STAAR Revising Review

What change should be made to sentence 18? (18) In Sweden their is a tree house hotel that is shaped like a bird’s nest.

• Change their to there

• Insert a comma after hotel

• Change shaped to shape

• Change bird’s to birds

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

• My own sister is having a hard time in math attending one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school.

• My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school although she is having a hard time in math.

• My own sister, who attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, is having a hard time in math.

• My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, she is having a hard time in math.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What should you be checking when revising? Click on all that apply *Hint: think of the acronym for revising*

• Add words or sentences

• Capitalize names, places, months, titles, "I"

• Punctuation

• Remove unneeded words or sentences

• Move sentences or words around

The following sentence pair can be revised into one better sentence. Choose the sentence with the best revision.

• The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.

• The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.

• On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.

• The bicycle tire on the bike is flat.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

The Revising and Editing section of the STAAR exam is what percentage of the whole test?

• 50%

• 26%

• 35%

• 20%

What skills are used in the Editing section of the STAAR test?

• Correct Capitalization

• Correct Sentence Structure

• Making Verbs agree with Subjects

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

The Editing section of the STAAR Exam has this many questions-

• 8

• 5

• 10

• 9

What change should be made to sentence 18? (18) In Sweden their is a tree house hotel that is shaped like a bird’s nest.

• Change their to there

• Insert a comma after hotel

• Change shaped to shape

• Change bird’s to birds

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

• My own sister is having a hard time in math attending one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school.

• My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school although she is having a hard time in math.

• My own sister, who attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, is having a hard time in math.

• My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, she is having a hard time in math.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What should you be checking when revising? Click on all that apply

• Add words or sentences

• Capitalize names, places, months, titles, "I"

• Punctuation

• Remove unneeded words or sentences

• Move sentences or words around