STAAR Editing Practice

What change should be made in sentence 3?

(3) Leaves brush against your windows and the chirps of birds echo through your room.

• Change Leaves to Leafes

• Change brush to brushes

• Insert a comma after windows

• Change through to threw

Tags

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.V

TEKS.ELA.E2.9(C)

TEKS.ELA.E2.9C

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.V

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 5?

(5) Some people like them so much that we created tree house hotels for guests.

• Change like to likes

• Change we to they

• Change created to creating

• No change needs to be made.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

What change should be made in sentence 8?

(8) Tropical rain forests, thickly wilderness areas, or trees along an island shore are just a few places they are located.

• Change rain forests to rain forest’s

• Change thickly to thick

• Delete the comma after areas

• Insert a comma after shore

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

What change should be made in sentence 13?

(13) For example, a person in a rain forest will likely need to walks up wobbly narrow bridges and use ropes for support.

• Change need to needs

• Change walks to walk

• Change use to using

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

What change should be made to sentence 18?

(18) In Sweden their is a tree house hotel that is shaped like a bird’s nest.

• Change their to there

• Insert a comma after hotel

• Change shaped to shape

• Change bird’s to birds

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.V

What is the correct way to write sentence 22?

(22) The Frio River Treetop is closer to home it is located near Leakey, Texas.

• The Frio River Treetop is closer. To home, it is located near Leakey, Texas.

• The Frio River Treetop is closer to home. It is located near Leakey, Texas.

• The Frio River Treetop is closer to home as a result it is located, near Leakey, Texas.

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 26?

(26) This makes it a greatest spot for someone who is looking for a more active setting.

• Change makes to make

• Change greatest to great

• Insert a comma after spot

• No change needs to be made in this sentence.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.IV

What change is needed in sentence 28?

(28) You may prefer just to climb in a traditionul backyard tree house.

• Change prefer to prefers

• Change climb to climbing

• Change traditionul to traditional

• No change needs to be made.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VII

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 29?

(29) Either way, tree houses provide a great way to enjoy nature.

• Change provide to providing

• Change a to an

• Change enjoy to injoy

• No change is needed in this sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2C

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 4?

(4) Dolphins even find ways to entertain themselfs under the water.

• Change find to found

• Change entertain to entertaining

• Change themselfs to themselves

• No change should be made in sentence 4.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VII