Question

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classroom cereal
story 21 part 4 of 5
\fabled places\
part 4 of 5: one other place
directions

1. read the story
2. find the five errors
3. mark the errors using the key

\im not lying!\ jamie whisper - shouted.

o,\ said charles, \but may be your brother was making these places up.\
\cooper wouldnt do that. he knew about all sorts of hidden places inside this school. he found that treasure. he and mr. norman were the ones who dug it up.\
\whos mr. norman?\
\hes a teacher here. well, he was a teacher here. cooper said he retired.\
charles didnt say anything. he shuffled his feet and dug his hand in his pocket for his cell phone. he past it back and forth between his hands a few times, then started typing a text. \we should get back to the tour,\ he said. \my dad is probly wondering where i went.\
\cooper told me about one other place,\ said jamie. \the haunted forest.\
charles lifted his head from his cell phone and stared at jamie, waiting for her to correct herself or to start laughing or to say she was just joking. but jamie just stared right back.

o one goes inside the haunted forest,\ charles said. \its haunted.\
\cooper did. now we will too.\
charles watched jamie dash down the hall. he took a deep breath, pocketed his phone, and willed his feet toward the staircase. from the other end of the hallway, the teacher saw them go.
key

• spelling error
• add punctuation
• capitalize letter
• remove word
• wrong word
• move word
• make letter lower case

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questions
who is jamies older brother?
why is charles so surprised when jamie mentions the haunted forest?

Explanation:

First, identify the 5 errors in the story using the key, then answer the comprehension questions.

1. Error 1: "may be" should be "maybe" (wrong word, mark with oval)
2. Error 2: "Whos" should be "Who's" (spelling/contract error, mark with square + add punctuation)
3. Error 3: "past" should be "passed" (wrong word, mark with oval)
4. Error 4: "probly" should be "probably" (spelling error, mark with square)
5. Error 5: "Its" should be "It's" (wrong word, mark with oval + add punctuation)

For the comprehension questions:

• Jamie's older brother is named directly in the story when Charles questions her claim.
• Charles' surprise comes from the established fact about the forest in the text.

Answer:

Marked Errors (Story):

1. "but may be your brother" → oval (wrong word, change to "maybe")
2. "Whos Mr. Norman?" → square (spelling error, change to "Who's")
3. "He past it back and forth" → oval (wrong word, change to "passed")
4. "My dad is probly wondering" → square (spelling error, change to "probably")
5. "Its haunted." → oval (wrong word, change to "It's")

Comprehension Answers:

1. Who is Jamie's older brother? Cooper
2. Why is Charles so surprised when Jamie mentions the haunted forest? No one goes inside the haunted forest, so he is shocked Jamie wants to go there.