Revising and Editing

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family
• change I to me
• change river to River
• The sentence is correct.

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VII

Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"

• Delete the quotation marks
• Change let's to Let's
• Remove the comma after declared
• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

• Change knew to new
• Change thrown to threw
• Change theirselves to themselves
• No change is needed.

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TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VII

Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful
• ^{Change Natalies' to Natalies's}
• Change flower to flour
• No change is needed

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Mrs. Watson said that our class would go on a field trip on March, 2 2015.

• Delete the comma after March and insert it after 2
• Add quotatiion marks before our and after 2015.
• Delete the comma after March
• The sentence is correct.

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CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important part of our monday morning assembly.

• ^{Change important to more important}
• Change an to a
• ^{Change monday to Monday}
• The sentence is correct

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VII

"I love to read about animals" said Matthew, as he settled down with his new magazine to read. 

• Add a period after animals
• Add a comma after animals
• Change said to Said
• No change is needed

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Quickly I headed for the kitchen. Mom was making my favorite dinner in the kitchen.

• Quickly I headed for the kitchen, Mom was making my favorite dinner.
• I headed quickly to the kitchen because Mom was making my favorite dinner.
• I headed quickly to the kitchen and Mom was making my favorite dinner.
• Quickly I headed to the kitchen, then Mom was making my favorite dinner.

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CCSS.W.3.3A

When my Dad handed me the bottle of ketchup, I shook it thoroughly to mix it.

• Change shook to shaked
• Change bottle to bottel
• Change Dad to dad
• The sentence is correct as written

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TEKS.ELA.2.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

At Mariah's school, there are several book's written in Spanish.

• Change book's to books
• Change Mariah's to Mariahs'
• Change Spanish to spanish
• The sentence is correct

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D