Editing STAAR

I can statement: I can practice my editing skills on an exit ticket.

Materials: "The Amazing Brain" in CANVAS

I do: Preview the directions

​Notice key terms like "mistakes". How does this tell us we have to take an editing passage vs. a revising passage?

​I do: I notice that my question is asking me how to correctly write two sentences. I need to go back into the text, find the two sentences, and probably combine them into a compound sentence.

Turn and Talk: How could I combine these two sentences?

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Hack : When I edit, I only have to look at the sentence or sentences in the question​

​I do: The correct answer is J

​We do: Another question stem you will often see in an editing passage looks like this. Editing usually means you have to change, or fix a mistake.

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​Work with a partner or your group to determine the BEST way to fix a mistake in sentence 3.

Multiple Choice

1. what change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• A. change Scientists to Scientists' 

• B. Delete the comma

• C. Change we to they 

• D. No change should be made in this sentence 

​You do: Use the strategies we have learned to answer an editing question on your own. Remember, PLUG the word back in to make sure it makes sense.

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​Life Hack: When in doubt on spelling, use your online dictionary. REMEMBER: you still have to know which definition fits the context,

Multiple Choice

YOU DO: How should sentence 5 be changed?

• F. Delete the comma 

• G. Change controlling to controling 

• H. Change intentional to intentionally 

• J. Sentence 5 should not be changed