Pre-Diagnostic Test (11th grade)

Reading

11. R2I: Determine a main idea of an informational text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details
11R.3I: Analyze how the author’s unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them,

Read the following story and answer the questions related:

Tra… Tra… Tra…
“Tra, tra, tra, tra…”
“Oye girla, vamos pa’ la disco,
Que en la pista te voy a dar
Tremendo pellizco”.
Tumpu pum... tu pupu pum…

The night was young, the music was blasting; the colorful neon lights were gleaming on, and the whole room of the Stargate Discotheque was ready for more reggaetón music. It was a Wednesday’s ladies night. The place was crowded as Hector and Tito, two of the top-rap singers of the moment, were performing live on stage.

Tumpupu pum… tumpupu pum

The month of May was almost over and the young crowd of mostly high school and university students was cheering on the moment. They knew that this “Good bye Party” symbolized the end of another school year and the beginning of the two-month summer vacations.

Wilfredo and his senior friends from Ramon Vilá Mayo High School were at the party having a good time. But, Wilfredo was simply waiting… waiting by the entrance door… waiting for Madeline, the girl he had met at Plaza Las Americas store about two weeks ago. It was love at first sight as he recalled it.

Madeline was so beautiful and gorgeous. She was a curly brunette with the perfect body and the cutest face. That day, when they talked, he fell in love with her, and he noticed that she was also very fond of him. They ate together and they agreed to meet at the party on Wednesday night.

It was almost 11:00 P.M. and no signs of Madeline. Wilfredo was becoming desperate while his friends were dancing and partying along. He kept waiting…

“Hey man, forget about her! I told you before… that white rich “girla” was not going to show up here. She’s too good for us” Luis said.

“Come on Luis, I know she’s an uptown girl and all that, but Madeline is different. She liked me, I know she liked me. She promised me that she will be here tonight.” Wilfredo replied.
“Well, see for yourself. The party will soon be over and here you are all alone. There are many girls in here asking for you man. Come on… forget her!”

“It’s all right… don’t worry about me…I’ll be all right. Thanks Luis.”

The night went on and the party was finally over. Wilfredo and his friends went home. They were all very happy and joyful except for Wilfredo. He was very sad and disappointed. The next day he went to school and, after finishing one exam that he had pending, he took the AMA public bus straight to Plaza Las Americas. A little later, he was at the clothing store and he found Madeline in there. She was dressed as usual with her stylish and expensive clothes looking astonishingly beautiful.

“Hey, hello Madeline. What happened to you last night? I was there waiting for you all night long, but you never showed up.”

“Oh look, Wilfredo… I’m very sorry. I couldn’t go. My parents didn’t let me go. They don’t want me to go to those places where they play reggaetón music. They think you guys are bad guys with big necklaces, guns, and loud music. They think that your music is vulgar and in the lyrics all they hear is Tra, Tra, Tra… “Oh I see. So do you feel the same about me?”

“Oh, no, not at all Wilfredo. But maybe we can go to other places.”

“Yeah, I could go to any place you want! But it would be nice if you could also go to the places I like. Madeline... listen… the places, the music… they don’t define who you are.”

“I understand but…” “No, you don’t understand… just because I go there and listen to that music doesn’t mean that I carry guns or that I am a gangster or something like that. That music does not define who I am. What define me are my character, my personality, my values, and my attitudes. Really, I don’t think you know me too well… and neither your narrow-minded parents.

The argument went on and after a while, they said goodbye to each other. It was over. Both of them were very sad because they knew that deep down inside, they liked each other but it was an impossible love…

Sometimes, society brings so many boundaries among young hearts in love.
They were both good kids full of dreams and illusions in life. Yet they were so apart by their social status. Wilfredo, a tall handsome guy, an outstanding athlete, and the most intelligent student at his school could have been the dream guy for any girl. But for Madeline, the pretty talented girl from the Maria Reina Private College, his only problem was being a public high school kid with a very poor economic background. That was unacceptable in her uptown-Mercedez Benz neighborhood. Prejudice and peer pressure among social classes were always present.

Time passed by and Wilfredo with high honors from high school. He went to study civil engineering at the Mayaguez U.P.R. Campus. After three years of hard work, dedication, and big economic sacrifices, he was the top student of his class. There were lots of scholarships and college opportunities being offered to him. He was also the captain of the university volleyball team. Life was fully blossoming for him. He was already a grown up man with the brightest future ahead of him.

