SQUADS CPW “9th Grade English” Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to address these College Readiness Standards in English: Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy 24-27 Sentence Structure and Formation 24-27 Organization, Unity, and Coherence 24-27 Sentence Structure and Formation 16-19 SQUADS Success Criteria – I will know I am successful if I can use the word most appropriate for the content of the sentence, maintain consistent verb tense, create logical connections between sentences, and determine the need for punctuation and conjunctions.

In the 1920s, Mexican artist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) practiced the art of painting frescoes, large murals done on fresh plaster. The writer wants to suggest that the art of the fresco had been in decline previous to Rivera. Which choice best accomplishes that goal? A. NO CHANGE B. engaged in C. influenced D. revived

2. The central panel on the north wall shows the manufacture of a 1932 Ford V-8 engine, and the central panel on the south wall shows the production of this same car’s exterior. Smaller panels depicting workers in a variety of other Detroit industries. A. NO CHANGE B. depict C. depicting some D. had depicted

3. The fresco is a dynamic work because it captures the energy, humanity, and collective achievement of the Detroit workers. However, Rivera considered it the greatest achievement of his career. A. NO CHANGE B. Despite this, C. Regardless, D. DELETE the underlined portion.

4. Many thousands of years ago, people around the world began attaching different stories to the stars in the night sky. The sun sets gradually the images of a winged horse, a drinking gourd, a heartbroken hero appear in lights overheard. A. NO CHANGE B. sets, gradually, C. sets, and gradually D. setting gradually

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