The Surprise Catch- Editing and Revising

1. Which sentence does not belong in paragraph 1?

• A. Sentence 1

• B. Sentence 2

• C. Sentence 3

• D. Sentence 4

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

2. What is the BEST way to combine sentences 5 and 6?

• F. The sun was rising and the adventure began early one morning.

• G. When the sun was rising, the adventure began early one morning.

• H. As the adventure began, the sun was rising early one morning.

• J. The adventure began early one morning, just as the sun was rising.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

3. Which sentence could BEST be inserted after sentence 13 in the third paragraph (sentences 9-13)?

• A. I was as nervous as my first time at bat in a baseball game.

• B. I remembered what my dad told me about reeling quickly when the fish is large.

• C. There was no way I was going to lose this enormous fish.

• D. This fishing trip had turned into a challenge for me.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

4. Fourth paragraph- "I've got a huge keeper on my line." Where is the BEST place to insert this sentence?

• F. At the beginning of the paragraph.

• G. Between sentences 14 and 15.

• H. After sentence 15

• J. This sentence should not be added to the paragraph

5. What is the BEST way to combine sentences 17 and 18?

• A. While I continued to reel, Hunter held onto the pole.

• B. With Hunter holding into the pole while I continued to reel.

• C. I continued to reel and Hunter held onto the pole.

• D. Continuing to reel, Hunter held onto the pole.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

6. Look at sentence 28. The phrase find out does not express what Li was trying to say. Which word could BEST replace find out and help improve the meaning of this sentence?

• F. know

• G. discover

• H. locate

• J. hope

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5