One day, during Christmas vacations, he found Madeline and her family strolling around the Paseo La Princesa in Old San Juan City. When she finally recognized him, she couldn’t believe it. Wilfredo had grown taller, stronger, and was much more handsome than before. Madeline introduced him to her parents and sister, and they talked about many topics while having coffee together.

 Madeline and her parents soon learned about Wilfredo’s promising career. He also learned how Madeline had to settle down for another occupation since she couldn’t handle her expected medicine career… it was too much for her. Her parents kept quiet. They finished their coffees and Wilfredo was about to leave. ..

“Hey, listen Madeline. Your friend here Wilfredo... is indeed a great gentleman and a very good man. Why don’t we invite him to have dinner withus… let’s say… tomorrow! Madeline father said.

“Oh, absolutely dad! I think it’s a great idea. It’s fantastic! What do you say Wilfredo?” “Oh thanks to both of you… but I’m very sorry, I can’t. Tomorrow night, I have a date with my girlfriend Rita. We’re going the Stargate Discotheque to dance regaettón music. You know… the music in which you sing…. Tra… Tra…Tra…”

Madeline and her parents stood there speechless. Wilfredo was smiling of joy as he cheerfully said goodbye to everyone. Tears rolled down by Madeline’s cheeks as she looked at the handsome young man walking away from her through El Paseo La Princesa. Then, she turned her scornful look to her parents… and they very well knew what she meant with that look.

Anibal Muñoz Claudio
April 20, 2003

Select the best answer to the question:
Skill: Details
1. Madeline’s parents’ actions reflect the behavior of______________.
A. people limited by their points of view.
B. people who have high expectations.
C. people who judge by first impressions.

D. people who have mental problems.

Skill: Analysis
2. What do you feel is the author’s intention in writing the story?
A. To instill a sense of value regarding particular groups of people
B. To move towards compassion
C. To generate hate towards some
D. To create a distinction between members in society

Skill: Words in Content
3. What does scornful mean in the last paragraph of the story?
A. happy and delighted
B. ecstatic
C. resentful
D. obliged

Skill: Analysis
4. Does the relationship between the title and the story depict a ___________ ?
A. particular group life style
B. cultural music genre
C. clash of cultures
D. nerve ending noise

Skill: Character Analysis
5. What character shows the most internal development?
A. the father
B. the mother
C. Madeline
D. Wilfredo

Skill: Evaluation
6. What is the message of the story?
A. Beware of what you wish for.
B. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
C. Boys will be boys.
D. Birds of a feather…

Skill: Inference
7. What kind of ending does the story present?
A. A limited perspective view
B. A closed ending
C. An open ending
D. A dual approach to an end

Part II. Writing:

11. W.4 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning.
Select the best answer:

1. The first step of writing and essay or a composition is known as______?
A. editing
B. revising
C. publishing
D. pre-writing

2. As a part of its structure, a paragraph should contain all of the following except for :
A. content specificity
B. redundancy and ambiguity
C. structure and organization
D. transitional words

3.Which of the following describes ideas jotted down in an organized manner?
A. Drafting
B. Brainstorming
C. Summary
D. Outlining

4. The introductory paragraph…
A. must summarize a topic
B. should be a short paragraph
C. must grasp the reader’s attention
D. must be a conclusion highlight

5. ______________ provides order of the sentence within the paragraph.
A. Homophone
B. Syntax
C. Synonyms
D. Antonyms

6. Which order should be used when writing an essay?
A. introduction, development and conclusion,
B. development, conclusion and introduction
C. main idea, conclusion, introduction
D. conclusion, development and introduction

7. Which of the following contribute most effectively to the flow of ideas in a text?
A. nouns, phrases
B. semantics
C. conjunctions and similes
D. transitions

Part III. Writing 

11. W.3 Write a narrative essay to develop real or imagine experiences or events using effective technique, targeted details, and well structured sequences (15+ sentences paragraph)


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Part IV: Language Arts

Choose the correct answer:
11LA 1 – Types of Sentences

1. A sentence consisting of two independent clauses connected by and, but, for, so ,or, nor, and, yet :
A. Simple sentence
B. Periodic sentence
C. Loose sentence
D. Compound sentence

11LA 2 – Spelling
2. Which word is spelled incorrectly?
A. counsellor
B. recommendation
C. citation
D. uncertainties

11LA 3 – Syntax
3. Which of the following sentences has proper syntax:
A. I and Jenny had a great time at the park.
B. The boy was a German willing participant.
C. Sitting on a tree at the bottom of the garden was a huge black bird.
D. My favorite hobby is lying on the sofa watching old films.

