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1. CPW ACT Prep Subject: 9th Grade English Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to practice College Readiness Standards in English: • Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy: 16-19 • Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy: 16-19 • Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus: 24-27 • Organization, Unity, and Coherence: 24-27 SQUADS Success Criteria – I am successful if I can… Delete obviously synonymous and wordy material Delete obviously synonymous and wordy material Add a sentence to emphasize the main point Add a sentence that provides an effective link between sentences

2. 9th Grade English • You will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to work on each question individually. • You will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to work as a group and write your rationales for each answer.

3. 9th Grade English • Between 1941 and 1955, Carson published three books about the sea and seashore before what was to be her last and most important book begun,Silent Spring. • NO CHANGE • beginning what was to be her last and most important book, • her last and most important book was to be beginning, • it was to begin, what was to be her last and most important book

4. 9th Grade English • When we moved there from the city, my sisters and I were in our teens, but my brother, who was the youngest brother, was only three years old. • NO CHANGE • brother was the youngest, because he • brother, being younger than us, • brother

5. 9th Grade English • Each family member shared in managing the farm. My younger sister raised the chickens and rabbits, and my older sister and I helped my father prepare the fields for planting. We all worked in the garden, where we raised vegetables my mother would freeze or can. [3] My brother was too young to participate in much of this, so he was left to pick up the fallen pecans in our small orchard. The writer wants to add a sentence in section [3] that would emphasize the challenge of this way of life. Which of the following would best accomplish that purpose? A. Farming is not for everyone. B. I remember well those days in the country. C. Our grandparents spent their lives on a farm. D. We worked long, hard hours.

6. 9th Grade English • Perhaps the most memorable chore on the farm was milking the two goats. They provided all of our milk, cheese, and ice cream. [4]We three older children took turns trudging out to the barn in the early morning or late evening with a milking pail in hand. • Which of the following should be inserted into [4] to provide the most effective link for the preceding and following sentences? • The ice cream offered a strong incentive to take good care of the goats. • Feta is a particularly tasty cheese made from goat’s milk. • There are a number of communities and cultures that make use of goat’s milk. • Some people prefer goat’s milk to cow’s milk.

7. CPW ACT Prep Subject: 9th Grade English Now ‘Squad Up’ and replay this PPT. Use the Student Answer/Rationale Sheet. Then exchange your Squad’s answer sheet with that of another squad. Launch the ANSWERS video. SQUADS