STAAR Edit and Revise Review

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

• We went to their house because there hosting a party.

• They're having a party at there house this weekend.

• We went to their house because they're hosting a party.

• There having a party at their house this weekend.

Because Mariah always told them about her day, they were shocked when they didn’t hear from her. Which sentence below provides more clarity?

• Change they to her parents

• Change shocked to surprised

• Change day to it

• Change always to usually

Todays objective is to learn how to revise and edit our own essays. What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence?

• Change is to are

• Change essays to essay’s

• Change Todays to Today’s

• Change objective to objetive

These animals have learned to live among the grasses and flowers of the wide open prairie. The meaning of the sentence is unclear. What could the writer change to improve the clarity of the sentence?

• Change These animals to Coyote, deer, and bison

• Change live to survive

• Change wide to large

• Change among to around

What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence?

• Change then to than

• Change nourishment to norishment

• Change discovered to discover

• No change needs to be made in the sentence

What is the best way to revise the sentences?

• When the breaks stopped working, Thomas lost control.

• Thomas was losing control, and the breaks stopped working.

• The breaks stopped working and this is when Thomas was losing control.

• The breaks stopped working, but Thomas lost control.

What is the best way to revise the sentence?

• The student was presenting and this is when her phone began to ring.

• Presenting is when her phone began to ring.

• During the student’s presentation; her phone began to ring.

• No change is needed

George was not just a daydreamer. At age 16, he put together a rectangular frame made of steel from a junkyard. Then he stretched a piece of canvas over it. He fixed the canvas to the frame with strips cut from old rubber inner tubes. He took his invention to a camp where he worked as a counselor. The kids loved bouncing on it! Sebastian wants to use a more accurate word than fixed in sentence 10. Which of the following could BEST replace this word

• touched

• fastened

• folded

• twisted

Then, we decided to go down the hill together. Amy sat in the front, and I sat in the back. We pushed off together and started to go down the hill. The sled was going so fast that it was hard to steer. Then CRASH! We ran into a bush! Andrea wants to use a more accurate word than go in sentence 13. Which of the following could BEST replace this word?

• creep

• walk

• run

• zoom

At first, we rode our sleds downhill at the same time. We put them next to each other at the top of the hill. We pushed off. Sometimes Amy reached the bottom first, and other times I did. Look at sentence 8. The word put does not express what Andrea was trying to say. Which word could BEST replace put and help Andrea improve the meaning of this sentence?

• held

• placed

• skidded

• threw