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  1. Read this first

    A Quiet Study Room for the Ashby Library (student draft: argument)

    [1] On weekday afternoons, the main floor of the Ashby Public Library fills with students, toddlers at story time, and adults waiting for the four public computers. [2] The library board should build a small quiet study room in the corner beside the reference desk, because the library no longer has a single place where a person can work without interruption.

    [3] Students feel the lack of quiet space most sharply. [4] When the librarian, Mr. Reyes, counted visitors for two weeks in October, he found that more than 60 high school students came in each afternoon, yet only eight seats sat away from the children's area. [5] Several students told him that they now do their homework in their parents' cars in the parking lot, where the light is poor.

    [6] There is also another thing to think about. [7] Adults who work from home and tutors who meet with students need a place to talk quietly without bothering others. [8] Last year, the library turned away 45 tutors who asked to reserve a table, because the open floor offered no way to keep their voices from carrying.

    [9] As a result, some board members worry that a closed room would be hard for the staff to watch from the front desk. [10] A glass wall facing the reference desk would solve this problem, since the staff could see the whole room without leaving their seats. [11] A study room would also take over the old magazine corner. [12] Most of the magazines kept there are now read online, so the shelves stand half empty. [13] A quiet room would cost little, use space the library already has, and give students and tutors a reason to stay.

  2. Sentence [6] opens paragraph 3, but it does not link the paragraphs. Which sentence should Ari write in its place?

    • One more matter about the library deserves the board's attention as well.
    • More than 60 high school students struggle to find a quiet seat each afternoon.
    • Students are not the only visitors who struggle to find a quiet place to work.
    • Because students now study in cars, adults and tutors have more quiet space inside.

  3. Sentence [9] opens paragraph 4 with "As a result", but paragraph 4 does not follow from paragraph 3. Which revision of [9] should Bo choose?

    • Admittedly, some board members have a worry, a closed room would be hard for the staff to watch from the front desk.
    • Admittedly, some board members worry that a closed room would be hard for the staff to clean each evening.
    • For example, some board members worry that a closed room would be hard for the staff to watch from the front desk.
    • Admittedly, some board members worry that a closed room would be hard for the staff to watch from the front desk.

  4. Esme wants to combine sentences [11] and [12] into one. Which version links them correctly, keeps every detail and ends on the writer's side?

    • Although a study room would take over the old magazine corner, most of the magazines kept there are now read online, so the shelves stand half empty.
    • Although a study room would take over the old magazine corner, most of the magazines kept there are now read online.
    • Although most of the magazines kept there are now read online and the shelves stand half empty, a study room would take over the old magazine corner.
    • Because a study room would take over the old magazine corner, most of the magazines kept there are now read online, so the shelves stand half empty.

  5. Why a Pressure Cooker Cooks Faster (student draft: informative)

    [1] A pot of dried beans may need to simmer on the stove for two hours, yet the same beans can turn soft in about a third of that time in a pressure cooker. [2] The difference comes from a simple rule about water: the temperature at which it boils depends on the pressure pushing down on its surface.

    [3] In an ordinary open pot at sea level, water boils at 100 degrees Celsius, or 212 degrees Fahrenheit. [4] Once it reaches that point, extra heat from the burner does not make the water any hotter; it only turns more of the water into steam, which drifts away into the kitchen. [5] Food in an open pot of boiling water therefore cooks at about 100 degrees, no matter how high the flame is turned.

    [6] For example, a pressure cooker breaks this limit by locking its lid tightly and trapping the steam inside the pot. [7] As the trapped steam builds up, the pressure inside climbs to about twice the normal pressure of the air around us. [8] At that pressure, water does not boil until it reaches about 121 degrees Celsius, or roughly 250 degrees Fahrenheit. [9] The hotter water and steam soften the tough fibers in beans and meat far more quickly than an open pot can.

    [10] Here is some more information. [11] In a mountain town about a mile above sea level, water boils at roughly 95 degrees Celsius, so pasta and rice take longer to cook there than in a town by the sea. [12] Cooks in such places often use pressure cookers to make up for the thinner air.

