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A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers / I Believe in the Also-Rans

Description This is a practice activity for the newly redesigned STAAR test for English I that incorporates new question types.

Selections There are two selections in this activity. They are entitled "A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers / I Believe in the Also-Rans” and are intended for the high school course English I, but can be used with any high school reading level.

Genre The genre of the selections is Informational/Essay (Paired Passages).

Question Types It features 19 total questions. There are 12 multiple choice, 3 dropdown, 2 multiselect, 2 inline (dropdown).

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2019 STAAR English 1

What transition would be the most appropriate to use at the beginning of sentence 6?

Candice needs a more effective thesis statement for her paper. which sentence should replace sentence 8 to serve as the thesis statement, candice needs a topic sentence for the third paragraph (sentences 19–21). which of the following sentences should be inserted before sentence 19 to introduce the ideas in this paragraph, candice may have a redundant sentence in the fourth paragraph (sentences 22–26). which sentence, if any, should be deleted, candice would like to improve her concluding sentence by summing up the ideas she has presented. which sentence should she use to replace sentence 35.

Melody’s opening sentence is unclear. What change should she make in sentence 1 to clarify her introductory paragraph?

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7, melody needs a better transition into the third paragraph (sentences 12–17) of her essay. which of the following could she add before sentence 12 to improve this transition, melody would like to add the following counterargument to her essay. where is the best place for her to insert this sentence.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 4?

What is the correct way to write sentence 9, what change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 26, what change should be made in sentence 30.

What is the correct way to write sentence 8?

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 10, what change should gena make in sentence 17, what change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 25, how does sentence 28 need to be changed.

Which sentence from “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” best supports the main idea of the article?

Based on the article, the coaches at img can best be described as —, read this quotation from paragraph 13. what evidence does the author present in the article to support the opinion expressed in this quotation, the author wrote “a baseball school for big-league dreamers” primarily to —, read paragraph 21. what does this sentence suggest, what does the graphic best suggest about the different levels of baseball competition, what can the reader conclude from the interaction between the pitching coach and cameron varga in paragraphs 17 through 20, what is the author’s purpose for mentioning the children’s race through the house, based on the information presented in the essay, what is one message the reader can infer, read the following dictionary entry. which definition best matches the use of the word validated in paragraph 3, the author includes quotations in paragraph 8 primarily to —, which quotation best expresses the author’s viewpoint about being an “also-ran”, what can the reader conclude from paragraph 3, what is the main idea of the selection, both ketchum marsh in “a baseball school for big-league dreamers” and the author of “i believe in the also-rans” —, read this sentence from paragraph 2 of “i believe in the also-rans.” which sentence from “a baseball school for big-league dreamers” contrasts with the attitude expressed in the sentence from “i believe in the also-rans”, which sentence correctly describes the organizational pattern used by the authors of the two selections, what do ketchum marsh in “a baseball school for big-league dreamers” and cyrus in “i believe in the also-rans” have in common, what is the purpose of paragraph 32 in “a baseball school for big-league dreamers” and paragraph 3 in “i believe in the also-rans”.

What does the point of view used in the excerpt help the reader understand?

How is the first sentence of the excerpt important to the plot, in paragraph 30, what does the word laboriously mean, read this quotation from paragraph 20. the irony of this quotation is that it calls attention to —, what is a central theme of the excerpt, what does t. j.’s climb back up the fire escape in paragraph 28 reveal about him, in paragraph 25, why does blackie say, “they own the building”, in paragraph 32, what does the blade of grass represent for t. j..

Read lines 15 and 16. In line 16, the word etched most closely means —

What is a theme of the poem, what does the desk represent in the poem, which line from the poem best indicates that the speaker is ready to relinquish ownership of the desk, what tone is established in lines 22 through 25, what do the speaker’s comments in lines 31 through 35 suggest, the repetition in lines 19 through 21 is used to emphasize that the desk —.

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Both Ketchum Marsh in “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” and the author of “I Believe in the Also-Rans” —

are frustrated by their limited athletic abilities

are natives of the same geographic location

have families that emphasize the importance of athletics

have attended exclusive schools that focus on achievement

Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of “I Believe in the Also-Rans.”

"As an English teenager I was schooled in an elite school where I was fed the idea that I was better than others and that achievement and winning were all-important."

Which sentence from “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” contrasts with the attitude expressed in the sentence from “I Believe in the Also-Rans”?

“You kind of just don’t want to leave the field at the end of the night,” he says

“We are not sending the message that every one of our players are going to wind up playing shortstop for the Mets.”

Bolek, who has coached in the minors, the majors and college, says his job is not always about baseball.

And there’s something else: Many of the coaches have given years to the game.

Which sentence correctly describes the organizational pattern used by the authors of the two selections?

Both selections provide definitions of key terms to add meaning to the texts.

Both selections include anecdotes as examples to support their main ideas.

Both selections use quotations from experts to support the main ideas in the texts.

Both selections use cause-and-effect to highlight the relationships between key ideas.

What do Ketchum Marsh in “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” and Cyrus in “I Believe in the Also-Rans” have in common?

Neither is a natural-born athlete

Both become easily frustrated by failure.

Neither has supportive adults in his life

Both hope to play professional sports.

What is the purpose of paragraph 32 in “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” and paragraph 3 in “I Believe in the Also-Rans”?

To explain that early disappointment can often lead to long-term failure

To point out the educational advantages of attending elite schools

To emphasize that the realities of adult life often differ from early experiences

To specify the most important qualities needed to become a successful adult

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