11LA 4 –Word Meaning
4. Choose the correct meaning for the word:
This man drank too much, ate poorly, slept late because he was partying on most nights.
All of this took a toll on his health.
A. He received mainly benefits for this behavior.
B. These activities made him wiser.
C. He was in poor health due to this.
D. The man needed to continue due to good health.

11LA 5 – Prefixes and Suffixes
5. Which of the following words does not contain neither a prefix nor a suffix:
A. journey
B. excavated
C. abstract
D. continuity

11LA 6 – Domain in specific content words and phrases
6. Most of the psychologists think there is much ___________ in the studies.
A. convoluted
B. significance
C. structure
D. synthesis

11LA 4 – Parts of Speech
7. The noun form of the word undulate is:
A. undulated
B. undulation
C. undulates

D. undulating

PRE DIAGNOSTIC TEST (10 th grade)

Reading Comprehension

A. Instructions: Read the selection and answer the questions by choosing the correct
answer.

Being the Bully Why one teen did it – why she stopped. By Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
School violence. The media have focused on lethal violence related to guns. But different weapons harm millions of teens every day: fear. In all schools there are bullies who use fear as their weapon to humiliate, or who even physically attack other students.

Bullies aren’t born. They learn to intimidate. Bullies seek power over other because they are powerless elsewhere- sometimes they are powerless elsewhere- some- times in their home, sometimes in the classroom. The majority of bullies have been degraded, threatened physically, or even assaulted themselves. Bullies often attack people who have something they don’t. This “something” can be beauty, brains, money, or even sadly, parents.

To some degree, we all bully. We all have teased, put someone down, or intimidated someone to get what we want. But most of us bully in a limited way; and most of us mature out of it as we feel more secure with our strengths, and as we accept our vulnerabilities.
Fortunately, people can change – even bullies.

Jenny is a very bright tall 14-year-old, who used to be a bully. She agreed to share her thoughts. In our conversation below, she explains how she learned to become a bully, picked her targets, and finally, re-evaluated her bullying ways.

Q: What is a bully? Q: What made you stop being a bully?
A: Someone who gets what they want by scaring or hurting other kids

Q: What made you stop being a bully?
A: When I got to middle school, I got teased. So I guess I saw what it felt like to be bullied. I don’t want people to think of me only as this big, strange person.

Q: Why were you a bully? Q: Do you ever feel like bullying again?
A: I was bigger than everyone else.
People acted scared of me, so I just took advantage of the role. And I was always teased at home by my big brother. He would always tell me I was stupid, ugly and a loser. So when I was in grade school I did the same thing to everyone I didn’t like.

Q: Did you pick any one person out?
A: Yeah, there was this one girl. Perfect.
Cute. Never did anything wrong.

Q: Do you ever feel like bullying again?
A: Well, sure. I guess I do a little sometimes, but now I mostly use sarcasm to cut at people.

Q: What advice would you give to people who become targets of bullies?
A: Stay out of the way. And grow a backbone.

Jenny’s recommendations for what to do if you’re being bullied seem a bit simplistic and harsh, but she would know.

10.R.9 Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work.

7. According to the author; what does bullying mean?
A. To be able to humiliate others.
B. To use fear as means to humiliate.
C. To use the strength of others to humiliate.
D. To use weapons inside school premises.

10.R.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.

8. To be lethal and to degrade is to:
A. humiliate with a sense of vengeance.
B. humiliate using a weapon.
C. humiliate as one of the traits shown by a bully.
D. humiliate he likes soda.

9. When a bully tries to humiliate others .
A. He tries to steal money.
B. He tries to get the best of people.
C. He tries to grow muscles.
D. He tries to seek dominance over others.

10. According to the article, in order to avoid bullying; you should .

A. fight for honor.
B. show security even in the presence of fear.
C. get dog to fight for you.
D. master some type of self-defense.

