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Read the rough draft of a student’s conclusion to an argumentative editorial.
(1) Year-round schooling would help student achievement. (2) Not so much information would have to be crammed into nine months. (3) Furthermore, the elimination of long breaks, particularly summer break, would significantly reduce “learning loss” and the additional time wasted at the beginning of each academic year to reteach previously learned material. (4) It is clear that year-round schooling helps students learn and retain more. (5) The United States is not the only country to experiment with a year-round school schedule. (6) Although many still claim that evidence about year-round school and its link to higher achievement is inconclusive, these people need to open their eyes and see that students in these schools consistently score higher on certain assessments than students who attend schools with traditional nine-month calendars. (7) It is about time that we replaced our outdated and inefficient school calendars.
Which revision would most improve sentence 7?
suggesting an alternative plan to replace the current school calendar
explaining why the current school calendar is outdated and inefficient
expressing an opinion about those who oppose changing the calendar
restating the strongest piece of evidence used to support the claim

Do you use illustrations to teach others? How have you used examples to win an argument, teach your child a difficult lesson, or to explain a problem? In what ways are illustrations a part of your daily interactions with others?

What is a correlation coefficient?
Group of answer choices
A. the relationship between results and hypothesis
B. the efficiency with which results are correlated
C. the degree of relationship between participants
D. the degree of relationship between results

1. Which of the following is an example of a prevention activity?
A. Mobilizing search and rescue teams
B. Passing an ordinance on controlling development in a floodplain
C. Setting up a network of clinics to provide neighborhood-based healthcare access for residents affected by a hurricane
D. Requiring identification for site access
2. Which of the following statements is incorrect? Specific areas of authority and responsibilities for emergency management should be clearly stated in local ordinances and laws. These ordinances and laws should:
A. Define responsibilities, scopes of authority, and standards for the position of emergency program manager for an all-hazards integrated local emergency plan, and for mutual aid.
B. Specify a specific line of succession for elected officials and require that departments of government establish lines of succession.
C. Explicitly state who has responsibility for emergency management daily operations, policy decisions affecting long-term emergency management, and final authority in actual disaster situations.
D. Define the process that allows all levels of government and all disciplines to work together more efficiently.
3. This authority emphasizes that Federal disaster assistance is intended to supplement, not supplant, the resources of State, local, and private-sector organizations.
A. Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
B. Executive Order 10427
C. Executive Order 12127
D. Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
4. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. Nonprofit organizations often have a commitment to the specific set of interests and values of their members, and therefore should be excluded from emergency management planning efforts.
B. Jurisdictions must work closely with private-sector entities that provide water, power, communications networks, transportation, medical care, security, and numerous other services.
C. Nongovernmental organizations often provide sheltering, emergency food supplies, counseling services, and other vital support services to support response and promote the recovery of disaster survivors.
D. Individuals and families can contribute by reducing hazards in and around their homes; developing a preparedness plan; and assembling emergency supplies.
5. Which of the following statements about an emergency operations center (EOC) is correct?
A. Having multiple EOCs allows for more efficient management of resources.
B. To be most effective, an EOC should be organized according to Emergency Support Functions.
C. An EOC should be located as close to the incident site as possible.
D. An EOC allows decision makers to operate in one place to coordinate and communicate with support staff.
6. What level of government has direct responsibility for the safety of its residents and direct knowledge of the situation and accompanying resource requirements?
A. Regional government
B. Federal Government
C. State government
D. Local and tribal government
7. Local elected or appointed officials
A. Delegate responsibility for emergency management and typically are not involved in the incident response and recovery.
B. May need to help shape or modify laws, policies, and budgets to aid preparedness efforts and to improve emergency management and response capabilities.
C. Should be present at the Incident Command Post to direct the first responders in executing tactical operations.
D. Conduct a preliminary damage assessment and submit documentation to FEMA requesting a Federal disaster declaration.
8. What type of measures considers ways to reduce consequences together with the overall risk from specific threats and other community goals?
A. Readiness
B. Prevention
C. Response
D. Mitigation
9. _____ is responsible for coordinating Federal resources that support State, local, tribal, and territorial efforts when a Federal emergency or disaster is declared.
A. Regional government
B. FEMA
C. State government
D. Local government
10. All of the following are important emergency management planning principles EXCEPT FOR:
A. Planning results in unique plans for every type of threat or hazard.
B. Planning must be community based, representing the whole population and its needs.
C. Planning is fundamentally a process to manage risk.
D. Planning should be flexible enough to address both traditional and catastrophic incidents.

