Transcript CPW 11th Grade English - Ronald W. Reagan IB High School

SQUADS #2
CPW20
“11th Grade
English”
Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to address these College Readiness
Standards in English:
1. Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus 16-19
2. Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and
Economy16-19
3. Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy
20-23
4. Conventions of Usage 16-19
5. Conventions of Usage 20-23
6. Conventions of Punctuation 20-23
7. Conventions of Usage 24-27
Success Criteria – I will be successful if I can correctly identify the best
use of punctuation, usage, sentence purpose and focus, and word choice.
11th Grade English
• #1. Almost overnight the land too turns greenish.
One week, seeds are sown in bare patches behind
the villagers’ houses. The next week, just seven
long rainstorms later, those same patches are
gardens overrun with weeds and new leaves.
Gardens are frequently used as images in world
literature.
– A. NO CHANGE
– B. Gardens are used as images in world literature quite
frequently.
– C. Frequently gardens are major images in world
literature.
– D. DELETE the underlined portion.
11th Grade English
• #2. The majority of the plays written during the
time period have completely disappeared and
vanished, primarily because drama was
considered popular entertainment, not serious
literature.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. left not a trace behind and vanished
• C. disappeared off the face of the earth and
vanished;
• D. vanished,
11th Grade English
• #3. Such haphazard publishing practices have
necessitated careful study of early editions of
Shakespearean plays in order to get it right this
time, at least.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. arrive at accurate texts for modern readers.
• C. come up with something better than a TV
sitcom.
• D. give Shakespeare fans something to cheer
about.
11th Grade English
• #4. Every auction is a bit of careful orchestrated
chaos.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. carefully orchestration
• C. careful orchestrations of
• D. carefully orchestrated
11th Grade English
• #5. The women who journeyed west to
California in the gold rush of the 1840s have to
be a brave and resourceful breed.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. was being
• C. were
• D. was
11th Grade English
• #6. The sidewalk café, goldfish pond, skylights,
plants, and trees, create the psychologically
appealing illusion of outdoor space.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. trees, create,
• C. trees create
• D. trees create,
11th Grade English
• #7. In fact, had members of his acting company
not seen to it, Shakespeare’s lays might never of
been printed.
• A. NO CHANGE
• B. not of ever
• C. of never
• D. never have
CPW 11th Grade English
• Exchange your answer sheet with that of
another squad…
• Launch the PDF.