End of Year Grammar & Editing

(1) My first day of school was so fun! (2) My teacher gave me time to write in my writing notebook. (3) I wrote about the bird pooping on me at the beach. (4) My teacher love reading my story. (5) She shared my story with the entire class!

How should sentence 4 be changed?

• delete teacher

• change love to loved

• change reading to read

• no change should be made

(1) Deep in the peaceful forest, a deer quietly nibbled on some branches. (2) There were berries on each branch and she savored every bite. (3) Suddenly, an unusual noise startled her.

How should sentence 2 be changed?

• Insert a comma after branch

• Change there to their

• Change savored to savoring

• Sentence 2 should not be changed

(13) On Monday morning, Charlie scrambling to get dressed. (14) He had laid in bed so long that he was now late! (15) Pulling his backpack over his shoulders, he ran out the door just as the bus pulled next to the curb.

What change needs to be made in sentence 13?

• Change scrambling to scrambled

• Change the comma to a period

• Remove the comma

• Change scrambling to scramble

(11) "Will you go with me?" Blake asked, skipping along the rocks. (12) Nodding excitedly, I followed behind him. (13) We squealed at the thought of all the candy we were about to collect.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• Change rocks to rock

• Change Blake to blake

• Insert a comma after me

• No change needs to be made in sentence 11.

(18) Kasey knew from the dog's growl that something unusual was going on upstairs. (19) She climbed the stairs to the room where her brothers slept. (20) Kaseys hands shook as she peeked behind their blankets hanging from the top bunk. (21) "Boo!" shouted Joey.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 20?

• Change their to they're

• Change Kaseys to Kasey's

• Change hands to hand's

• No change should be made

(1) Jose was an expert on snakes. (2) He knew so much about snakes because he owned three! (3) Jose included many facts about snakes in Jose's informational book that Jose wrote during Writing Workshop. (4) He labeled a diagram and compared snakes to worms.

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 3?

• During Writing Workshop, Jose wrote many facts about snakes in his informational book.

• Jose included many facts about snakes in his book that he wrote during Writing Workshop and his book was an informational book.

• Jose included many facts about snakes in his informational book that he wrote during Writing Workshop.

• During Writing Workshop, Jose included many facts in Jose's informational book that he wrote.

(2) Building a snowman can be simple if you have the right materials. (3) First, you need snow and twigs. (4) You also need buttons. (5) It would be helpful to have gloves on your hands and warm clothes on your body. (6) Once you have your materials, you can begin rolling the snow into large balls.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4?

• First, you need snow and twigs and buttons.

• First, you need snow twigs and also buttons.

• First, you need snow, and twigs, and buttons.

• First, you need snow, twigs, and buttons.

(1) My stomach lurched. (2) I knew I was about to be sick, but wear would I go? (3) There was no bathroom anywhere close. (4) Suddenly, I spotted a trash can under the window.

What change should be made to sentence 2?

• Change knew to new

• Change to to two

• Change be to bee

• Change wear to where

(3) I was about to go down the slide. (4) "What was that?" Shannon gasped, pointing. (5) I noticed a mysterious figure disappear.

The meaning of sentence 5 is unclear. One can improve this sentence by adding which prepositional phrase to the beginning of sentence 5?

• Around the corner,

• Behind the tree,

• To the car,

• In the room,

(26) We are writing poetry in school, and I love it! (27) Yesterday, I wrote a poem about texas. (28) I used what I knew about the state to write it.

What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 27?

• Change Yesterday to yesterday

• Change texas to Texas

• Change poem to Poem

• No change needs to be made