Revision-Deleting Words or Phrases

Revision-Deleting Words or Phrases

Poll

Read the following paragraph. Then answer the question below.

(1)You can help with dinner by learning to make a tossed salad. (2)All you need is a head of lettuce, two tomatoes, a pepper, an onion, a carrot, and a salad dressing. (3)Start by washing the vegetables in water. (4)Then break the lettuce into pieces with your hands. (5)The lettuce is cold to the touch. (6)Next cut up the tomatoes, onion, and pepper. (7)Follow by slicing the carrot into strips. (8)Now place your prepared vegetables into a big bowl. (9)Finish by adding your favorite dressing and tossing the salad with two wooden forks.

What's happening in this paragraph?

• Someone is helping make dinner.

• Someone is making a salad for dinner.

• Someone is eating dinner

• Someone is breaking lettuce into pieces.

Multiple Choice

Read the following paragraph. Then answer the question below.

(1)You can help with dinner by learning to make a tossed salad. (2)All you need is a head of lettuce, two tomatoes, a pepper, an onion, a carrot, and a salad dressing. (3)Start by washing the vegetables in water. (4)Then break the lettuce into pieces with your hands. (5)The lettuce is cold to the touch. (6)Next cut up the tomatoes, onion, and pepper. (7)Follow by slicing the carrot into strips. (8)Now place your prepared vegetables into a big bowl. (9)Finish by adding your favorite dressing and tossing the salad with two wooden forks.

What sentence should Davenn delete from this paragraph?

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 6

Poll

Read the following paragraph. Then answer the question below.

(1)Patience watched the sun slowly rise over the ocean. (2)The early morning waves rolled gently onto the sand. (3)The cold salt water tickled as it ran between her toes. (4)She has always loved the beach. (5)She was visiting her friend Bea at her grandmother's house. (6) Patience didn't like the house. (7)Patience and Karmen explored the house, swam in the sea, and built sand castles.

What's happening in this paragraph?

• Two girls are having fun at the beach.

• The writer is writing about two girls.

• The writer is writing about a day at the beach.

• The writer is writing about a visit with her friend near a beach.

Multiple Choice

Read the following paragraph. Then answer the question below.

(1)Patience watched the sun slowly rise over the ocean. (2)The early morning waves rolled gently onto the sand. (3)The cold salt water tickled as it ran between her toes. (4)She has always loved the beach. (5)She was visiting her friend Bea at her grandmother's house. (6) Patience didn't like the house. (7)Patience and Karmen explored the house, swam in the sea, and built sand castles.

Keke really wants to improve her paragraph. What sentence should Keke delete from this paragraph?

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 6

• Sentence 7

• There are no sentences that need to be removed.