Team 3

Use Coral Reefs to answer the following question. Isaiah would like to use a more appropriate word in sentence 5. Which word should replace low in this sentence?

• shallow

• coastal

• deep

• marshy

Use Coral Reefs to answer the following question. What is the most effective way to revise sentence 11?

• Algae remove the coral’s waste and provide food and oxygen for it.

• Algae provide food and oxygen and the coral removes its waste

• Algae provide food and oxygen, and they also remove wastes for the coral.

• Providing food and oxygen and removing waste is what algae do for the coral.

Use Coral Reefs to answer the following question. Teo would like to add a detail to strengthen his fourth paragraph (sentences 16-20). Which of the following can best be added after sentence 17 to accomplish this goal?

• People who swim, snorkel, and fish in coral reefs are intrigued by them

• Coral reefs are home to grouper, snapper, and lobsters, which are prized by fishers.

• Coral reefs protect nearby communities from storms.

• Scuba divers like to see the colorful fish that live in coral reefs.

Use Coral Reefs to answer the following question. What is the most effective way to revise sentence 27?

• For example, fertilizer pollution can lead to black band disease, which causes coral tissue to break down.

• Tissue breakdown in corals lead to black band disease, which leads to fertilizer pollution.

• For example, black band disease causes coral tissue to break down and fertilizer pollution.

• Fertilizer pollution and black band disease, for example, are two causes of coral tissue breaking down.

Use Coral Reefs to answer the following question. Which of the following sentences should replace sentence 28 to serve as a more effective controlling idea for paragraph 6 (sentences 28-33)?

• People are inconsiderate when it comes to nature.

• Thousands of species of algae exist in the ocean.

• Someday, we might regret not doing more to protect our environment.

• More must be done to protect coral reefs, as the well-being of life on Earth depends upon their health.

Use Coral Reefs to answer the following question. Which sentence should replace sentence 43 to improve the conclusion of the essay?

• It’s important that people protect them.

• The next time we eat seafood, we should thank a coral reef.

• People should care about coral reefs as much as they do about rainforests.

• They have a lot in common with rainforests.

Use The Dentist’s Dog to answer the following question. What is the correct way to write sentence 2?

• As Dr. Jamal probed at his teeth with a cold metal instrument, he clenched his fists in his lap.

• Dr. Jamal was probing at his teeth with a cold metal instrument, Dustin was clenching his fists in his lap.

• Dr. Jamal probed at his teeth with a cold metal instrument, however, Dustin clenched his fists in his lap.

• Dr. Jamal probed at his teeth with a cold metal instrument and clenched his fists in his lap.

Use The Dentist’s Dog to answer the following question. What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Delete the question mark after choice

• Change ask to asked

• Change dreading to dreding

• No change needed.

Use The Dentist’s Dog to answer the following question. What change should be made in sentence 7?

• Change Smiling to Smiled

• Change its to it’s Delete the comma after said

• Change Staff to staff

• Change patients to patience

Use The Dentist’s Dog to answer the following question. What change should be made in sentence 11?

• Change has had to had

• Change in to into

• Delete the comma after settings

• Change his to he