STAAR editing passage

What change needs to be made in sentence 5?

• Change mom to Mom

• Change while to she was

• Change calendar to calender

• No change needs to be made in sentence 5.

How does sentence 6 need to be changed?

• Change packet’s to packets

• Change the comma after courses to a period

• Change stood out to stands out

• The sentence does not need to be changed.

What change should be made in sentence 12?

• Delete and

• Change experienced to expereinced

• Change there’s to theirs

• Change then to than

How should sentence 14 be changed?

• Change Educating to Educatting

• Change are to is

• Change things to thing’s

• Sentence 14 should not be changed.

What is the correct way to write sentence 19?

• Each week, I got to shadow different zoo workers. Who would be taking care of their assigned animals.

• Each week, I got to shadow different zoo workers as they took care of their assigned animals.

• Each week, getting to shadow different zoo workers. They would be taking care of their assigned animals.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

What change should be made in sentence 20?

• Delete the comma

• Change tasks to task’s

• Change were surprisingly to was surprisingly

• Change simular to similar

How does sentence 24 need to be changed?

• Change seeing to seen

• Change recognized to reconized

• Change and to they

• Change him to them

What change should be made in sentence 26?

• Insert a comma after grow

• Change and where to it’s also where

• Change gotten to get

• Change heal to heel

What change needs to be made in sentence 28?

• Delete both commas

• Change drink to drank

• Change that to it

• Change injured to injurred

Deena wants to use a more effective and descriptive sentence to close the sixth paragraph (sentences 25–28). Which of the following could BEST replace sentence 28 and help accomplish this goal?

• In seconds, the lighthouse and its occupants were all in a much better position.

• In seconds, she would ask Captain Frank for help with what she needed to do.

• In seconds, the light was on, and everything was fine in their part of the world.

• In seconds, a warm glow filled the lighthouse and beamed out its many windows.