STAAR Editing Practice Festival of the Land

What is the correct way to write sentence 3?

• Some people search inside a twisting model of the human brain. Because others walk past rows of wooden towers that stand like soldiers in a field.

• Some people searching inside a twisting model of the human brain. Others walk past rows of wooden towers that stand like soldiers in a field.

• Some people search inside a twisting model of the human brain, and others walk past. Rows of wooden towers that stand like soldiers in a field.

• Some people search inside a twisting model of the human brain. Others walk past rows of wooden towers that stand like soldiers in a field.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?

• Change are found to is found

• Change Russias to Russia's

• Change famous to famus

• No change should be made in sentence 6.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

What change is needed in sentence 8?

• Change idea to ideas

• Change had begun to had began

• Change earlyer to earlier

• No change is needed in sentence 8.

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

How does sentence 13 need to be changed?

• Insert quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence

• Change beautiful to beautifull

• Delete the comma after place

• Sentence 13 does not need to be changed.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What is the correct way to write sentence 21?

• He wanted to bring other Russian artists to the area to create works of art.

• He wanted to bring other Russian artists to the area. To create works of art.

• He wanted to bring other Russian artists to the area they could create works of art.

• No change needs to be made in sentence 21.

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CCSS.L.8.1A

What change needs to be made in sentence 25?

• Change example to exampel

• Change became to becoming

• Insert a comma after station

• Change is now used to was now used

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change should be made in sentence 29?

• Change says to say's

• Change we to We

• Insert a comma after life

• Change scratch to scrach

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A