CORRECTIONS ACTIVITY I am going to give you a paragraph with mistakes. These mistakes can be anything we’ve learnt this year: Capitals He/She/It s/s/s Punctuation Contractions Irregular Past Tense Verbs Regular Past Tense Verbs There are a lot. You have to find as many mistakes as you can. Remember: changing “do not” to “don’t” is not a correction, because “do not” is correct. Only make changes that make the paragraph better.

PARAGRAPH #1 20 Last night, I watch a T.V. show called elementary. Its the story of a famous detective named sherlock holmes. Sherlock is a very smart Detective who can see things that many people ca’nt. That is why the police ask him for help solving the most difficultest problems their not able to solve. Mr Holmes is british, and solves crimes in the U.K. Hesn’t a real person, but a character from a book written by Sir arthur conan Doyle. There is many great novels about Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, John Watson. In the T.V. show mr. watson is a woman named Joan Watson, and she’d actually chinese-american. Its’ my new favourite show.

PARAGRAPH #1 Last night, I watch a T.V. show called elementary. Its the story of a famous detective named sherlock holmes. Sherlock is a very smart Detective who can see things that many people ca’nt. That is why the police ask him for help solving the most difficultest problems their not able to solve. Mr Holmes is british, and solves crimes in the U.K. Hesn’t a real person, but a character from a book written by Sir arthur conan Doyle. There is many great novels about Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, John Watson. In the T.V. show mr. watson is a woman named Joan Watson, and she’d actually chinese-american. Its’ my new favourite show.

PARAGRAPH #1 Last night, I watched a T.V. show called Elementary. It is the story of a famous detective named Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock is a very smart detective who can see things that many people cannot. That is why the police ask him for help solving the most difficult problems they aren’t able to solve. Mr. Holmes is British, and solves crimes in the U.K. He is not a real person, but a character from a book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There are many great novels about Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, John Watson. In the T.V. show Mr. Watson is a woman named Joan Watson, and she’s actually Chinese-American. It is my new favourite show.

PARAGRAPH #2 12 Canada’s favourite sport’s hockey, but that is’nt it’s national sport. The national sport of Canada is called Lacrosse. Lacrosse is a very old sport made by native canadians hundreds of years ago. You need a net a stick and a ball to play lacrosse. The stick have a basket on it to catch and held the ball. You uses the stick to catch the ball, to push player out of your way, and to throw the ball. If you can get the ball in the net you get a point, but there is a person (called a goalie) in the net to stop you from getting point. It’s a fun sport, and its very different from other sports, but it can be dangerous.

PARAGRAPH #2 Canada’s favourite sport’s hockey, but that is’nt it’s national sport. The national sport of Canada is called Lacrosse. Lacrosse is a very old sport made by native canadians hundreds of years ago. You need a net a stick and a ball to play lacrosse. The stick have a basket on it to catch and held the ball. You uses the stick to catch the ball, to push player out of your way, and to throw the ball. If you can get the ball in the net you get a point, but there is a person (called a goalie) in the net to stop you from getting point. It’s a fun sport, and its very different from other sports, but it can be dangerous.

PARAGRAPH #2 Canada’s favourite sport is hockey, but that’s not its national sport. The national sport of Canada is called lacrosse. Lacrosse is a very old sport made by native Canadians hundreds of years ago. You need a net, a stick, and a ball to play lacrosse. The stick has a basket on it to catch and hold the ball. You use the stick to catch the ball, to push players out of your way, and to throw the ball. If you can get the ball in the net you get a point, but there is a person (called a goalie) in the net to stop you from getting a point. It’s a fun sport, and it’s very different from other sports, but it can be dangerous.

PARAGRAPH #3 19 Mr Matt lived in Saudi Arabia. Its a very interesting hot country. There are many rules that you’st follow, or youll get into trouble. There’s no pork in the entire country, so I cant eat bacon! There are also no movie theatres, so I doesn’t see any of the best movies in 2015. Families is very important there, so they can are very big. There can also be one dad with many mom. I meeted one student who have 66 brothers and sisters, and 4 moms! Women have special rules, too. Every stores and restaurant have a special place for woman and familys. Single men canot talk to, travel with, or work with women that’sn’t family members. It can be a very new and strange places to live, but you can always learn a lot of from trying new things.

PARAGRAPH #3 Mr Matt lived in Saudi Arabia. Its a very interesting hot country. There are many rules that you’st follow, or youll get into trouble. There’s no pork in the entire country, so I cant eat bacon! There are also no movie theatres, so I doesn’t see any of the best movies in 2015. Families is very important there, so they can are very big. There can also be one dad with many mom. I meeted one student who have 66 brothers and sisters, and 4 moms! Women have special rules, too. Every stores and restaurant have a special place for woman and familys. Single men canot talk to, travel with, or work with women that’sn’t family members. It can be a very new and strange places to live, but you can always learn a lot of from trying new things.

PARAGRAPH #3 Mr. Matt lived in Saudi Arabia. It’s a very interesting, hot country. There are many rules that you must follow, or you will get into trouble. There is no pork in the entire country, so I couldn’t eat bacon! There are also no movie theatres, so I didn’t see any of the best movies in 2015. Families are very important there, so they can be very big. There can also be one dad with many moms. I met one student who had 66 brothers and sisters, and 4 moms! Women have special rules, too. Every store and restaurant has a special place for women and families. Single men cannot talk to, travel with, or work with women that aren’t family members. It can be a very new and strange place to live, but you can always learn a lot of from trying new things.