Revising and Editing

"But you're not going to be shooting at that baby height this year. 

• insert quotation marks at the end of the sentence
• change you're to your
• change height to higt
• make no change

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

I feeled like a balloon that had just been popped.

• change popped to poped
• change balloon to baloon
• change feeled to felt
• Make no change

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

I threw my whole body into it, but the ball just skimed the net.

• change threw to through
• change whole to hole
• change skimed to skimmed
• make no change

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

What is the best way to revise this sentence?
They peck away  at the food, and they use their strong little jaws to crack their food open.

• They peck away at the food.  They use their strong little jaws to crack their food open.
• They crack open their food by pecking at it with their strong little jaws.
• They peck and crack their food with their strong little jaws.
• They peck away with their strong little jaws and crack their food open.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

This gives them the power to pull meat off of their prey.

• change meat to meet
• change their to they're
• change prey to pray
• make no change

for example, red cardinals has a short, hard beak that they use to break open seeds and nuts.

• change cardinals to cardinal
• change has to have
• change break to brake
• make no change

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

They use their beaks like drills to bore wholes into trees to find food.

• change drills to drilles
• change bore to boar
• change wholes to holes
• make no change

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

What is the BEST way to rewrite this sentence?
When she graduated and got her pilot's license, Bessie became the first licensed African-American pilot in the world.

• She was the first licensed African-American pilot in the world when she graduated.
• Bessie graduated and became the first licensed African-American pilot in the world.
• Bessie graduated, and got her pilot's license, and became the first licensed African-American pilot in the world.
• When she graduated and got her pilot's license.  Bessie became the first licensed African-American pilot in the world. 

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CCSS.L.4.1F