Marvelous Marfa & A New Pet Revising STAAR

Cameron has included a sentence that does not belong in the third paragraph (sentences 11-16). Which sentence should be removed from this paragraph?

• Sentence 13

• Sentence 14

• Sentence 15

• Sentence 16

What revision should be made in sentence 3?

• Fewer in this tiny Texas Town live than 2,000 people.

• Fewer live than 2,000 people in this tiny Texas town.

• Fever than 2,000 people live in this tiny Texas town.

• Fewer than 2,000 in this tiny Texas town of people live.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 7 and 8?

• A cowboy and named Robert Ellison was the first to report seeing them.

• A cowboy named Robert Ellison was the first to report seeing them.

• A cowboy was the first to report seeing them and Robert Ellison.

• A cowboy was the first to report seeing them named Robert Ellison.

Words are repeated in sentence 30. In the space provided, rewrite sentence 30 in a clear and effective way.

Regan needs a better transition into the fourth paragraph (sentences 18-22). Which sentence should replace sentence 18 to improve this transition?

• Eventually, Leroy was sleeping on our porch at night.

• In the past our neighbors had a big gray cat named George.

• After that we bought a small bag of cat food at the store.

• In the winter it usually gets dark outside around 6:00 P.M.

Regan wants to add this sentence to the fifth paragraph (sentences 23-27).

He immediately claimed my room as his own.

Where is the BEST place to add this sentence?

• After sentence 23

• After sentence 24

• After sentence 25

• After sentence 26

What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 13?

• it was night after night, and he just kept coming back again.

• Night after night, coming back is what he just kept doing.

• It was night after night of coming back, and he just kept coming.

• No change is needed.

Sentence 36 contains repeated information. What is the BEST way to revise this sentence?

• She studies the local humane society website every night now.

• She studies the local humane society website to now look at it every night.

• She looks at it every night now, the local humane society website.

• She studies the local humane society website and looks at it every night now.