February, Week 4, FRIDAY: 3rd Daily Writing Ready Test

Name (First and Last)

1. What change needs to be made to sentence 1? (TEKS: 3.11D, 3.11Div, CCSS: L.3.1.A, L.3.2)

• Replace "was" with "were"
• Change the period to a question mark
• Replace "a" with "an"
• No change is needed in sentence 1.

2. The word "traveling" is not the right word for sentence 2. Which word would better help describe what Daigan enjoyed doing? (TEKS: 3.11C, CCSS: W.3.5)

• exploring
• opening
• sightseeing
• toured

3. What is the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4? (TEKS: 3.11C, CCSS: W.3.5)

• Daigan was going into the woods because Daigan was going to go behind his house and explore.
• Today, Daigan was going into the woods behind his house to explore.
• Daigan was going behind his house today, and into the woods.
• Today, Daigan into the woods was going behind his house and to explore.

4. What change should be made in sentence 6? (TEKS: 3.11D, 3.11Dx, CCSS: L.3.2, L.4.2.C)

• Replace "funny" with "bad"
• Change "began" to "beginning"
• Insert a comma after "smell"
• Change "wondered" to "wondering"

5. Which change should be made in sentence 5? (TEKS: 3.11D, 3.11Dix, CCSS: L.3.2, L.3.2.A)

• Replace "saw" with "seeing"
• Change "sabine national forest" to "Sabine National Forest"
• Change "walked" to "walking"
• Insert a comma after "creatures"

6. This paragraph is difficult to follow because one of the sentences does not belong. Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph? (TEKS: 3.11Bii, 3.11C, CCSS: W.3.2.B, W.3.5)

• Sentence 2
• Sentence 7
• Sentence 11
• Sentence 14

7. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 8? (TEKS: 3.11D, 3.11Dxi, CCSS: L.3.2, L.3.2.E)

• Change "woulds" to "woods"
• Delete the comma after "curious"
• Replace "ventured" with "venturing"
• Sentence 9 does not need to be changed.

8. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9? (TEKS: 3.2Biii, 3.11D, CCSS: L.2.2.C, L.3.2)

• Change "wasnt" to "weren’t"
• Replace "began" with "beginning"
• Change "wasnt" to "wasn’t"
• Replace "suspecting" with "suspected"

9. What change needs to be made in sentence 13? (TEKS: 3.11D, 3.11Dii, CCSS: L.3.1.D, L.3.2)

• Replace "was" with "is"
• Change "a" to "an"
• Replace "sticky" with "sticking"
• Change "covering" to "covered"