Editing and Mechanics Practice

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.6.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

"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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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.

A question on KPREP asking you about where an additional sentence would fit best in a paragraph is a question about

• Revising

• Editing

When you revise, you should think about how to ______ your paragraphs.

• Organize

• Fix

• lengthen

• edit

Which of these are Graphic features

• charts

• illustrations

• bold text

• font size

• photographs

Which of these are Print features

• Italics (Italicized text)

• Bold text

• maps

• footnotes

• timelines

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which print or graphic feature is this?

• Italics

• footnotes

• illustration

• timeline

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5