CARMS/CUPS

CARMS & CUPS

Directions

Using your strategies, answer the questions to the best of your abilities. The questions are in no particular order or have been separated by category.

Multiple Choice

1. What change should be made in sentence 8?

• A. Change driver to he

• B Delete the comma

• C Change ran to run

• D Change off to of

Multiple Choice

2. What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 12?

• F "He did a very good job at keeping the bus safe he did a very good job keeping the kids on the bus safe."

• G "He did a very good job at keeping the bus safe and he did a very good job keeping the kids on the bus safe even though he should have never put those kids in danger."

• H "He did a very good job at keeping the bus safe, or he did a very good job keeping the kids on the bus safe."

• J "He did a very good job at keeping the bus safe and keeping the kids on the bus safe."

Multiple Choice

Question 6 - is it Revising or Editing?

• Revising

• Editing

Multiple Choice

3. What change should be made in sentence 1?

• A. Change Virginia to virginia

• B. Change nap to knap

• C. Change crash to crashed

• D. No change needs to be made in sentence 1

Multiple Choice

4. You need to add a sentence to the end of the second paragraph to bring the paragraph to a more effective closing. Which of the following should be added at the end of the 2nd paragraph to help close this paragraph?

• F. How did the deer not see us?

• G. I should have followed the deer to have ensured its safety.

• H. We were very fortunate that no one got seriously injured.

• J. Next time that kid won’t sleep on my bus.

Multiple Choice

5. What change should be made in sentence 11?

• A Change is to was

• B Delete the comma after safely

• C Change He to I

• D Delete the quotation mark after the comma

Multiple Choice

6. The author has included an extraneous sentence in the third paragraph (sentences 8–11). Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?

• F Sentence 3

• G Sentence 4

• H Sentence 5

• J Sentence 6

Multiple Choice

7. What change should be made in sentence 9?

• A Change districts to district’s

• B Delete the comma after transportation

• C Delete the apostrophe

• D Change off to of

Multiple Choice

8. Question 1 - is it Revising or Editing?

• Revising

• Editing

Multiple Choice

9. Question 4 - Is it Revising or Editing?

• Revising

• Editing

Multiple Choice

10. Question 7 - is it Revising or Editing?

• Revising

• Editing

Open Ended

11. Create a central idea/thesis statement that is Best supported by the above story: