Work on Vocabulary (Word Work)

Activity #5- Correct the Summary

1) Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation,
and spelling when writing. (L 5.2)
Use punctuation to separate items in a series.* (L 5.2A)
Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence. (L 5.2B)
Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag
question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct
address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?). (L 5.2C)
Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works. (L 5.2D)
Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. (L 5.2E)

Directions: Read the following paragraphs. Correct the paragraphs using the Standard
English conventions. Follow the hints for each paragraph. Then, type it out correctly.

Paragraph 1: Chapter 1

What to Look For

In the novel Black Beauty, written by Anna sewell, we are 1st

introduced to a horse named darkie and his mother duchess. they live

Capitalize Proper
Nouns (4 mistakes)

on their Masters plantation and love theyre master very much. Darkie

Underline Titles (1
mistake)

has a nice bloodline and his mothor tells him not to kick or bite like

Possessive Apostrophe
(1mistake)

the other colts. a plowboy named dick is very mean to the colts he

Numbers (1 mistake)

always throws rocks and sticks at them When the master seen what

Capitalization Error
(3 mistkaes)

was happened he fire Dick.

Spelling Errors (2
mistakes)
Verb Tense (1 mistake)
Periods (2 mistakes)
Commas (1 mistake)

Paragraph 2: Chapter 2
The 2nd chapter of black beauty starts off with a hunt on the
masters plantation. this envolves men riding horses while
following hounds that are chased a hair. The hair is eventually
caught and killed by the dogs. while the hunt was happened, two
horses were hurt and a human was killed. Rob roy broke his leg

What to Look For

Capitalize Proper Nouns (4
mistakes)
Underline Titles (1
mistake)
Possessive Apostrophe
(1mistake)
Numbers (1 mistake)
Capitalization (2 mistakes)

and was shoot and George Gordon breaks his neck. Darkie learns
Spelling (3 mistakes)
that men are sometimes crool. in how they treat their horses.
Verb Tense (3 mistake)
Periods (1 mistakes)
Paragraph 3: Chapter 3

What to Look For

Capitalize Proper Nouns
the third chapter of Black Beauty focuses on how darkie is trained by (3 mistakes)
his master. He does not necessarly like every thing he has to do but
he loves his master and respects his training plans. he learns how to
where a saddle and bridle and crupper and collar. He is trained how
to be ridden and is sent to another farm to learning about noises and

Underline Titles (1
mistake)
Capitalization (2
mistakes)
Spelling (3 mistakes)
Verb Tense (1 mistake)

other animals. His new owner, squire gordon has agreed to buy him
Commas (5 mistakes)
was he was broke.