    [13] Many cooks believe that a pressure cooker works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid. [14] In fact, it works by raising the boiling point of water, which lets food cook at a higher temperature.

  6. Sentence [10] does not link paragraph 4 to paragraph 3. Which sentence should Jun write in its place?

    • The same rule works in reverse high in the mountains, where the air pressure is lower than at sea level.
    • Because pressure cookers trap their steam, the air high in the mountains has lower pressure.
    • Cooks in other places around the world may want to know about this as well.
    • A sealed pressure cooker raises the boiling point of water to about 121 degrees Celsius.

  7. Kira sees that "For example" at the start of [6] sends the wrong signal. Which revision of [6] links paragraph 3 to paragraph 2?

    • In contrast, a pressure cooker breaks this limit, its lid locks tightly and traps the steam inside the pot.
    • In contrast, a pressure cooker breaks this limit by locking its lid tightly and trapping the steam inside the pot.
    • In contrast, a pressure cooker breaks this limit by locking its lid tightly and letting the steam escape from the pot.
    • Similarly, a pressure cooker breaks this limit by locking its lid tightly and trapping the steam inside the pot.

  8. Luz plans to join [13] and [14] so the essay corrects the common belief. Which sentence links them, keeps every detail and ends on the correction?

    • Although a pressure cooker works by raising the boiling point of water, which lets food cook at a higher temperature, many cooks believe that it works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid.
    • Although many cooks believe that a pressure cooker works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid, it works by raising the boiling point of water.
    • Because many cooks believe that a pressure cooker works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid, it works by raising the boiling point of water, which lets food cook at a higher temperature.
    • Although many cooks believe that a pressure cooker works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid, it works by raising the boiling point of water, which lets food cook at a higher temperature.

  9. An Electronics Recycling Day for Dunbridge (student draft: argument)

    [1] In the garages and kitchen drawers of Dunbridge sit hundreds of broken phones, old laptops and tangled chargers that nobody knows how to get rid of. [2] The town should hold an electronics recycling day every spring at the public works yard, because these devices are piling up in homes and, too often, ending up in the trash.

    [3] Old electronics do not belong in the regular trash. [4] Many contain small amounts of lead, mercury or other metals that can seep from a landfill into soil and water, and many hold rechargeable batteries that can overheat inside a garbage truck. [5] Even so, the town's sanitation office found broken laptops or phones in about one of every twenty trash bins it checked last year. [6] Some stores take back old phones. [7] Few take laptops or televisions, and none in Dunbridge does so for free.

    [8] This is also important. [9] When the nearby town of Halston held its first collection day two years ago, residents dropped off more than nine tons of electronics in a single Saturday. [10] A recycling company paid Halston for the copper and other metals it recovered, and that money covered most of the day's cost.

    [11] Therefore, some residents may say that trucks and workers would cost too much for a town of our size. [12] Halston, however, ran its day with volunteers from the high school and paid for the trucks with the money from the metals. [13] A spring collection day would protect our soil and water, cost the town very little, and finally clear out those kitchen drawers.

  10. Noah rereads [11] and finds that "Therefore" misleads the reader. Which revision of [11] shows how paragraph 4 links to the argument?

    • Admittedly, some residents may say that trucks and workers would cost too much for a town of our size.
    • Admittedly, some residents may say that trucks and workers would take too long to arrange for a town of our size.
    • Admittedly, some residents may object, trucks and workers would cost too much for a town of our size.
    • For example, some residents may say that trucks and workers would cost too much for a town of our size.

  11. Free Swim Lessons for Every Second Grader (student draft: argument)

    [1] Each summer, the Pellham municipal pool is crowded with children who splash happily in the shallow end but cannot swim across the deep end without a flotation vest. [2] The town should offer free swim lessons to every second grader in its public schools, because learning to swim early is a safety skill that too many local children never get.

    [3] Many families in Pellham cannot afford the price of lessons at a private swimming club. [4] A ten-week course at the nearest club costs $180, and the pool's own lessons, at $60 a session, fill within an hour of the sign-up opening. [5] When the school nurse surveyed second graders last spring, only 41 of 130 said that they could swim the length of the pool.

