March - Week 2 (Unexpected Change)

What change should be made to sentence 1?

• Change fighting to fighter

• Change statement to state ment

• Change schoolbus to school bus

• Change reasons to reason’s

How should sentence 2 be changed?

• Delete the comma after again

• Change could’nt to couldn’t

• Replace was with were

• Sentence 2 should not be changed.

The paragraph is hard to follow because one of the sentences does not belong. Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 7

• Sentence 9

The word make is not the right word for sentence 7. Which word would better help describe what Asher does?

• perform

• solve

• combine

• manage

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 5 and 6?

• Mr. Joseph told him this wasn’t a good explanation and reacted to change that was needed.

• Mr. Joseph told him an explanation and a change reaction was needed to be good.

• Mr. Joseph told him this wasn’t a good explanation, and he needed to change the way he reacted.

• Mr. Joseph needed to change the way he reacted and explained.

What change needs to be made in sentence 10?

• Change more kinder to kindest

• Change more kinder to most kinder

• Change more kinder to kind

• No change is needed.

Which sentence could BEST follow and support sentence 7?

• Asher wasn’t happy about being at Mr. Joseph’s office again.

• Asher thought about how bad suspension would be, and he knew he didn’t want to go through that again.

• It turned out to be a good thing because Asher learned a lesson.

• His parents didn’t care, so he could not understand why Mr. Joseph cared that he had been in a fight.

Which sentence could come at the beginning of this selection and help open this paragraph?

• Asher wasn’t a stranger to trouble, and Principal Joseph was not happy about the incident on the bus this morning.

• Mr. Joseph was thinking about paddling Asher, but he decided to try something else instead this time.

• Asher wasn’t happy with the bus driver after she fought with him.

• Asher explained to Mr. Joseph that it wasn’t his fault.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• Change wouldn’t to would’nt

• Change thanked to thanking

• Insert a comma after others

• No change is needed in sentence 11.

Which sentence should be added to the end of the paper to bring it to a better close?

• Asher wanted Mr. Joseph to promise that he would never make this mistake again.

• Mr. Joseph was very proud of Asher for the positive changes he had made in his life.

• Asher should have given Mr. Joseph a better explanation about why he’d been fighting.

• Asher needs to learn not to get mad as quickly next time.