Transcript Benchmark Test #5

Benchmark Test #5
Grammar and Writing
Part 1
Best Choice for a Pronoun?
Read out loud.
THEM
Pronouns
Present Tense Verb Needed
HAVE
Verbs
You need an ADVERB, not an ADJECTIVE
SEE THROUGH CLEARLY
Adjectives
and Adverbs
Read sentences out loud.
Which one flows the best and has proper punctuation marks?
In those days there were no eye doctors, so people
visited eyeglass peddlers.
Prepositional Phrases
Focus on proper placement of commas.
In 1286, well before Benjamin Franklin, the first
eyeglasses were created in Italy.
Commas
Only one comma needed after introductory
phrase
About twenty-five years later, sidepieces were
invented.
Commas
Sentence Combining
Sentence Combining
Louisa wrote a report about the invention of
eyeglasses.
To best support this essay, Louisa should include
an illustration of
A.a person wearing modern eyeglasses
B. both modern and old-fashioned eyeglasses
C. an eyeglass peddler’s cart with customers
D. the glass and sidepieces used in making
early lenses
BECAUSE
Conjunctions
Troublesome Words
The teacher suggested that each student bring
these items:
Colons
Commas
Apostrophes, Possessives, Plurals
“What will we learn today”? one student
asked, entering the classroom.
“Our goal for today,” Mr. Jimenez
announced, “is to read Chapter 8.”
“I think that’s the chapter about molecules,
Trish told her friend Erik.”
“I hope we get to do some experiments”,
Erik replied.
Quotation Marks
CONSISTED=Past tense verb
Next verb must be past tense, also
WERE MADE
Verbs
Best Choice for a Subordinating Conjunction?
Since
Because
ALTHOUGH
Although
Be careful not to change the meaning of the sentence.
Conjunctions
Best Way to Rewrite this Sentence:
These are the tools your greatgrandmother used for all of her sewing
projects.
Revision/Prepositional Phrases
Comma AND Conjunction
from it, and each ribbon
Commas and Conjunctions
Prepositional Phrases & Commas
Sentence Combining
Part 2
Best Pronoun?
Imprints on THEM
Pronouns
No Mistake-Correct As Is
Plurals and Possessives
Sentence Combining
Some are labeled, while others are not.
Irrelevant Sentences
Titles
Look carefully for these
answers as you read the
report on the next slide:
•Who is the audience?
•What type of writing is it?
•Are the paragraphs arranged
in the best order?
•Are the sentences wellwritten with transitions?
•Do they support their
paragraphs?
Now take a quiz at
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Username = gobulldogs plus your pocket number.
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Password = crew
Test Code = bulldog
If you score less than100, then review this
Powerpoint again before retaking the quiz. Repeat
until you have a top score! 
If you finish early, you need to look at the
Troublesome Word link on my homepage.