    [6] Another point is worth making here. [7] Swimming instructors explain that seven- and eight-year-olds are old enough to follow directions and young enough to feel comfortable in the water quickly. [8] Second grade is also the last year in which every class in Pellham has a free afternoon each week, so lessons would not cut into reading or math time.

    [9] For instance, the town would have to pay lifeguards and teachers for the extra hours at the pool. [10] The lessons would cost the town about $14,000 each summer. [11] The town spends more than that each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines. [12] Free lessons in second grade would give every child in Pellham a lasting safety skill and make each summer at the municipal pool safer for everyone.

  12. Ren sees that sentence [6] is a weak start for paragraph 3. Which sentence would link paragraph 3 to paragraph 2?

    • Because lessons cost $180 at the club, children are ready to learn at age seven.
    • There is something else that the town should think about before it decides.
    • Many Pellham families cannot pay $180 for a course of lessons at a private club.
    • Paying for lessons is one problem, but the age at which children learn matters just as much.

  13. Tala finds that "For instance" at the start of [9] confuses the reader. Which revision of [9] links paragraph 4 to the argument?

    • It is true that the town would have to hire a new pool manager to run the lessons.
    • Similarly, the town would have to pay lifeguards and teachers for the extra hours at the pool.
    • It is true that the town would have to pay more, lifeguards and teachers would need pay for the extra hours.
    • It is true that the town would have to pay lifeguards and teachers for the extra hours at the pool.

  14. Zee plans to join [10] and [11] in one sentence. Which version shows the right link, keeps the numbers and ends on the writer's answer?

    • Although the lessons would cost the town about $14,000 each summer, the town spends more than that each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines.
    • Although the town spends more each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines, the lessons would cost the town about $14,000 each summer.
    • Although the lessons would cost the town money each summer, the town spends more than that each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines.
    • Because the lessons would cost the town about $14,000 each summer, the town spends more than that each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines.
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Answer Key - Grade 9 Reading Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

  1. Read this first

    A Quiet Study Room for the Ashby Library (student draft: argument)

    [1] On weekday afternoons, the main floor of the Ashby Public Library fills with students, toddlers at story time, and adults waiting for the four public computers. [2] The library board should build a small quiet study room in the corner beside the reference desk, because the library no longer has a single place where a person can work without interruption.

    [3] Students feel the lack of quiet space most sharply. [4] When the librarian, Mr. Reyes, counted visitors for two weeks in October, he found that more than 60 high school students came in each afternoon, yet only eight seats sat away from the children's area. [5] Several students told him that they now do their homework in their parents' cars in the parking lot, where the light is poor.

    [6] There is also another thing to think about. [7] Adults who work from home and tutors who meet with students need a place to talk quietly without bothering others. [8] Last year, the library turned away 45 tutors who asked to reserve a table, because the open floor offered no way to keep their voices from carrying.

    [9] As a result, some board members worry that a closed room would be hard for the staff to watch from the front desk. [10] A glass wall facing the reference desk would solve this problem, since the staff could see the whole room without leaving their seats. [11] A study room would also take over the old magazine corner. [12] Most of the magazines kept there are now read online, so the shelves stand half empty. [13] A quiet room would cost little, use space the library already has, and give students and tutors a reason to stay.

  2. Sentence [6] opens paragraph 3, but it does not link the paragraphs. Which sentence should Ari write in its place?

    • One more matter about the library deserves the board's attention as well.
    • More than 60 high school students struggle to find a quiet seat each afternoon.
    • Students are not the only visitors who struggle to find a quiet place to work.
    • Because students now study in cars, adults and tutors have more quiet space inside.

  3. Sentence [9] opens paragraph 4 with "As a result", but paragraph 4 does not follow from paragraph 3. Which revision of [9] should Bo choose?

    • Admittedly, some board members have a worry, a closed room would be hard for the staff to watch from the front desk.
    • Admittedly, some board members worry that a closed room would be hard for the staff to clean each evening.
    • For example, some board members worry that a closed room would be hard for the staff to watch from the front desk.
    • Admittedly, some board members worry that a closed room would be hard for the staff to watch from the front desk.

