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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Elephant's Trunk
Jelani's science teacher asks the students to write about an extraordinary animal. Jelani decides to write about elephants.
After Jelani researches her topic and makes notes, she should-
proofread her final draft
search the media center for information
create a graphic organizer for her draft
arrange her notes in alphabetical order
- 2. Multiple Choice
Joshua's teacher asks the students to write about a class they enjoy in school. Joshua decides to explain why PE is his favorite class.
What is the best reason for Joshua to make an outline before writing his draft?
To know how many paragraphs should be in his essay
To organize related information in his essay
To develop a thesis for his essay
To anticipate how long his essay will be
- 3. Multiple Choice
Joshua's teacher asks the students to write about a class they enjoy in school. Joshua decides to explain why PE is his favorite class.
This topic can best be described as which form of writing?
Descriptive
Persuasive
Narrative
Expository
- 4. Multiple Choice
Enjoy Middle School
Marisol's English teacher asks students to write a letter to sixth graders about middle school. Marisol decides to write the letter convincing sixth graders they will enjoy middle school based on her own experience.
This topic can best be described as which form of writing?
Expository
Persuasive
Narrative
Descriptive
- 5. Multiple Choice
Read sentence 12.
(12) Both species uses their
trunks in the same ways.
In this sentence, how is uses correctly written?
use
using
used
As it is
- 6. Multiple Choice
(13) Elephants' trunks serve many purposes, such as scratching an itch or tossing an object. (14) They can even use their trunks as snorkels when they swam in water. (15) Their trunks are, in fact, the most important exploratory organs for elephants, enabling them to experience all aspects of life and to interact with the environment.
In sentence14, how is they swam correctly written?
they have swam
they will swim
they are swimming
As it is
- 7. Multiple Choice
Read sentence 2.
(2) As I look forward to beginning high school next fall, I cannot help reflecting on my years at Clark Middle school.
Which correction should be made to this sentence?
Change help to helped.
Insert a comma after reflecting.
Change years to year's.
Change school to School
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following sentences should be added to paragraph 1 as a thesis statement?
Elephants are among the most fascinating creatures on earth.
There are two varieties of elephants: the African elephant and the Asian elephant.
The fascinating trunk of an elephant serves many purposes and is essential to its survival.
Elephants spend a majority of their day searching for food and water.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which sentence is most likely the thesis of this passage?
(1) In seventh grade my PE class and other PE classes from sixth, seventh, and eighth grade were told we were going to be doing push-ups for charity and that every 5 pushups was going to be $2 donated to charity. (2) As a class we donated $44, which was the second highest in seventh grade, and as a school we donated $296. . (5) Like me, many students enjoy PE, and there are also students that enjoy art, band living skills, math social studies, science English and so on. (6) In school, an enjoyable educational activity for me is PE because we do many exercises and play a lot of my favorite sports.
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 5
Sentence 6
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