Marvelous Marfa & A New Pet Revising STAAR

Cameron has included a sentence that does not belong in the third paragraph (sentences 11-16). Which sentence should be removed from this paragraph?

• Sentence 13

• Sentence 14

• Sentence 15

• Sentence 16

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What revision should be made in sentence 3?

• Fewer in this tiny Texas Town live than 2,000 people.

• Fewer live than 2,000 people in this tiny Texas town.

• Fever than 2,000 people live in this tiny Texas town.

• Fewer than 2,000 in this tiny Texas town of people live.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 7 and 8?

• A cowboy and named Robert Ellison was the first to report seeing them.

• A cowboy named Robert Ellison was the first to report seeing them.

• A cowboy was the first to report seeing them and Robert Ellison.

• A cowboy was the first to report seeing them named Robert Ellison.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

Words are repeated in sentence 30. In the space provided, rewrite sentence 30 in a clear and effective way.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

Regan needs a better transition into the fourth paragraph (sentences 18-22). Which sentence should replace sentence 18 to improve this transition?

• Eventually, Leroy was sleeping on our porch at night.

• In the past our neighbors had a big gray cat named George.

• After that we bought a small bag of cat food at the store.

• In the winter it usually gets dark outside around 6:00 P.M.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Regan wants to add this sentence to the fifth paragraph (sentences 23-27).

He immediately claimed my room as his own.

Where is the BEST place to add this sentence?

• After sentence 23

• After sentence 24

• After sentence 25

• After sentence 26

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 13?

• it was night after night, and he just kept coming back again.

• Night after night, coming back is what he just kept doing.

• It was night after night of coming back, and he just kept coming.

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

Sentence 36 contains repeated information. What is the BEST way to revise this sentence?

• She studies the local humane society website every night now.

• She studies the local humane society website to now look at it every night.

• She looks at it every night now, the local humane society website.

• She studies the local humane society website and looks at it every night now.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.5.5