Edit a Paragraph for Run-Ons and Fragments

Use each editing sheet after the matching grammar lesson, such as pronoun case or commas. The CUPS checklist can then guide students as they edit their own drafts.

Label 11 word groups in The Night Market as S, RO or F, then rewrite the paragraph with fixes. A fragment is missing a subject or a verb or does not finish a thought, and a run-on joins two sentences without the right punctuation. The directions on the page read: Read the paragraph. For each numbered group of words, write S, RO or F on its line below. The Night Market (1) Every Friday night in July, our town turns the big parking lot on Elm Street into a night market. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade writing process, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with editing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

CUPS stands for capitals, usage, punctuation and spelling. Editing Checklist and Practice has students find 10 errors in Cleanup Day at Riverside Park and sort each one by its CUPS letter.

The sheets tell students how many to find: 8 pronoun errors in The Windy Hike, 10 comma errors in The Cup-Stacking Robot, 12 errors in Nadia's letter and 10 in the CUPS paragraph.

On Edit a Paragraph for Run-Ons and Fragments, yes. Students label 11 word groups in The Night Market and then rewrite the paragraph with 3 run-ons and 3 fragments fixed.