Mid Year Assessment

Zane’s English teacher asks the students to write a personal narrative about something that happened last summer. Zane decides to write about a surprising event that happened during his visit to California. Which of the following will most help Zane organize his writing?

Here is the first part of Zane’s rough draft. Use it to answer questions 2–5. (1)Last summer my twin brother Zack and I visited our aunt and uncle in California. (2)On the first day of our visit, Aunt Wanda went to work. (3)She told Uncle Hank and us to meet her for lunch before she left, and she seemed excited. (4)To be honest, Zack and I had been hoping to visit some of the famous movie studios we had read about before our trip. (5)Okay, so like visiting our aunt for lunch at her job seemed like a total drag. (6)At 11:30 A.M. sharp, however, the three of us left the house. (7)“How can you tell which building is Aunt Wanda’s?” I asked as we passed block after block of identical warehouses. (8)Uncle Hank agreed that they all looked alike, but he pulled into a parking lot, and we went into a building. (9)We climbed a flight of stairs, walked through a heavy metal door, and found Aunt Wanda. (10)As we were talking, Aunt Wanda introduced Zack and me to her boss, a man she called Bill. (11)Bill asked us if we would like a tour before lunch Uncle Hank and Aunt Wanda both smiled as though a warehouse were something special. (12)Zack just smiled, so I said, “Sure, that would be great,” though I was still thinking about the movie studios. (13)We walked through a long corridor, down a flight of stairs, and came to a huge garage door, which Bill opened by pushing a button. (14)As the door slid upward, and our eyes adjusted to the light, I was surprised. (15)Glaring down at us was a huge Tyrannosaurus rex with its mouth wide open. (16)“Meet T. J.,” Bill said. (17)“He guards the place. (18)Come on,” he added, waving his arm at Zack and me, “there’s more.” How is sentence 3 best revised for clarity?

(1)Last summer my twin brother Zack and I visited our aunt and uncle in California. (2)On the first day of our visit, Aunt Wanda went to work. (3)She told Uncle Hank and us to meet her for lunch before she left, and she seemed excited. (4)To be honest, Zack and I had been hoping to visit some of the famous movie studios we had read about before our trip. (5)Okay, so like visiting our aunt for lunch at her job seemed like a total drag. (6)At 11:30 A.M. sharp, however, the three of us left the house. How is sentence 5 best revised for appropriate tone?

(19)By this time, we were wondering if our tour of this amazing warehouse was just a dream. (20)As we walked under T. J.’s shadow, we came face to face with another T. rex. (21)This one’s head was on the floor, and Bill walked right into its open mouth. In sentence 20, how is shadow, we came face to face correctly written?

(26)“You made the dinosaurs?” Zack and I asked in unison, starring at him. 8 In sentence 26, how is starring correctly written?

(29)He was Bill Perry, one of the most greatest special-effects designers in movie history In sentence 29, how is most greatest correctly written?

After visiting more incredible creatures from our favorite movies, Bill showed us how they were created. (31)First he demonstrated the moves of an alien creature that he was designing with a computer program. ((32)Then we watched your regular special-effects team spray layers of plastic onto the aluminum skeleton of a robotic bear In sentence 32, how is your correctly written?

(35)“Enjoy your lunch,” Bill said cheerful as he ushered us into the conference room. (36)“But don’t feed the animals!” he said with a wink. In sentence 35, how is said cheerful correctly written?

(38)Around the room stood life-size models of every kind of animal that Zack or me could imagine. (39)As we ate our lunch surrounded by movie monsters, I felt very grateful that my Aunt Wanda works in a movie warehouse. In sentence 38, how is Zack or me correctly written?

The Potato Chip: A Consuming Interest Fran’s home economics teacher asks the students to write a paper about the origins of a popular food. Fran decides to write about potato chips. After Fran researches her topic and makes notes, she should —

Of all the subjects in school, I do better in math. In this sentence, how is better correctly written?

What do you use to join two simple sentences together?

Throughout most of U.S. history, pants were considered shocking attire for women, but the mid-twentieth century saw increased acceptance of this once-controversial clothing item. What is the conjunction that joins the independent clauses in this sentence?

Which of these is a compound sentence?

Read the two simple sentences below. Choose the compound sentence that joins them with the right punctuation

Which of these is a simple sentence?

A simple sentence must form a complete thought. What else do you need to make a simple sentence?

A dependent clause can stand alone on its own as a sentence?

An independent clause can stand alone on its own as a sentence

The acronym FANBOYS stands for: [blank_start]FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO[blank_end]

When a dependent clause comes at the start of a complex sentence, you need to put a comma after it.

What do subordinating conjunctions do?

How do you create a complex sentence?

Which of the following is an independent clause?

Which of these are dependent clauses

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

Read the sentence and choose where a comma should go. Since Mariana wanted to go to the movies she had to clean her room.

Articulate

Armistice

bask

Identify the parts of this 5-part paragraph using the drag and drop lables. Hook, Opinion, Thesis, Topic Sentence, Example Detail, and Conclusion.

devoid

Epitaph

Kindred

mien

rue

simper

tether

abridge

adept

Check the two (2) correct options Because bacteria and viruses can be transmitted from one patient to another,

Check the 2 correct options _______________________________________________( for example, civic, rotator, radar, and kayak), it is known as a palindrome.

Check the 2 correct options ______________________________________ the compression and subsequent rapid expansion of the air molecules produces the booming sound of thunder

Select the dependent clause

Select the independent clause