Revise & Edit A
What correction should be made to this sentence?
Last summer my family went to visit Aunt Hilda in alaska.
Alaska is a proper noun and must be capitalized.
What needs to be changed in the following sentence.
In year's past, horses were necessary for travel and transportation.
Change year's to years
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: Your brain is responsible for controlling the muscles that you move intentional.
a. Add a comma before for
b. Change controlling to controling
c. Change intentional to intentionally
c. Change intentional to intentionally
Fill in the blank with the correct your/you're:
_____ going to fail the test if you don't focus on this review. However, if you do focus, _____ sure to pass!
You're (you are) going to fail the test if you don't focus on this review. However, if you do focus, you're (you are) sure to pass!
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective?
Third Person
As French poet Anatole France said, "until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
Capitalize Until:
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
Horses can sleep lying down. They usually sleep on their feet.
Horses can sleep lying down, but they usually sleep on their feet.
Horses can sleep lying down, yet they usually sleep on their feet.
Fill each blank with the correct their/there/they're:
She was _____ waiting for her father to pick her up from soccer practice after a long day. As she waited, she noticed a few students walk by with _____ dogs. "_____ adorable!" she called out to them.
She was there waiting for her father to pick her up from soccer practice after a long day. As she waited, she noticed a few students walk by with their dogs. "They're adorable!" she called out to them.
Pick one:
The boys (drove/drived) down the street.
drove
The boys drove down the street.
What the story is mainly about?
Central or Main idea
What word belongs in the blank?
The children played over _____ under the tree at recess.
A.There
B.They're
C.Their
A.There
What change should be made in this sentence?
Jerry Gilbert, Big Jakes owner, thinks it's awesome to have the record-holding horse.
Change Big Jakes to Big Jake's
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence:
Your brain helps you breath, keeps your heart beating, and directs your stomach to digest food.
Change breath to breathe
What needs to change in this sentence?
This pencil is Mrs.McCraws favorite pencil.
Mrs.McCraws > Mrs.McCraw's
When the narrator uses I or we.
Rewrite the following sentence correctly.
On saturday the electritian came to are house.
On Saturday, the electrician came to our house.
What change should be made in this sentence:
He says, People are shocked when they see him in person!"
Insert quotation marks before People.
Melody's opening sentence (very 1st sentence) is unclear. How could we make it better?
"They are continually telling us that we should become more involved in the community by volunteering our time."
a. change 'They' to 'Teachers and leaders at our school'
b. change 'continually' to 'always'
c. change 'telling us' to 'instructing us'
A: change 'They' to 'Teachers and leaders at our school'
Ex: Teachers and leaders at our school are continually telling us that we should become more involved in the community by volunteering our time.
Which two/too/to should be used:
It is ______ late _____ turn in your paper, because it's _____ days late.
too- as well
to- location
two- number 2
ex: It is too late to turn in your paper, because it's two days late.
Pairing what you read with what you know to make a conclusion
Making an inference/inferencing
Put the following sentences in logical order:
1. At first it was novel for my dad and me to text back and forth.
2. Several times, however, he had to ask me what certain expressions meant.
3. After a while he began calling me instead of texting.
4. He really enjoyed being able to get in touch with me quickly.
1, 4, 2, 3
What change should be made in this sentence:
Exploring Texas today is much differant then in the 1800s.
change differant to different
change then to than
What change is needed?
They created the mayflower compact to change the doctrine that was created before the 1900's.
What's missing from the sentence?
Sarah got a new haircut and later she dyed it blue
punctuation:
Needs a comma & period.
Sarah got a new haircut, and later she dyed it blue.
How the story or passage is organized is known as its __________ ___________.
Text structure (Ex. Description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order, compare and contrast)