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Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 21mins
Look at the following topic sentence:
"They challenged the change to electronic records."
What is the weakest part of the sentence?
There isn't a topic.
The use of "they" isn't clear.
There are too many specific points.
Research is missing.
Evidence: Which of the quotes best fits the paragraph?
Increasing teacher pay is one way to retain effective teachers. Wally (2013) reported that teacher salaries had stagnated since 2008, with some teachers even taking yearly pay cuts. Research shows that job satisfaction is connected to regular pay increases (Joseph, 2010). Paying teachers more for the work they do would work as an incentive to remain with the school.
"School administrators in Ohio were able to attract more job applicants by raising starting teacher salary" (Gold, 2014, p. 9).
"In the results, 70% of teachers reported they would be less likely to quit their job if the pay were increased" (Batchlor, 2015, p. 5).
"Standardized tests are one way to measure teacher effectiveness" (Hayman, 2011, p. 5).
Analysis: what other information could the writer use to continue the development of the paragraph?
School leaders are now shifting away from pull-out interventions. One reason for this movement is Beach's (2016) finding that these interventions do not improve student outcomes. Compared to push-in interventions, pull out interventions were 14% less effective.
Explanation of the history of pull-out interventions.
Additional expert opinion on the weakness of pull-out interventions.
Statistics about the success of other intervention programs.
Link: Which of the following is an effective way to end a paragraph?
Highlight an important statistic.
Repeat the main idea of the paragraph.
Quote an expert on the topic of the paragraph.
Include an idea from the next paragraph's topic.
Link: Read the paragraph. Which sentence best wraps up the paragraph?
Meditation can be used to replace workplace stress. Although there are a variety of forms of meditation, the act is generally described as taking time to engage in a mental excercise of focusing on nothing or on a single thing in order to gain higher awareness (Meditation, n.d.). While only 8% of workplaces in a 2011 survey offered meditation as a way to reduce stress, all of the respondents noted that it did reduce e employee stress (Kaufmann, 2016).
Managers should consider meditation as a way to reduce stress in the workplace.
According to Villanueva (2011), meditation is becoming more popular in the workplace as a way to reduce stress.
How can a manager implement meditation in the workplace?
Main idea: Choose the best topic sentence for the following paragraph:
The first point-of-sale software Gregg’s Hardware tried was from QuickBooks (H. Gregg, personal communication, April 16, 2017). Management found this program too costly but flexible enough to meet their needs (H. Gregg, personal communication, April 16, 2017). The second point-of-sale software Gregg’s hardware tried was a multi-level management plan, TouchBistro, which was more affordable, but only worked with an iPad (H. Gregg, personal communication, April 16, 2017).
Gregg’s hardware store has been open for about ten years (About us, n.d.).
Choosing a point-of-sale system is “just as much art as it is science” (Wickham, 2014, p. 75).
Point-of-sale systems that operate off of a tablet can be a good fit for smaller businesses.
Gregg’s Hardware has tried two point-of-sale systems.
Link: Read the following paragraph. Which of the sentences best wrap up the paragraph?
When time and money are invested in nursing staff training, patient satisfaction rises. McGraw (2011) found that on teams with consistent training for nurses, 73% of patients served by those teams reported receiving more effective care. This number fell to 45% for patients of nurses on a team that did not receive consistent training (McGraw, 2011).
Nursing budgets are often constrained by administrators.
McGraw (2011) reported the most effective training was mixed-modal.
Thus, nurse leaders should have time to implement training so that patient satisfaction increases.