B. Instructions: Read the Selection and answer the questions by choosing the correct answer.
Seat Belts

"Click!" That's the sound of safety. That's the sound of survival. That's the sound of a seat belt locking in place. Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until mine is on tight. Choosing to wear your seat belt is a simple as choosing between life and death. Which one do you choose?


Think about it. When you're driving in a car, you may be going 60 MPH or faster. That car is zipping down the road. Then somebody ahead of you locks up his or her brakes. Your driver doesn't have time to stop. The car that you are in crashes. Your car was going 60 miles per hour. Now it has suddenly stopped. Your body, however, is still going 60 MPH. What's going to stop your body? Will it be the windshield or your seat belt? Every time that you get into a car you make that choice. I choose the seat belt.
Some people think that seat belts are uncool. They think that seat belts cramp their style, or that seat belts are uncomfortable. To them I say, what's more uncomfortable? Wearing a seat belt or flying through a car windshield? What's more uncool? Being safely anchored to a car, or skidding across the road in your jean shorts? Wearing a seat belt is both cooler and more comfortable than the alternatives.
Let's just take a closer look at your choices. If you are not wearing your seat belt, you can hop around the car and slide in and out of your seat easily. That sounds like a lot of fun. But, you are also more likely to die or suffer serious injuries. If you are wearing a seat belt, you have to stay in your seat. That's no fun. But, you are much more likely to walk away unharmed from a car accident. Hmmm... A small pleasure for a serious pain. That's a tough choice. I think that I'll avoid the serious pain.
How about giving money away? Do you like to give your money away? Probably not. And when you don't wear your seat belt, you are begging to give your money away. That's because kids are required to wear seat belts in every state in America. If you're riding in a car, and you don't have a seat belt on, the police can give you or your driver a ticket. Then you will have to give money to the city. I'd rather keep my money, but you can spend yours how you want.
Wearing a seat belt does not make you invincible. You can still get hurt or killed while wearing your seat belt. But wearing them has proven to be safer than driving without them. You are much less likely to be killed in a car wreck if you are wearing a seat belt. You are much less likely to get seriously injured if you are wearing one. So why not take the safer way? Why not go the way that has been proven to result in fewer deaths? You do want to live, don't you?
Adapted from: http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/reading-comprehension-worksheets/

10.R.2.I Determine the main idea of an informational text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges, and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

11. Which title best expresses the main idea of this text?
A. Car Accidents: Ways That We Can Prevent Them
B. Slow Down: Save Lives By Driving Slower
C. Seat Belts: Wear Them to Survive Any Wreck
D. Why Not? Improve Your Odds with Seat Belts

10TH GRADE STUDENT’S EDITION 7

10.R.5 Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims (positions) are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or portions of an available informational text.

12. Which best expresses the author's main purpose in writing this text?
A. To inform readers about seat belt laws
B. To persuade readers to wear seat belts
C. To entertain readers with stories and jokes about seat belts
D. To describe what car accidents are like without seat belts

10.LA.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on appropriately reading and content , choosing flexibly from a variety of strategies.

13. Which best defines the word alternatives as it is used in the third paragraph?
A. Being safe
B. Being unsafe
C. Other choices
D. Driving fast

10.R.2.I Determine the main idea of an informational text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges, and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

14. Which best expresses the main idea of the fifth paragraph?
A. Seat belts are a waste of money.
B. People don't like to give money away.
C. Not wearing a seat belt may cost you.
D. Seat belt laws save lives.

10.R.5 Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims (positions) are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or portions of an available informational text.

15. Which argument is not made by the author?
A. Not wearing a seat belt can be expensive.
B. Penalties for not wearing a seat belt should increase.
C. Seat belts keep you from flying through the windshield.
D. Wearing a seat belt is cooler than suffering an injury.


10.LA.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on appropriately reading and content , choosing flexibly from a variety of strategies.

16. Which best explains why the author starts his essay with the word click?
A. He is trying to scare readers.
B. He is trying to get the reader's attention.
C. He is trying to remind readers how seat belts sound when clasped.
D. He is trying to describe what it's like to ride in a car.