Question 1
Consider the poem “A Musical Instrument,” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
“What was he doing, the great god Pan,
Down in the reeds by the river?
Spreading ruin and scattering ban,
Splashing and paddling with hoofs of a goat,
And breaking the golden lilies afloat
With the dragon-fly on the river.
He tore out a reed, the great god Pan,
From the deep cool bed of the river:
The limpid water turbidly ran,
And the broken lilies a-dying lay,
And the dragon-fly had fled away,
Ere he brought it out of the river.
‘This is the way,’ laughed the great god Pan
(Laughed while he sat by the river),
‘The only way, since gods began
To make sweet music, they could succeed.’
Then, dropping his mouth to a hole in the reed,
He blew in power by the river.
Sweet, sweet, sweet, O Pan!
Piercing sweet by the river!
Blinding sweet, O great god Pan!
The sun on the hill forgot to die,
And the lilies revived, and the dragon-fly
Came back to dream on the river.
Yet half a beast is the great god Pan,
To laugh as he sits by the river,
Making a poet out of a man:
The true gods sigh for the cost and pain,
For the reed which grows nevermore again
As a reed with the reeds in the river.”
Write two paragraphs. Use details from the readings to support your points.
In the first paragraph, explain the connection between the poem and the myth of Pan.
In the second paragraph, explain how the two differ in terms the events and Pan’s actions.
Question 2
Read the passages from “In Just” and “July.” In at least one full paragraph, compare the authors’ use of word choice. Use evidence from the poems to support your answer.
from “In Just”
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles far and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it’s
spring
from “July”
When the heat like a mist veil floats,
And poppies flame in the rye,
And the silver note in the streamlet’s throat
Has softened almost to a sigh,
It’s July.

Multiple Choice Questions on MLA “Rules” (pages 6-9 in CHS Format & Documentation Guidelines): 1. What does MLA stand for? a. Modern Linguistic Association b. Modern Language Association c. Main Language Arts 2. What is a Works Cited? a. Parenthetical information within a paper indicating where you got your information b. A numbered list of the resources you used for a project c. An alphabetized list of the resources you used for a project 3. If you use someone else’s words or ideas without crediting them, what are you guilty of? a. Plagiarism b. Censorship c. Slander 4. What is a Works Consulted? a. A list of the resources you actually used in your project b. A list of potential resources you have located for your project c. Parenthetical information within a paper indicating where you got your information 5. Where does a Works Cited appear in a written project? a. It begins on the last page of the text of your paper and continues b. At the beginning of your paper c. On a separate page at the end of your project 6. What is the preferred font and size for Works Consulted or a Works Cited? a. Calibri, 11 b. Verdana, 10 c. Times New Roman, 12 7. What are the preferred margins for a Works Consulted or a Works Cited? a. Top, bottom = 1 inch; Left, right = 1.25 inches b. Top, bottom = .5 inch; Left, right = 1 inch c. Top, bottom = 1 inch; Left, right = 1 inch 8. How is a Works Cited spaced? a. Single-spaced (1.0) b. One and a half spaced (1.5) c. Double-spaced (2.0) 9. Where is the first line of a Works Cited citation begun? a. Indented .5 inch b. Indented 1 inch c. At left margin 10. How should subsequent lines of a citation be formatted? a. Indented .5 inch b. Indented 1 inch c. At left margin 11. How does one set up a hanging indent for a Works Cited? a. On ruler, drag top triangle one inch to right b. On ruler, drag bottom triangle one inch to right c. On ruler, drag bottom triangle .5 inch to right 12. How is a Works Cited arranged? a. It is numbered b. Alphabetically by first word of citation c. In the order you located the resources 13. Is a Works Cited ever numbered? a. Yes b. No 14. What words are ignored when you are arranging a Works Cited? a. In, At, On b. Of, To, By c. A, An, The 15. How are authors names listed in a Works Cited? a. First name Last name b. Last name, First name c. Middle initial, Last name, First name 16. What is the pattern if a source has two authors? a. First name Last name and First name Last name b. Last name, First name and First name Last name 17. What can you put if your citation has more than three authors? a. et al. b. etc. c. ibid. 18. How are the titles of books, magazines, newspapers, films, and television programs written in a Works Cited? a. In quotation marks b. Underlined c. Italicized 19. In a citation title, what words should be capitalized? a. Only the first word b. All important words c. All words 20. What do you do if the words of a title were not capitalized in an original citation? a. Capitalize all important words, even if they weren’t capitalized in the original citation b. Leave the original title as you found it c. Capitalize all words 21. How are titles of articles, essay, stories, Web pages, and television episodes written? a. In quotation marks b. Underlined c. Italicized 22. Does a period go before or after a closing quotation mark of a title? a. Before b. After 23. For a magazine or news article, what punctuation does the page number follow? a. Semi-colon (;) b. Colon (:) c. Period (.) 24. What do you use if no page number for an article is provided? a. n. p. b. n. pag. c. no page 25. In a book where should you first look for the place of publication, publisher, and date of publication? a. Cover of book b. Title page of book c. Back of title page of book 26. If the place of publication, publisher, and date of publication are not found in the first place you look, where is the second place to look in a book? a. Cover of book b. Title page of book c. Back of title page of book 27. When citing publication information for a book, what do you use for the place of publication? a. City b. State c. Country 28. When citing publication information for a book, must you include the state along with the city? a. Yes, city and state b. No, city only 29. What do you use if there is more than one city listed on the title page of a book? a. The first American city b. The first two American cities c. The city with the largest population 30. Which months are not abbreviated in MLA format? a. March, April, May b. April, May, June c. May, June, July 31. Which month has a 4-letter abbreviation in MLA format? a. Janu. b. Sept. c. Nove. 32. What is the correct way to cite April 15, 2010? a. April 15, 2010 b. 15, April 2010 c. 15 Apr. 2010 33. What is the “Medium of Publication” in MLA citations? a. The format of the source b. The size of the source c. The age of the source 34. What “Medium of Publication” is used for books? a. Book b. Print c. Published 35. What “Medium of Publication” is used for Internet sources? a. Internet b. Online c. Web 36. Is it necessary to include the URL of an Internet source? a. Yes b. No

