ELA Middle School Review

Which sentence contains a mistake in comma usage?

• The play about immigrating to the United States was inspiring, educational, and entertaining.

• The squirrel leaped from one branch to another, scrambled quickly, down the tree, and raced across the yard.

• We walked along the lakeshore, stopped at a small park for lunch, and then went swimming at a beach.

• Hiking, biking, and canoeing are some popular outdoor activities in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which sentence is a run-on and should be written as two sentences?

• Jamie collected stones for a wall he wanted to build carefully he put each one into place

• He wanted the wall to look as if it had been there for many years without any changes.

• He had carefully selected stones to make the new wall look just as old as the other nearby walls did.

• Jamie stood back and admired the work that he had already accomplished.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Read the sentences from a school newspaper. (1) Ms. Brundy, the girls’ volleyball coach took the Edison Middle School Eagles to their first ever district championship game. (2) The girls played well but lost to the reigning district champion Milton Tigers, who won without their star player, Amanda Keyes. Which change should be made to correct the mistake in comma usage?

• Remove the comma after Brundy in sentence 1.

• Add a comma after coach in sentence 1.

• Add a comma before lost in sentence 2.

• Remove the comma before Amanda in sentence 2.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What line in the text tell you that Max is upset it is raining?

• Thunder struck and rain poured

• Dropping his kite from his hand, Max broke out into a full sob

• Mom sighed

• He says, "I don't wanna sandwich?"

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

In order to create an objective summary of the text, readers must...

• consider the central idea as it develops over the course of the text.

• you must consider the judgement to make a decision

• the reader needs to reread the passage

• to find the objective you need to go over the theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which sentence in this article provides text evidence for the inference that the Montgolfier brothers used hot air to lift their balloons?

• On June 5, 1783, they launched their balloon in the village of Annonay.

• They lit a fire under a small silk bag, which was open at the bottom; at once the bag rose to the ceiling.

• Eventually, they built a huge balloon of linen and paper.

• One night, in 1782, Joseph noticed something that gave him an idea.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What does a good summary include?

• the characters

• important details from the passage and presents ideas/events in order

• your opinions

• words

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What text features can give you a clue of what the main idea is?

• Pictures

• Title

• Headings

• All of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What lines from the text support the idea that Mom and Max were going to go on a picnic?

• His mother comforted him

• Mom offers Max a sandwich

• She began to unpack the picnic basket

• Max stares blankly out the window

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What piece of evidence could be used to BEST support the claim (idea): Middle school students should be required to wear uniforms.

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

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

• School uniforms can be ordered online.

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1