Read Frankie’s report about Spanish Missions and think about how it should be
revised. Then answer the questions that follow.
Spanish Missions
(1) After Coronado did not find the Seven
Cities of Gold, Spain ignored Texas. (2) Spain was not the
only country interested in Texas, though. (3) Sieur de La
Salle from france started a settlement on the coast of Texas.
(4) Spain did not like this one bit! (5) Spain had to do
something to keep its hold on Texas.
(6) Spain came up with a plan to stop the French. (7) They would build missions across
Texas. (8) The missions would be run by Catholic priests. (9) The priests would teach the Indians
about the Spanish way of life. (10) Spain hoped the Indians would become loyal citizens of Spain and
help protect Texas.
(11) In all there were thirty-five missions built in Texas. (12) They were not all built at
once. (13) Spain would build missions when they had extra money. (14) In the 1600’s they built two
missions in east Texas to keep the French back. (15) They also built three missions in far western
Texas, near present day El Paso. (16) In the early 1700s, they built a string of missions in present-day
San Antonio. (17) They also built five more missions in east Texas. (18) Later in the 1700s, Spain built
another twelve missions in Texas. (19) Most of the missions had a fort nearby to protect the mission.
(20) Spanish soldiers lived in the presidios.
(21) Spain planned to turn the missions over to the local people so the Indians could
run the missions theirselves. (22) This took a very long time. (23) The missionary priests did not want
to turn the missions over because they thought the Indians would fail at maintaining the missions
and the Spanish way of life. (24) They were concerned about hostile Apaches and other dangers.
(25) It was’nt until the 1830s that the last mission was finally turned over to local people by Spain.
(26) Many of the Spanish missions began to crumble and do not exist today.
(27) However, many of the missions have been restored. (28) Today, there is a string of five missions
in San Antonio that have been restored, including the Alamo. (29) It is the largest concentration of
Spanish missions in the United States.
1. What change, if any, should be made to
sentence 3?
4. Frankie would like to add the following
detail to the third paragraph (sentences
11 through 20).
A. insert a comma after started
B. change france to France
C. change coast to Coast
D. Make no change in sentence 3.
The fort was called a presidio.
Where is the BEST place to add the
sentence ?
A. after sentence 13
2. Frankie would like to add a word or
phrase to help the reader transition from
sentence 4 to sentence 5. Which is the
BEST to insert at the beginning of
sentence 5?
B. after sentence 16
C. after sentence 18
D. after sentence 19
A. Occasionally,
B. However,
C. As a result,
D. Meanwhile,
3. Which is the correct way to combine
sentences 11 and 12?
A. There were thirty-five missions built in
Texas. And they were not all built at
once.
B. There were thirty-five missions built in
Texas, they were not all built at once.
5. What change, if any, should Frankie make
to sentence 21?
A. change people to People
B. change theirselves to themselves
C. change Indians to Indian’s
D. No change is needed.
6. What change, if any, is needed in
sentence 25?
A. change was’nt to wasn’t
C. There were thirty-five missions built in
Texas, then they were not all built at
once.
B. insert a comma after until
D. There were thirty-five missions built in
Texas, but they were not all built at
once.
D. No change is needed in this sentence.
Spanish Missions
C. change finally to finely
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