1. Answer your revising and editing questions. Supplies needed for today: Pen/Pencil Notebook All reading comprehension papers from last week.

2. 1.What revision, if any, is needed in this sentence? As the meeting continued, the student council members became more and more enthusiastic, it was about the idea of lunchtime entertainment. a.As the meeting continued, the student council members became more and more enthusiastic. About the ides of lunchtime entertainment. b. As the meeting continued, the student council members became more and more enthusiastic about the idea of lunchtime entertainment. c. As the meeting continued, the student council members became more and more enthusiastic about it. The idea of lunchtime entertainment. d. No revision needed

3. 2. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? Students would tape shows and could be played later on speakers in the lunchroom. a. Change speakers to speaker’s b. Make no change c. Change later to latter d. Change and to that

4. 3. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? Then maybe they would be able to get more people at there student council meetings. a. Change they to he b. Change get to gets c. Change there to their d. Make no changes

5. Complete the chart by completing 3 steps: 1. Write down the answer you chose 2. Write down the correct answer 3. Write down the text evidence where you found the answer. For each answer that you correct, you can earn back ½ the points (4 points per question). Question #Answer ChosenCorrect AnswerText Evidence 1BC“he steps up for his family when they need him”

6. Answer your revising and editing questions. Supplies needed for today: Pen/Pencil Notebook All reading comprehension papers from last week.

7. 4. What change, if any should be made in this sentence? But what if the announcements are exciting. a. Change the period to a question mark b. Change are to is c. Change exciting to exiting d. Make no change

8. 5.What change, if any should be made in this sentence? Why hadn’t the rest of the students came today? a. Change the question mark to a period b. Change came to come c. Change hadn’t to had’nt d. Make no change

9. 6. What revision should be made to this sentence? They’re not here because they forgot about the meeting” she said. a.Their not here because they forgot about the meeting” she said. b. They’re not hear because they forgot about the meeting,” she said. c. They’re not here because they forgot about the meeting” she said? d. They’re not here because they forgot about the meeting,” she said.

10. 7. What is the best way to combine the following two sentences? At lunch I want to spend time with my friends. We talk. a.At lunch I want to spend time with my friends, we talk. b. At lunch I want to spend time talking with my friends. c. At lunch I want to spend time with my friends who talk. d. At lunch I want to spend time with my friends, although we talk.

11. What are the 3 parts of a short answer response? 1.Topic Sentence – ANSWERS THE QUESTION (1 sentence) 2. Concrete Detail – TEXT EVIDENCE (a quote from the reading selection that BEST answers the question, 1 sentence) 3. Commentary – YOUR DISCUSSION (give MORE details about your answer, connect it to your topic sentence, 2-3 sentences)

12. Brainstorm with me! Step 1: Answer the question Step 2: Find a quote (NOT the quote the question uses) What is the significance of Laken Litman ending her article with “Then he turned to his brother Chris and said, “I love you, man.”

13. The significance of Laken Litman ending her article with Ma’ake turning to Chris and saying “I love you, man” is to show how the brothers learned to appreciate each other during this crisis. Litman describes how the brothers grew up in a “tough family. A family that rarely said, ‘I love you’ not because they didn’t have feelings, that’s just how it was.” After Chris’s kidney transplant, the brothers realized that family is not about being tough. They realized that family is about letting the other person know how much you love them because you never know when you might lose them. What is the significance of Laken Litman ending her article with “Then he turned to his brother Chris and said, “I love you, man.”

14. Story Elements Character Information:Setting:When: Where:What:Why: Main Idea: (what is the story mostly about) Summary: (give more specific details by including all the information listed above – when, where, what, why)

15. How do Soto’s feelings of guilt change from the beginning to the end of the story. Brainstorm with me! Step 1: Answer the question Step 2: Find a quote (NOT the quote the question uses)