STAAR Revisions and Editing Response

Occasionaly, when we don't get what we want, something even better is waiting for us around the corner!

• Change Occasionaly to Occasionally

• Delete the comma after want

• Change even better to even more better

• No change needs to be made

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CCSS.L.3.1G

The newly commissioned vessel was initially assigned to defend other U.S. ship's from pirate attacks.

• Change commissioned to comissioned

• Change ship's to ships

• Change pirate to Pirate

• Sentence 6 should not be changed

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CCSS.L.3.1A

My experiences in the past will help me successfully manage everything that needs to be acomplished.

• Change experiences to experience's

• Change will help to helped

• Change acomplished to accomplished

• Sentence 15 should not be changed

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I probably would have continued trying to keep up with "Big T" for the rest of my high school career, but when my family moved in the middle of Freshman year, everything changed.

• Delete but

• Change Freshman to freshman

• Delete the comma after year

• No change needs to be made in sentence 5.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

I admired her ability to pick up a split, but I also appreciated her advise.

• Change admired to admirred

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• Change advise to advice

• Sentence 38 should not be changed

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

We're great friends, so I was estatic to be returning to camp for another fun summer together.

• Delete so

• Change was to am

• Change estatic to ecstatic

• Sentence 4 should not be changed

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Although I was to old to cry about the situation, tears threatened to spill down my cheeks anyway.

• Delete Although

• Change to old to too old

• Delete the comma

• Change cheeks to cheek's

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

CCSS.L.2.1E

But these bags didn't come into widespread use until around 1980, and before that time people got along just fin without it.

• Change come to came

• Change use to using

• Delete and

• Change it to them

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

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

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the correct way to write sentences 23 and 24?

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists, however, are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct and scientists are still making discoveries.

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, but there are scientists. Who are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists are still making discoveries.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B