STAAR Writing - Tornado Alley

How should sentence 2 be changed?

• Change makes to made

• Change college to College

• Change really to real

• Sentence 2 does not need to be changed.

Amy wants to improve sentence 6. How can she rewrite sentence 6 to add more detail and make the sentence sound more interesting?

• I knew that she was wrong, but there wasn't any way to convince her of that!

• I knew that she was wrong, but there was no changing her mind about the safety found in Texas.

• I knew that she was wrong, but there was no shaking her trust in the security of Texas' stable soil.

• I knew that she was totally wrong, but it was impossible to make her understand that.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 12?

• Change had to has

• Change got to gotten

• Change came to come

• No change needs to be made in sentence 12.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 18?

• Change seen to saw

• Change nothing to much

• Change The Wizard of Oz to "The Wizard of Oz"

• Make no change

What change, if any, need to be made in sentence 25?

• Change You're to Your

• Change grandma's to grandmas

• Change it to that

• Sentence 25 should not be changed.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 28 and 29?

• It was just another ordinary earthquake -free day in paradise to her because that was fine with me.

• It was just another ordinary earthquake-free day in paradise to her, so that was fine with me.

• It was just another ordinary earthquake-free day in paradise to her, which was fine with her.

• It was just another ordinary earthquake-free day in paradise to her, and so that was fine with her.