Revising V Editing etc

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family
• change I to me
• change river to River
• The sentence is correct.

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

• Change knew to new
• Change thrown to threw
• Change theirselves to themselves
• No change is needed.

Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful
• ^{Change Natalies' to Natalies's}
• Change flower to flour
• No change is needed

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important part of our monday morning assembly.

• ^{Change important to more important}
• Change an to a
• ^{Change monday to Monday}
• The sentence is correct

"I love to read about animals" said Matthew, as he settled down with his new magazine to read. 

• Add a period after animals
• Add a comma after animals
• Change said to Said
• No change is needed

What does ARMS stand for?

• All Remembered Meditation School

• Add, Remove, Move, Substitute

• Alterations, Remedies, Mechanics, School

What is the big difference between revising and editing?

• Revising involves big changes, and editing can be done by a computer.

• They are about the same

• One is more important

• Revising is double checking your writing, and editing is fixing what you checked.

Questions on the STAAR or SCA that ask you to decide whether to add a comma or leave the sentence as it is written are questions about...

• Revising

• Editing

A question on the STAAR or SCA asking you about where an additional sentence would fit best in a paragraph is a question about

• Revising

• Editing

A question on the STAAR or SCA asking you what a better first sentence for an article would be, is a question about

• Revising

• editing