STAAR Editing: Capitalization, Spelling, Verb Tense

STAAR Editing: Capitalization, Spelling, Verb Tense

Poll

I am______ready for the STAAR.

• not

• sort of

• SUPER

Capitalization

What are the rules?

Capitalize the first word of a sentence.

• Hi, how are you?

• I am well, how are you?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correctly written?

• Love is a battlefield.

• hard times on the inside.

• there's no way the world will define.

• we are young, heartache to heartache we stand.

Capitalize Names and Proper Nouns

Walt Disney created the multi-billion dollar empire known as Disney, which now has movies on Disney+; make sure you catch Wandavision.

Multiple Choice

Which words should be capitalized in this sentence?

wherever you go, richard, I will be right here waiting for you at uncle sam's taco stand.

• wherever, go, richard, sam

• wherever, richard, uncle, sam's, taco, stand

• wherever, richard, sam's

• wherever, richard, sam's, taco

Capitalize the first word in a quote/quotation

He said, "I've been on my own for long enough."

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• He said, "i can't sleep until I feel your touch."

• She said, "i'm running out of time."

• They said, "This city is cold and empty."

• I said, "i'm drowning in the light."

 Capitalize Days, Months, and Holidays, But Not Seasons

When is spring in El Paso? Usually for one month: April. We get Easter and Good Friday during this time.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Please turn in your work by thursday, april 22nd.

• Next Summer will be shorter when school ends and begins.

• School begins August 2nd for students.

• School ends june 15th, hope you make plans for Summer.

Capitalize Most Words in Titles

Yesterday, I spent like 45 minutes on TikTok, 1 hour on Facebook; all while watching Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Avengers endgame was the best marvel movie ever made.

• I disagree, Ironman was the beginning of all the Marvel Universe movies; so it is the greatest.

• Those hulk and thor movies were awful though.

• Thor ragnarok was very good compared to Thor: the Dark world.

Capitalize Cities, Countries, Nationalities, and Languages

My dad was born in Santa Cruz de Rosales, Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico.

I had to learn Chinese, Spanish, and English while growing up, because my mom is Chinese and my dad is Mexican.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• I don't know the difference between south Korea and north Korea.

• I wonder if the korean culture is closer to chinese or japenese cultures.

• Someone once told me, the Chinese would say Korean culture is closer to their culture.

• The japanese say the Koreans borrow from their culture, and make it unique.

Capitalize Time Periods and Events

The Roaring Twenties were the best of times, and the worst of times.

Most of the World War I veterans are now deceased.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• The battle of Buena Vista (February 22 – February 23, 1847), known as the Battle of La Angostura in Mexico.

• the Battle of buena Vista (february 22 – february 23, 1847), known as the Battle of La Angostura in Mexico.

• The Battle Of Buena Vista (february 22 – february 23, 1847), known as the Battle of la angostura in Mexico.

• The Battle of Buena Vista (February 22 – February 23, 1847), known as the Battle of La Angostura in Mexico.

STAAR Spelling

USE THE DICTIONARY

select the word

click to "DEFINE"

Multiple Choice

Which represents the correctly spelled word?

• exxageration

• exxaggeration

• exageration

• exaggeration

Multiple Choice

Which represents the correctly spelled word?

• acommodation

• accomodation

• accommodation

• acomoddation

Multiple Choice

Which represents the correctly spelled word?

• acknowledge

• aknowledge

• acknowlege

• akcnowledge

Verb Tenses

Past, Present, Future and Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs- Base verb changes

• GO-PRESENT That girl is going far in life.

• GO- PAST That girl went far in life.

• GO- FUTURE That girl will go far in life.

Irregular Verbs Help

Dictionary

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correctly written?

• Yesterday, we swim the whole day.

• Yesterday, we swam the whole day.

• Yesterday, we swum the whole day.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correctly written?

• He says, "It runs in the family!"

• He says, "It run in the family!"

• He says, "It running in the family!"

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correctly written?

• Let's go bought some new shoes!

• Let's go buying some new shoes!

• Let's go buy some new shoes!

Multiple Select

Right now, my I understand: (you can select more than 1)

• Capitalization

• Spelling

• Verb Tense

• Nothing. I'm just here for Attendance

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