  4. Esme wants to combine sentences [11] and [12] into one. Which version links them correctly, keeps every detail and ends on the writer's side?

    • Although a study room would take over the old magazine corner, most of the magazines kept there are now read online, so the shelves stand half empty.
    • Although a study room would take over the old magazine corner, most of the magazines kept there are now read online.
    • Although most of the magazines kept there are now read online and the shelves stand half empty, a study room would take over the old magazine corner.
    • Because a study room would take over the old magazine corner, most of the magazines kept there are now read online, so the shelves stand half empty.

  5. Why a Pressure Cooker Cooks Faster (student draft: informative)

    [1] A pot of dried beans may need to simmer on the stove for two hours, yet the same beans can turn soft in about a third of that time in a pressure cooker. [2] The difference comes from a simple rule about water: the temperature at which it boils depends on the pressure pushing down on its surface.

    [3] In an ordinary open pot at sea level, water boils at 100 degrees Celsius, or 212 degrees Fahrenheit. [4] Once it reaches that point, extra heat from the burner does not make the water any hotter; it only turns more of the water into steam, which drifts away into the kitchen. [5] Food in an open pot of boiling water therefore cooks at about 100 degrees, no matter how high the flame is turned.

    [6] For example, a pressure cooker breaks this limit by locking its lid tightly and trapping the steam inside the pot. [7] As the trapped steam builds up, the pressure inside climbs to about twice the normal pressure of the air around us. [8] At that pressure, water does not boil until it reaches about 121 degrees Celsius, or roughly 250 degrees Fahrenheit. [9] The hotter water and steam soften the tough fibers in beans and meat far more quickly than an open pot can.

    [10] Here is some more information. [11] In a mountain town about a mile above sea level, water boils at roughly 95 degrees Celsius, so pasta and rice take longer to cook there than in a town by the sea. [12] Cooks in such places often use pressure cookers to make up for the thinner air.

    [13] Many cooks believe that a pressure cooker works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid. [14] In fact, it works by raising the boiling point of water, which lets food cook at a higher temperature.

  6. Sentence [10] does not link paragraph 4 to paragraph 3. Which sentence should Jun write in its place?

    • The same rule works in reverse high in the mountains, where the air pressure is lower than at sea level.
    • Because pressure cookers trap their steam, the air high in the mountains has lower pressure.
    • Cooks in other places around the world may want to know about this as well.
    • A sealed pressure cooker raises the boiling point of water to about 121 degrees Celsius.

  7. Kira sees that "For example" at the start of [6] sends the wrong signal. Which revision of [6] links paragraph 3 to paragraph 2?

    • In contrast, a pressure cooker breaks this limit, its lid locks tightly and traps the steam inside the pot.
    • In contrast, a pressure cooker breaks this limit by locking its lid tightly and trapping the steam inside the pot.
    • In contrast, a pressure cooker breaks this limit by locking its lid tightly and letting the steam escape from the pot.
    • Similarly, a pressure cooker breaks this limit by locking its lid tightly and trapping the steam inside the pot.

  8. Luz plans to join [13] and [14] so the essay corrects the common belief. Which sentence links them, keeps every detail and ends on the correction?

    • Although a pressure cooker works by raising the boiling point of water, which lets food cook at a higher temperature, many cooks believe that it works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid.
    • Although many cooks believe that a pressure cooker works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid, it works by raising the boiling point of water.
    • Because many cooks believe that a pressure cooker works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid, it works by raising the boiling point of water, which lets food cook at a higher temperature.
    • Although many cooks believe that a pressure cooker works mainly by trapping heat inside its heavy lid, it works by raising the boiling point of water, which lets food cook at a higher temperature.

  9. An Electronics Recycling Day for Dunbridge (student draft: argument)

    [1] In the garages and kitchen drawers of Dunbridge sit hundreds of broken phones, old laptops and tangled chargers that nobody knows how to get rid of. [2] The town should hold an electronics recycling day every spring at the public works yard, because these devices are piling up in homes and, too often, ending up in the trash.