Read the passage.
Apostrophes
The apostrophe is a widely misused punctuation mark. In proper usage, the apostrophe indicates either a possessive case or where a letter or letters have been removed. An apostrophe is used to indicate a plural in only one special case—when there is a lowercase letter that is plural, such as in the phrase
mind your p’s and q’s
.
Select the sentence that violates the guidelines for apostrophes.
My brother’s dog is very small and very bouncy. She’s funny when she gets excited. She runs around in circles, trying to run and jump at the same time. It’s hilarious to see her do this because she ends up doing flips.

Can somebody please help answer these questions based on the essay “An Indian Father’s Plea,” by Medicine Grizzlybear Lake.
A. How would you characterize Wind-Wolf’s non-western education?
B. Because it was written for Teachers Magazine, you would expect this piece to have elicited responses from teachers across the country. What might these responses have been? How does Lake counter these potential responses?

What punctuation should go in the underlined space?
1.      My mom wants to move to Arkansas _ I want to stay here.
a.      Period
b.      Quotation Mark
c.      Semicolon
d.      Dash
2.      The faculty has identified the problem _ we do not have the equipment.
a.      Parenthesis
b.      Colon
c.      Semicolon
d.      Period
3.      I’ll have all my presents bought (except the ones for my parents) _
a.      Period
b.      Dash
c.      Quotation Mark
d.      Colon
4.      Once every week (usually on Saturday _we go bowling.
a.      Quotation Mark
b.      Period
c.      Semicolon
d.      Parenthesis
5.      Televisions, car phones, answering machines _these are the essentials for today’s living.
a.      Semicolon
b.      Parenthesis
c.      Quotation Mark
d.      Dash
6.      All I can say is, “I promise to do better next time_
a.      Period, Quotation Mark
b.      Underlining, Period
c.      Semicolon, Quotation Mark
d.      Parenthesis, Dash
7.      One of my favorites is Time magazine.
a.      Italicize
b.      Colon
c.      Parenthesis
d.      Period
8.      Let us decide what we will do first _ then we can get started.
a.      Period
b.      Underlining
c.      Semicolon
d.      Dash
9.      That seems like a good idea _ however_ I’d like more information before we begin.
a.      Colon, Semicolon
b.      Semicolon, Comma
c.      Dash, Colon
d.      Quotation Mark, Period
10.  The title of the best article on word processing is _ There’s Gotta Be a Better Way _
a.      Quotation Mark, Colon, Semicolon
b.      Dash, Period, Colon
c.      Parenthesis, Comma, Underlining
d.      Quotation Mark, Period, Quotation Mark

As the physician practice manager. you have run the report with the results depicted in the graph below which shows the distribution of Blind codes billed for established patients over the previous six months. 1. What conclusions can you draw from the graph? 2. Recommend four steps that should be taken as a result ofjrour conclusions. 100% 99% sass mass = _ 2″: 9921.5 sass . 5 a 99214 _ ‘ 99213 5W” – _ I 99212 40% – E1 93211 30% 213% 10% 0%