10.W.4 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning , drafting, revising, editing (editing marks), rewriting and publishing focusing on how well purpose and audience has been addressed.
Jerome and his family are vacationing on an island in tropical paradise. The waters are clear, the skies are big, and sand is clean. Suddenly, when a rumble shakes Jerome's sister off of her beach chair, Jerome remembers that the island on which they are staying is one big volcano.
Soon the mountain releases its wrath and the eruption threatens every person on the island. Will Jerome and his family ever make it back home?

17. Which editing mark would be used to identify the error in the word family?
A. /
B. O
C. SP
D. frag

10.R.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a literary text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot and its components or develop the theme.

Part II- Instructions: Read the brief description of each plot. Identify the protagonist and antagonist and determine the type of conflict. (Person vs Self, Person vs Society, Person vs Nature, Person vs Supernatural, Person vs Technology)

18. Kyle thought it was a little weird this morning when his neighbor tried to eat him, but it wasn't until about half way through first period that he realized why: Kyle's community is under a full- scale zombie attack. Kyle escapes from the zombie principal's office to find help, but the school's former bullies are now zombies. Kyle is going to have to get creative to survive this one.

Protagonist:
Antagonist:
Type of conflict:

19. It's her 12th grade year and Carly wants to graduate more than anything else. Unfortunately for her, she's been cutting classes quite a bit and now she's backed into a corner. She has to get a perfect score on the final math exam or she won't graduate. With the help of a foreign exchange student that she calls Beans, Carly studies harder than ever before. Will it be enough?
Protagonist:
Antagonist:
Type of conflict:


20. It's the year 3030 and society is completely dependent on computers and robots. A young boy named Domino is flying his hover board to school when all of the machines start acting up and attacking people due to a powerful computer virus. What will Domino do now that the machines that are supposed to help him have turned against him?
Protagonist:
Antagonist:
Type of conflict:

21. Alexia caught her friend Jamie stealing from a classmate. Now Alexia must choose between keeping her friendship with Jamie and doing the right thing.
Protagonist:
Antagonist:
Type of conflict:
Adapted from: http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/reading-comprehension-worksheets/


Part III- Instructions: Read the descriptions of each item and determine the author’s purpose (to entertain, persuade, or inform). Then, in a sentence or two, explain your answer.

22. A cook book containing recipes for making cakes, cookies, and other desserts.
Author’s Purpose:
Explain your answer:

23. A book of over 1,000 knock-knock jokes
Author’s Purpose:
Explain your answer:

24. A young girl’s note to her parents giving reasons why they should buy a puppy.
Author’s Purpose:
Explain your answer:

25. A speech written by a famous basketball player urging young people to stay in school.
Author’s Purpose:
Explain your answer:


Part IV: Writing (10+ sentences paragraph)

Write and informational and argumentative text to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the selection, organization(transitional words, phrases or sentences,

Topic:  Write something related to your past, present and future. Make connections between them. Be creative.

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Part V. Language

10. LA. 1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Use parallel structure, subject-verb agreement, and apply the understanding of run-on sentences, complex, compound, and sentence fragments.

26. Select the sentence that is written correctly.
A. My family living in Puerto Rico.
B. He likes to take the English class.
C. We travelling to Mayaguez last week.
D. She celebrates her birthday yesterday.


27. Select the statement that is a run on sentence.
A. The famous chef from television
B. We ran faster than the other team.
C. I got a good grade I studied very hard.
D. It’s very hot today. Let’s go to the beach.

10.LA.4 Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on appropriately complex reading and content, choosing flexibly from a variety of strategies.
Carlos had to take a science course in college. He decided to enroll in astronomy because he was curious and wanted to learn more about space.

28. Select the word that best helps understand the meaning of astronomy.
A. space
B. learn
C. course
D. curious

10.LA.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
a. Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects.

29. Select the word that correctly completes the sentence that follows.
The teacher gave students a project to identify the difference of sea salt and table salt. They decided to analyze both types of salt. After the _____________ they were able to complete their project.
A. analysis
B. analyzes
C. analyzed
D. analytical


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Instructions for 10th and 11th grades

Hi: Our first assignment is answering the Pre-Diagnostic Test.

1.  Choose the post of your grade

2. Print out the test

3. Answer the test, following the given instructions in each part. I know that one of the test start on item 7, don't worry, we will have the rest items in class.

Due date: Tuesday, August 18.   

Guys you have enough time to be on time in your work.  Teacher will not accept late works.  This is a diagnostic test, just to know your strengths and weakness in English Class.