SQUADS #1 Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to address these College Readiness Standards in English: 1. Sentence Structure and Formation Sentence Structure and Formation Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy Success Criteria – I will know I am successful if I can identify the best sentence arrangement and word choice that enhances the purpose and focus of the essay. “10 th Grade English” CPW 13

10 th Grade English #1.As a student in Seoul, Korea (arriving in a plane) I learned to love its fiery cuisine and hectic streets. A. NO CHANGE B. Korea (and it was in a plane I arrived) C. Korea (traveling there in a plane) D. Korea,

10 th Grade English #2.My strongest impression of Korean cooking can be summed up in just one word: kimchi. Kimchi is cabbage cut into strips, rolled into cylinders with peppers and garlic and ginger, left to ferment for weeks in large black pots, and then served cold. In row after row of huge pots gracing alleys and rooftops, batches of kimchi age to real perfection. A. NO CHANGE B. popular perfection. C. be the way the Koreans like it. D. a tongue-searing degree of spicy heat.

10 th Grade English #3.Haggling can be intense and confusing. The streets themselves are bewildering. As in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, the streets in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, are confusing. A. NO CHANGE B. Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, also has, like Seoul, the capital of South Korea, confusing streets. C. Both Washington, D.C., America’s capital, and Seoul, South Korea’s capital, have confusing streets. D. DELETE the underlined portion.

10 th Grade English #4.Few avenues seem to have names and no buildings with numbers. A. NO CHANGE B. no buildings having, C. no buildings seem to have D. seemingly none of the buildings with

10 th Grade English #5. I learned to eat chopsticks when I was seven years old. According to my grandparents, who were brought up in China, I was terribly old to be learning such a basic skill. “Children in China never eat with forks,” my grandfather said. “Chinese children learn to eat with chopsticks from the beginning.” The writer is considering adding the following sentence: When he told me this, I was in the second grade. Would this be a relevant addition to make? A. Yes, because the sentence makes it clear that the narrator was older than most Chinese children are when they start using chopsticks. B. Yes, because the sentence should emphasize this important point. C. No, because the sentence gives information that is similar to what has already been stated earlier in the paragraph. D. No, because the sentence should open the next paragraph, not conclude this paragraph.

10 th Grade English #6.“Think of the chopsticks as an extension of your fingers,” my grandmother advised. “You can learn to control them as well as you control you own fingers.” In my experience, though, the bamboo sticks were nothing like my fingers. Three of the following choices are acceptable here. Which one of the following is NOT acceptable? A. NO CHANGE B. Yet in my experience, C. However, in my experience, D. In my experience, therefore,

10 th Grade English #7.With a certain amount of clumsiness, I would manage to wedge a piece of food between the long, stiff chopsticks. Which choice would best emphasize the sense that the writer made a serious attempt to learn how to manipulate the chopsticks? A. NO CHANGE B. Through arduous concentration, C. An impatient person, D. Being considerate,

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