2015 College and Career Readiness-Language Arts Worksheets

Why should you go through the hassle of aligning your assessments to CCSS-College and Career Anchor Standards-Language Arts when it is already done for you in this product. Each of the 6 sections is preceded by the Common Core alignment page.
Worksheets are a comprehensive reading, writing, and grammar usage practice and/or review activity. This product makes a terrific assessment tool for your high school language arts and/or GED prep class.

Worksheets include the following prompts:

-Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
-The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all.
-Part or the entire following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material.
-The following passage contains either a single error or no error at all in the underlined portion. If the underlined portion contains an error, circle the letter which corresponds to the correct answer.
-The passages in this test are followed by 1 or more questions. After reading the passage, circle the letter which corresponds to the best answer to each question. You may refer to the passage as often as necessary.
-Extended Response-Write an essay on the following topic.

Each worksheet aligns with one or more of the following
Colllege and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language Arts:

Language
Conventions of Standard English:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Knowledge of Language:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.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.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.6
Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.