STAAR Edit and Revise

How should sentence 20 be changed?

• Change nervously to nervous

• Change scanned to scanning

• Change see to sea

• Change safety to safely

Then, we decided to go down the hill together. Amy sat in the front, and I sat in the back. We pushed off together and started to go down the hill. The sled was going so fast that it was hard to steer. Then CRASH! We ran into a bush! Andrea wants to use a more accurate word than go in sentence 13. Which of the following could BEST replace this word?

• creep

• walk

• run

• zoom

At first, we rode our sleds downhill at the same time. We put them next to each other at the top of the hill. We pushed off. Sometimes Amy reached the bottom first, and other times I did. Look at sentence 8. The word put does not express what Andrea was trying to say. Which word could BEST replace put and help Andrea improve the meaning of this sentence?

• held

• placed

• skidded

• threw

What change needs to be made in sentence 6?

• Change frys to fries

• Change basket to baskets

• Change Puffs to Puffes

• Sentence 6 should not be changed.

How should sentence 2 be changed?

• Change picnic to picnics

• Change sandwichs to sandwiches

• Change exploring to explores

• The sentence should not be changed.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 16?

• Change I’m to Im

• Change have to has

• Insert a comma after news

• Sentence 16 should not be changed.

“Bad dog! I scolded.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

• Change Bad to badder

• Add a quotation mark after dog

• Delete the exclamation point after scolded

• Sentence 5 is written correctly.

"Come here, Bella!" I called

How should sentence 1 be changed?

• Delete the quotation marks

• Change Come to come

• Delete the exclamation point after Bella

• Add a period after called

My third surprise was that Max liked me after all. That evening, I gave Landon a good night hug. Then I patted Max’s head. He licked my hand. And wagged his tail. What is the correct way to write sentences 19 and 20?

• He licked my hand and wagged his tail.

• He licked. My hand and wagged his tail.

• He licked my hand and wagged. His tail.

• Sentences 14 and 15 should not be changed.

What is the correct way to write sentences 7 and 8?

• We picked Max up at the guide dog school early. In the morning.

• We picked Max up at the guide dog school early in the morning.

• We picked. Max up at the guide dog school early in the morning.

• Sentences 7 and 8 should not be changed.