WRITING STAAR REVIEW

Revision

100

It was wet. It was sticky and heavy. What is the BEST way to combine these sentences? A. It was wet, and it was sticky, and it was heavy. B. It was wet, it was sticky and heavy. C. It was wet if it was sticky and heavy. D. It was wet, sticky, and heavy.

D. It was wet, sticky, and heavy.

200

For more than 20 years, sailors have competed in a race called Around Alone. It is a boat race. What is the BEST way to combine these sentences? A. For more than 20 years, sailors have competed in a race called Around Alone, it is a boat race. B. For more than 20 years, sailors competing in a race called Around Alone. C. For more than 20 years, sailors have competed and in a race called Around Alone, a boat race. D. For more than 20 years, sailors have competed in a boat race called Around Alone.

D. For more than 20 years, sailors have competed in a boat race called Around Alone.

300

(1) Later we would find Rosie, return her to the backyard, and fill up the hole she had dug. (2) Within a few days a new hole would appear. (3) This went on for months, and we all got frustrated. (4) My cousins came to visit for a month. (5) Finally my dad decided to put concrete under the fence. Which sentence does NOT belong in this paragraph? A. Sentence 2 B. Sentence 3 C. Sentence 4 D. Sentence 5

C. Sentence 4

400

(1) Dr. Wong carefully sewed up the cut. (2) I waited just outside while Dad stayed next to Cameron and held her other hand. (3) When the doctor was finished, he put a bandage on Cameron’s finger. (4) The doctor has three children of his own. Which sentence does NOT belong in this paragraph? A. Sentence 1 B. Sentence 2 C. Sentence 3 D. Sentence 4

D. Sentence 4

500

(9) We finished planting. (10) Then we had a tasty picnic at a table we had set up under a tree. What is the BEST way to combine sentences 9 and 10? F. After we finished planting, we had a tasty picnic at a table we had set up under a tree. G. We finished planting, then we had a tasty picnic at a table we had set up under a tree. H. Finishing planting, we had a picnic at a table we had set up under a tree that was tasty. J. We finished planting and had a tasty picnic it was at a table we had set up under a tree.

F. After we finished planting, we had a tasty picnic at a table we had set up under a tree.

Editing

100

(1) Now don’t get me wrong. (2) I like dogs. (3) I just think they get a little too much atention. (4) In my opinion cats are just as wonderful as dogs. (5) In fact, in some ways I think they are even better. What change if any should be made in sentence 3? A. Change get to got B. Change too much to to much C. Change atention to attention D. Sentence 3 should not be changed.

C. Change atention to attention

200

(1) A cat is quiet and polite. (2) And you won’t never see a cat tip over a trash can and shred its contents. (3) Cats just don’t get into the same mischief that dogs do. What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 2? F. Change never to ever G. Change and shred to they don’t shred H. Change contents to contints J. No change needs to be made.

F. Change never to ever

300

(1) My cat, on the other hand, is quite comfortable staying inside, and using her litter box. (2) Dogs also have to be bathed, but cats keep themselves clean. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1? F. Change quite to quiet G. Delete the comma after inside H. Change and using to she uses J. Sentence 11 should not be changed.

G. Delete the comma after inside

400

(1) However, we put food in my cat’s bowl, she eats whenever she’s hungry. What is the correct way to write sentence 1? A. However, we put food in my cat’s bowl, and she eats. Whenever she’s hungry. B. However, when we put food in my cat’s bowl. She eats whenever she’s hungry. C. However, we put food in my cat’s bowl. And eats whenever she’s hungry. D. However, we put food in my cat’s bowl, and she eats whenever she’s hungry.

D. However, we put food in my cat’s bowl, and she eats whenever she’s hungry.

500

(1) Over and over, cats have come to the aid of their owners. (2) And proved that they are heroic, loyal companions. What is the correct way to write sentences 1 and 2? A Over and over, cats have come to the aid of their owners and proved that they are heroic, loyal companions. B Over and over, cats have come to the aid of their owners and proved. That they are heroic, loyal companions. C Over and over, cats have come to the aid of their owners, they have proved that they are heroic, loyal companions. D Sentences 29 and 30 are written correctly in the paper.

A Over and over, cats have come to the aid of their owners and proved that they are heroic, loyal companions.

Composition

100

Which written composition will you be completing on Monday?

Personal Narrative

200

What is the only thing you should have worked on before lunch?

Your writing composition

300

Write about your favorite place to spend time. Describe the place and explain what makes it special. Is this an expository or personal narrative prompt?

Expository

400

What is the difference between a personal narrative and an expository?

Personal Narrative - Story Expository - Gives information

500

As soon as you read the prompt, start writing on the lined page. True or False

False

Freeze Time

100

The focus sentences always goes where in your Freeze Time paragraph?

In the beginning

200

Your connect always goes where in your Freeze Time paragraph?

It is always the last sentence.

300

True/False You can have more than one explain or describe in your Freeze Time paragraphs?

True

400

What are the two ways we can describe?

Using our senses or giving examples

500

What are the 4 steps of Freeze Time?

Focus, Explain, Describe, and Connect

More Revision/Editing

100

(13) By the end of the Summer, the tiny sprout had become the first new tree in a brand-new forest. What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 13? A. Change Summer to summer B. Change had become to becoming C. Insert a comma after tree D. No change needs to be made.

A. Change Summer to summer

200

At lunch I want to spend time with my friends. We talk. What is the BEST way to combine these sentences? A. At lunch I want to spend time talking with my friends. B. At lunch I want to spend time with my friends, we talk. C. At lunch I want to spend time with my friends, although we talk. D. At lunch I want to spend time with my friends who talk.

A. At lunch I want to spend time talking with my friends.

300

(1) So the next time you hear someone listing the reasons that dogs are better than cats, remember that having a cat for a pet has it’s advantages. How should sentence 1 be changed? F. Change hear to heard G. Change reasons to reason’s H. Change remember to rember J. Change it’s to its

J. Change it’s to its

400

The arrow hadn’t hit the center. Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time. What is the BEST way to combine these sentences? A. Because the arrow hadn’t hit the center, Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time. B. The arrow hadn’t hit the center, Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time. C. Ms. Chang said the arrow hadn’t hit the center, and I’d done very well for my first time. D. The arrow hadn’t hit the center, but Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time.

D. The arrow hadn’t hit the center, but Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time.

500

(6) In the maze of charred trees. (7) A tiny seedling began to grow. What is the correct way to write sentences 6 and 7? A. In the maze of charred trees, there was a tiny seedling. Which began to grow. B. In the maze of charred trees, there was a tiny seedling, it began to grow. C. In the maze of charred trees, a tiny seedling beginning to grow. D. In the maze of charred trees, a tiny seedling began to grow.

D. In the maze of charred trees, a tiny seedling began to grow.