STAAR Revising & Editing 2021 English I

MY EXPERIENCE WITH CREDIT

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• After asking my parents to loan me the skateboard money, my dad told me no, and I said

  I would pay them back later.

• I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money, saying I would pay them back

  later, but my dad told me no.

• I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money, and I said I would pay them back

  later and my dad told me no.

• Although I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money my dad told me no even

  though I said I would pay them back later.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

MY EXPERIENCE WITH CREDIT

Veronica has not used the most effective word in sentence 10. Which word should replace use

to create a more effective sentence?

• waste

• designate

• need

• employ

MY EXPERIENCE WITH CREDIT

What is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 12?

• In either case

• Correspondingly

• To put in differently

• Unfortunately

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

MY EXPERIENCE WITH CREDIT

Sentence 20 is unclear. How should it be revised?

• Having my credit history included on the family credit report encouraged me to handle my

  card wisely.

• Because I had my credit history included on the family credit report, it was highly

  motivating to handle my card wisely.

• It became a primary goal of mine to handle my card wisely with the family credit report

  having my credit history included on it.

• I wanted to handle my card wisely with it including my credit history on the family credit

  report.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

MY EXPERIENCE WITH CREDIT

Veronica wants to add a call to action to the end of her essay. Which sentence should she

insert after sentence 25 to provide an effective call to action?

• All parents should teach their children about establishing good credit.

• Teenagers often overspend before they head out into the workforce or off to college.

• All teens should take the simple steps necessary to begin building good credit.

• If I can earn better credit, I can do anything.

GARDEN FOR SURREALISTS

Arjun needs to establish the thesis of his paper. Which sentence should be added after

sentence 4 to create an effective thesis statement?

• James and Gastelum could not have imagined what a remarkable place the garden would

  one day become.

• James’s home country of England did not offer the kind of climate that orchids need in

  order to grow outdoors.

• Orchids come in all colors and sizes and are beloved by gardeners all over the world, even

  though they take some effort to grow.

• Flowers would replace coffee as the crop grown on this large plantation.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

GARDEN FOR SURREALISTS

Arjun wants to strengthen the transition between the second paragraph (sentences 5–6) and

the third paragraph (sentences 7–13). Which sentence should replace sentence 7 to provide a

better transition?

• Additionally, the orchid garden of Las Pozas was a failure.

• But what would happen to the orchid garden of Las Pozas?

• Sadly, the orchid garden of Las Pozas was not destined to last.

• The orchid garden of Las Pozas drew a lot of attention.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

GARDEN FOR SURREALISTS

How should sentence 13 be revised?

• Confronted with the loss of his beloved orchids, to build a surrealist sculpture garden was

  what James decided to do.

• Confronted with the loss of his beloved orchids, James decided to build a surrealist

  sculpture garden.

• Confronted with the loss of his beloved orchids, a surrealist sculpture garden was built by

  James.

• Confronted with the loss of his beloved orchids, building a surrealist sculpture garden was

  James’s decision.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

GARDEN FOR SURREALISTS

Arjun wants to add this sentence to his fifth paragraph (sentences 21–25).

Unfortunately there was not enough revenue from tourism to finance the constant

maintenance that the site required.

Where is the most effective place to insert this sentence?

• After sentence 21

• After sentence 22

• After sentence 23

• After sentence 24

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

UROS FLOATING REED ISLANDS

What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Change have to has

• Change florished to flourished

• Insert a comma after islands

• Change thousands to thousand’s

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D