Balloon Launch 1
How should sentence 24 be revised?
J. For more than an hour, Jayden, his father, and their fellow passengers floated high above the trees and the town.
What is the most effective way to combine sentences 12 and 13?
J. Huge flames shot out of the burner, heating the air inside the balloon.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 29?
G. Change great depression to Great Depression
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 33?
F. Change responsable to responsible
What sentence should Nora add after sentence 5 in order to close the first paragraph and tell what the story is about?
C. Today Jayden and his dad would be passengers on one of the balloons.
Which sentences could BEST replace sentence 16 and improve the transition between the two paragraphs?
A. Finally, it was time for the riders to climb inside the basket attached to the balloon.
What change needs to be made in sentence 31?
D. Change was fashioned to were fashioned
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 15?
C. Change the period to a question mark
Nora wants to expand on the idea she presented in sentence 23. Which sentence could BEST follow sentence 23?
C. Soon people were the size of ants, and cars and trucks looked like toys.
Sentences 20 does not say what Nora intended it to say. How should Nora rewrite this sentence?
G. With each blast from the burner, the balloon's air grew hotter, allowing the balloon to fly higher and higher.
What is the correct way to write sentences 12 and 13?
G. Or you could turn an old wind breaker into a bag to carry a swimsuit or towel to the beach.
What change should be made in sentence 19?
J. Change used to uses
What change, if any, needs to be change in sentence 11?
A. Change it to they
How should sentence 22 be changed?
B. Insert a semicolon after landfills.
What is the correct way to write sentence 5?
G. It's called upcycling, or turning something you would otherwise throw away into a useful item.