Daily Edit 1

The paragraph about Eric Carle has TEN errors. Retype the paragraph to correct all of the errors.

• I'm nervous, but ready to practice.

• I'm ready to show what I know like a pro with a glow!

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CCSS.L.2.2C

Childrens' book author Eric Carle was born on June 25, 1929. During his life time, Carle wrote and illustrated over 70 picture books. His best known work is probably The Hungry Caterpillar, which has selled over 44 million copies worldwide. The book, like many of his other works, feature colorful collages of creatures and things to create these collages, Carle would first paint tissue paper. Next, he would cut shapes out of the painted paper. After that, he would assemble the cutouts to form new things, like a bare or a ladybug. If your interested in seeing some of his original artwork, you should visit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst Massachusetts.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

There are FOUR errors in the first two sentences. Did you find all four?

Childrens' book author Eric Carle was born on June 25, 1929. During his life time, Carle wrote and illustrated over 70 picture books. His best known work is probably The Hungry Caterpillar, which has selled over 44 million copies worldwide.

• change childrens' to children's

  change life time to lifetime

  add a hyphen to best-known

  change selled to sold

• I found one.

• I found two

• I found three.

• I found them all!

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

There are THREE errors here. Did you find all three?

The book, like many of his other works, feature colorful collages of creatures and things to create these collages, Carle would first paint tissue paper. Next, he would cut shapes out of the painted paper.

• change feature to features

  add a period after things

  capitalize the word to

• I found one.

• I found two

• I found them all!

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CCSS.L.3.1F

There are THREE errors here. Did you find all three?

After that, he would assemble the cutouts to form new things, like a bare or a ladybug. If your interested in seeing some of his original artwork, you should visit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst Massachusetts.

• change bare to bear

  change your to you're

  add a comma after Amherst

• I found one.

• I found two

• I found them all!

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which TWO organizational patterns does the author use in this excerpt?

Children’s book author Eric Carle was born on June 25, 1929. During his lifetime, Carle wrote and illustrated over 70 picture books. His best-known work is probably The Hungry Caterpillar, which has sold over 44 million copies worldwide. The book, like many of his other works, features colorful collages of creatures and things. To create these collages, Carle would first paint tissue paper. Next, he would cut shapes out of the painted paper. After that, he would assemble the cutouts to form new things, like a bear or a ladybug. If you’re interested in seeing some of his original artwork, you should visit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.

• sequence and topic

• sequence of events and advantages

• description and sequence of events

• classification and description

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What are your TWO biggest weaknesses when it comes to revising and editing?

• capitalization

• punctuation

• combining sentences (conjunctions)

• clarity and coherence

• careless typos

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A