STAAR Review Revision

How should sentence 4 be changed?

• Change children's to childrens'

• Change she to their

• Change Sarahs to Sarah's

• No change needs to be made to sentence 4

Answer explanation

Possessive - singular

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

Mom replied, "Oh yes, this town is famous for its peach trees. In fact, granny nelly says that the town used to be called Peach Haven. What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 8?"

• change granny to Granny

• Change nelly to Nelly

• Change granny nelly to Granny Nelly

• No change needs to be made in sentence 8

Answer explanation

Capitalize proper nouns.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Deena has included an extraneous sentence in the fourth paragraph (sentences 11–18). Which sentence should Deena delete from this paragraph?

• Sentence 12

• Sentence 13

• Sentence 15

• Sentence 16

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Derek would like to replace sentence 3 with a sentence that better states the controlling idea of his paper. Which of these would be the BEST replacement for sentence 3?

• As a result, that means other animals can hurt them.

• As a result, many animals have to figure out a new way to fall asleep.

• As a result, many animals have sleep patterns that help keep them safe.

• As a result, animals don’t climb in bed and pull up the covers like humans do.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the MOST effective revision to make in sentence 23?

• In a panic I ransacked our recycle bin, pulling out brown cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes, and paper scraps that I hastily glued together.

• In a panic I ransacked our recycle bin, pulling out brown cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes, and there were paper scraps that I hastily and quickly glued together.

• In a panic I ransacked our recycle bin, hastily and quickly gluing together what I pulled out, which was brown cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes, and paper scraps.

• In a panic I ransacked our recycle bin, pulling out and removing brown cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes, and paper scraps for hastily gluing together.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 6?

• One half of the animal’s brain enters a sleep state, the other half of the brain stays alert.

• As one half of the animal’s brain enters a sleep state, the other half stays alert.

• One half of the animal’s brain enters a sleep state, or the other half of the animal’s brain stays alert.

• As one half of the animal’s brain enters a sleep state, there is the other alert half of the

  animal’s brain.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

Derek has not used the most effective transition in sentence 25. Which of the following could replace However in this sentence?

• As a matter of fact

• For example

• To conclude

• In contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 3?

• Maggie would sit and listen to the sound of the waves when she missed him by the shore.

• When Maggie missed him, she would sit by the shore she would listen to the sound of the

  waves.

• Maggie would sit, and she would listen to the sound of the waves by the shore when she

  missed him.

• When Maggie missed him, she would sit by the shore and listen to the sound of the waves.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How should sentence 5 be changed?

• A) Change 'its' to 'it's'

• B) Change 'there' to 'their'

• C) Change 'peoples' to 'people's'

• D) No change needs to be made to sentence 5

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 10?

• A) Change 'doctor' to 'Doctor'

• B) Change 'smith' to 'Smith'

• C) Change 'doctor smith' to 'Doctor Smith'

• D) No change needs to be made in sentence 10

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5