    [3] Old electronics do not belong in the regular trash. [4] Many contain small amounts of lead, mercury or other metals that can seep from a landfill into soil and water, and many hold rechargeable batteries that can overheat inside a garbage truck. [5] Even so, the town's sanitation office found broken laptops or phones in about one of every twenty trash bins it checked last year. [6] Some stores take back old phones. [7] Few take laptops or televisions, and none in Dunbridge does so for free.

    [8] This is also important. [9] When the nearby town of Halston held its first collection day two years ago, residents dropped off more than nine tons of electronics in a single Saturday. [10] A recycling company paid Halston for the copper and other metals it recovered, and that money covered most of the day's cost.

    [11] Therefore, some residents may say that trucks and workers would cost too much for a town of our size. [12] Halston, however, ran its day with volunteers from the high school and paid for the trucks with the money from the metals. [13] A spring collection day would protect our soil and water, cost the town very little, and finally clear out those kitchen drawers.

  10. Noah rereads [11] and finds that "Therefore" misleads the reader. Which revision of [11] shows how paragraph 4 links to the argument?

    • Admittedly, some residents may say that trucks and workers would cost too much for a town of our size.
    • Admittedly, some residents may say that trucks and workers would take too long to arrange for a town of our size.
    • Admittedly, some residents may object, trucks and workers would cost too much for a town of our size.
    • For example, some residents may say that trucks and workers would cost too much for a town of our size.

  11. Free Swim Lessons for Every Second Grader (student draft: argument)

    [1] Each summer, the Pellham municipal pool is crowded with children who splash happily in the shallow end but cannot swim across the deep end without a flotation vest. [2] The town should offer free swim lessons to every second grader in its public schools, because learning to swim early is a safety skill that too many local children never get.

    [3] Many families in Pellham cannot afford the price of lessons at a private swimming club. [4] A ten-week course at the nearest club costs $180, and the pool's own lessons, at $60 a session, fill within an hour of the sign-up opening. [5] When the school nurse surveyed second graders last spring, only 41 of 130 said that they could swim the length of the pool.

    [6] Another point is worth making here. [7] Swimming instructors explain that seven- and eight-year-olds are old enough to follow directions and young enough to feel comfortable in the water quickly. [8] Second grade is also the last year in which every class in Pellham has a free afternoon each week, so lessons would not cut into reading or math time.

    [9] For instance, the town would have to pay lifeguards and teachers for the extra hours at the pool. [10] The lessons would cost the town about $14,000 each summer. [11] The town spends more than that each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines. [12] Free lessons in second grade would give every child in Pellham a lasting safety skill and make each summer at the municipal pool safer for everyone.

  12. Ren sees that sentence [6] is a weak start for paragraph 3. Which sentence would link paragraph 3 to paragraph 2?

    • Because lessons cost $180 at the club, children are ready to learn at age seven.
    • There is something else that the town should think about before it decides.
    • Many Pellham families cannot pay $180 for a course of lessons at a private club.
    • Paying for lessons is one problem, but the age at which children learn matters just as much.

  13. Tala finds that "For instance" at the start of [9] confuses the reader. Which revision of [9] links paragraph 4 to the argument?

    • It is true that the town would have to hire a new pool manager to run the lessons.
    • Similarly, the town would have to pay lifeguards and teachers for the extra hours at the pool.
    • It is true that the town would have to pay more, lifeguards and teachers would need pay for the extra hours.
    • It is true that the town would have to pay lifeguards and teachers for the extra hours at the pool.

  14. Zee plans to join [10] and [11] in one sentence. Which version shows the right link, keeps the numbers and ends on the writer's answer?

    • Although the lessons would cost the town about $14,000 each summer, the town spends more than that each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines.
    • Although the town spends more each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines, the lessons would cost the town about $14,000 each summer.
    • Although the lessons would cost the town money each summer, the town spends more than that each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines.
    • Because the lessons would cost the town about $14,000 each summer, the town spends more than that each year to repaint the pool deck and its lane lines.