks done without the distractions that are common outside of school like television, siblings, and chores. Sometimes teachers run out of time in class to present material in new ways. The added hour could be used to give students the extra support necessary to master the concepts being taught. This change in schedule would solve almost all issues related to incomplete and missing student assignments. Even though people enjoy getting out of school to do fun activities like sports, music, or club meetings, those events can happen an hour later.

Sincerely,

Joseph Grant

Which sentence provides the best conclusion to the paragraph?

• Both the teachers and students know that completing assignments and developing life skills are important.

• The sacrifice of an added hour would help the school and the students achieve their learning goals.

• After-school activities occurring later would be fine, especially since students would have little to no homework in the evening.

• If additional time were added to the school day, teachers might need to make adjustments to their after-school schedules as well.

Read the paragraph.

Our local park is taken care of by groups of volunteers. Each month, the park has its trash picked up by a different group of volunteers. Every group of volunteers must take a training class before being allowed to clean the park. Most volunteers have a pleasant experience.

How could the paragraph be rewritten using only the active voice?

• Groups of volunteers take care of our local park. A different group of volunteers picks up the park’s trash each month. A training class must be taken by every group of volunteers before being allowed to clean the park. Most volunteers have a pleasant experience.

• Our local park is taken care of by groups of volunteers. Each month, the park has its trash picked up by a different group volunteers. A training class must be taken by every group of volunteers before being allowed to clean the park. A pleasant experience is had by most volunteers.

• Our local park is taken care of by groups of volunteers. Each month, the park has its trash picked up by a different group volunteers. Every group of volunteers must take a training class before being allowed to clean the park. A pleasant experience is had by most volunteers.

• Groups of volunteers take care of our local park. A different group of volunteers picks up the park’s trash each month. Taking the training class will allow the volunteers to clean the park. Most volunteers have a pleasant experience.

Read the paragraph about printer ink.

Printer ink is the most expensive liquid most people will ever buy. An ink cartridge for a home printer usually contains only a few ounces of black ink. The cost of a typical ink cartridge could be as high as forty dollars, about half the cost of an average printer. With the exception of luxury items such as fancy perfumes ordinary black ink is by far the most expensive liquid people purchase.

Which is the correct way to use commas to punctuate the last sentence of the paragraph?

• With the exception, of luxury items such as fancy perfumes, ordinary black ink is by far the most expensive liquid people purchase.

• With the exception of luxury items such as fancy perfumes, ordinary black ink is by far the most expensive liquid people purchase.

• With the exception of luxury items such as fancy perfumes ordinary black ink is by far, the most expensive liquid people purchase.

• With the exception of luxury items such as fancy perfumes ordinary, black ink, is by far the most expensive liquid people purchase.

The main idea of a text is....

• what the text is a little bit about

• what the text is sometimes telling you

• what the text is never about

• what the text is mostly or mainly about

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:

High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.

• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

• School uniforms can be ordered online.

What is textual evidence?

• Your claim.

• What the author thinks about a topic.

• Proof from the text to support your answer.

• An explanation in your own words about your claim.

What is the definition of characterization?

• characterization is a technique used by writers to develop characters

• characterization means to eat pizza daily

• characterization means to have an effect on someone

• characterization means to represent or stand for something else.