Revise and Editing

Revise and Editing

By Ericka Lilly 4/7/25

Dropdown

Complete the sentence by selecting the correct answer from the box.

(4) He was thinking about how his ​

Select answer

dream was finally coming true today!

Open Ended

Correct the sentence for capitalization.

my friend emily and i went to the houston zoo on saturday.

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SWBAT edit drafts using standard English conventions, including punctuation marks.

El estudiante podrá corregir borradores usando las convenciones del inglés estándar, incluyendo los signos de puntuación.

​LEARNING OBJECTIVE

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This passage looks a little different than the passages that we usually read... Turn and Talk 30 seconds partner A can you spot the 2 differences for partner B?

​This is a revising and editing passage!

Notice the directions and the sentences are numbered.

​Word bank:
annotate passage
revising read questions
editing

​Sentence Stem: The 2 things I notice are the ____ and the____. For revising and editing, I do not _______. I ____ the _____ and answer the ______.

​Revising Strategies...

• ​Read passage carefully

• Be sure to know the difference between main idea and detail sentence

• Difference question stems call for different strategies

​The first thing you do with any question is read the question and look for important/clue words.

What are the important words in this question?

​Partner B (30 secs)

​EDITING STRATEGIES

• ​Read the question carefully

• Look at the sentence mentioned in the question

• Plug in answer choices

• Think about grammar rules

• Use dictionary if needed

Multiple Choice

Which sentence does NOT belong in this story?
(Independent)

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 7

• Sentence 8

• Sentence 9

Dropdown

Maria wants to add a transition word to the beginning of sentence 15. Select the word that she should use. (Independent)
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Select answer

we put in a little box he could hide in to get away from light or noise during the day.

​Revising/editing passages either focus on revising or editing only (not mixed).

When you see questions that say "what change, if any" and answer choices that say "Change___ to ___", you know it's editing.

The questions focus on capitalization, subject verb agreement (usage), punctuation, or spelling.

​What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 8?
A Change tea to teas
B Change is served to are served
C Change enjoy to enjoys
D Sentence 8 does not need to be changed.

​What is the correct way to write sentence 3?
A. Visitors from around the world come to the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden.
B. Visitors from around the world coming to the Tyler Municipal rose Garden.
C. Visitors from around the world was coming to the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden.
D. Sentence 3 is written correctly in the text.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

• Change people to People

• Change the comma to a period

• Change childs to children

• No change needs to be made

Multiple Choice

What change should William make in sentence 4?

(Independent)

• Change are to is

• Change storys to stories

• Insert a comma after how

• Change where to wear

​DEMONSTRATION OF LEARNING

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Given a text, students will correctly edit drafts using standard English conventions, including punctuation marks in at least 4 of 5 questions.

Dado un texto, los estudiantes corregirán correctamente borradores usando las convenciones del inglés estándar, incluyendo los signos de puntuación, en al menos 4 de 5 preguntas.

​WRITABLE STAAR Practice Revising & Editing: Grade 5 Assignment 5