Editing STAAR

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English

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6th - 8th Grade

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CCSS

L.4.2C, L.2.1E, L.6.2A

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Anja Vukicevic

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7 Slides • 2 Questions

I can statement: I can practice my editing skills on an exit ticket.

Materials: "The Amazing Brain" in CANVAS

I do: Preview the directions

Notice key terms like "mistakes". How does this tell us we have to take an editing passage vs. a revising passage?

I do: I notice that my question is asking me how to correctly write two sentences. I need to go back into the text, find the two sentences, and probably combine them into a compound sentence.

Turn and Talk: How could I combine these two sentences?

Hack : When I edit, I only have to look at the sentence or sentences in the question

I do: The correct answer is J

We do: Another question stem you will often see in an editing passage looks like this. Editing usually means you have to change, or fix a mistake.

Work with a partner or your group to determine the BEST way to fix a mistake in sentence 3.

Multiple Choice

1. what change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

A. change Scientists to Scientists'

B. Delete the comma

C. Change we to they

D. No change should be made in this sentence

You do: Use the strategies we have learned to answer an editing question on your own. Remember, PLUG the word back in to make sure it makes sense.

Life Hack: When in doubt on spelling, use your online dictionary. REMEMBER: you still have to know which definition fits the context,

Multiple Choice

YOU DO: How should sentence 5 be changed?

F. Delete the comma

G. Change controlling to controling

H. Change intentional to intentionally

J. Sentence 5 should not be changed

I can statement: I can practice my editing skills on an exit ticket.

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