Editing and Revising STAAR Practice

What change, if any, is needed in sentence 2?

• Change: for

  to: on

• Change: spent

  to: spended

• Change: T.t.t.

  to: Ttt

• Change: T.t.t.

  to: T.T.T.

What change is necessary in sentence 3?

• Change: taked

  to: took

• Change: told

  to: telled

• Change: tales

  to: tails

• Remove the comma after them

How should sentence 7 be changed, if at all?

• Change: truthful

  to: truthfull

• Change: are

  to: is

• Change: talkers

  to: talker’s

• No change is needed

Esteban needs a topic sentence that ties together the social studies topic and his own personal incident. He would like to add the following sentence to paragraph 1 (sentences 1-6).

Coincidentally, an incident at school this week helped me understand the importance of the sixth amendment.

Where should he add the sentence?

• Before sentence 1

• After sentence 1

• After sentence 3

• After sentence 4

Esteban wants to use a more descriptive word than big in sentence 9. Which word would BEST replace the word big in the sentence?

• serious

• real

• tall

• true

Esteban needs a transition in the third paragraph (sentences 9-16) that helps his readers follow the action of his story. Which of the following transitions should he place at the beginning of sentence 13?

• After a while,

• Then,

• Actually,

• At that exact moment,

Esteban wants to combine sentences 20 and 21 to make his paper flow better. On the lines below, write a new sentence that combines the ideas in sentences 20 and 21 to form a clear and effective way.

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 23?

• We agreed with the kids sitting near us.

• Those sitting near us were the kids who agreed.

• The kids who had been sitting near us agreed.

• The kids agreed with the kids sitting near us.