Question

name: charlotte haydon date: 1/5/2024 classroom cereal story 17 part 5 of 5 \finding mrs. comstock\ part 5 of 5: search history directions 1. read the story 2. find the five errors 3. mark the errors using the key after leaving fincher’s house, the trio headed back to school and snuck in through the always unlocked door behind the cafeteria. minutes later, they were sitting on top of desks in mrs. comstock’s classroom, discussing their suspicions. mr. nitman, they agreed, was searching for some kind of revolutionary war - era treasure in the haunted forest. but they had little information and even less proof. in an act of mockery, cooper stood up and started doing his best mr. nitman impression. \you see, class, the british took control of new york in the late summer of 1776,\ he impersonated. malina and rodgers laughed. \back so soon, mr. nitman?\ came a proper british voice from the teacher’s desk. it was andrew, mrs. comstock’s electronic assistant. \would you care to by mrs. comstock another plane ticket to peru?\ \andrew!\ rodgers yelled, but cooper immediately covered his friend’s mouth.
o thank you, andrew,\ cooper said in his mr. nitman voice. \but would you mind reading my recent google search history?\ \very good,\ andrew replied. \washington’s lost treasure, books on washingtons lost treasure, washington’s lost treasure location, articles on washington’s lost treasure, washington’s lost treasure fairview, washington’s lost treasure rumors...\ as andrew continued to recite, cooper, malina, and rodgers beamed at eachother. thanks to andrew, not only did they learn mr. nitman had sent mrs. comstock to peru, buying her plane ticket. they learned his goal was finding something called washington’s lost treasure. key - spelling error - add punctuation - capitalize letter - remove word - wrong word - move word - make letter lower case checklist 1. ☐ 2. ☐ 3. ☐ 4. ☐ 5. ☐ questions what does the trio learn from andrew? what do you think will happen in story 18?

Explanation:

First, identify the 5 errors in the text using the provided key:

1. Capitalization error: "They agreed." should have a lowercase "t" (it follows a comma after "Mr. Nitman").
2. Wrong word error: "to by Mrs. Comstock" uses "by" incorrectly; it should be "buy".
3. Spelling/possessive error: "Washingtons" is missing an apostrophe to show possession; it should be "Washington's".
4. Spelling error: "beamed at eachother" is misspelled; the correct spelling is "each other".
5. Punctuation error: "he impersonated." is missing a closing quotation mark at the end of the line, since it's dialogue.

For the questions:

1. The trio learns two key pieces of information from Andrew: that Mr. Nitman sent Mrs. Comstock to Peru (and bought her plane ticket), and that Mr. Nitman's goal is finding Washington's Lost Treasure.
2. A logical prediction for Story 18 is that the trio will try to investigate Mr. Nitman's search for Washington's Lost Treasure, possibly trying to find the treasure before him or uncover more about his plans, while also figuring out what happened to Mrs. Comstock.

Answer:

Identified Errors (5 total):

1. (Capitalize letter error) "They agreed." → "they agreed."
2. (Wrong word error) "to by Mrs. Comstock" → "to buy Mrs. Comstock"
3. (Spelling/possessive error) "Washingtons" → "Washington's"
4. (Spelling error) "eachother" → "each other"
5. (Add punctuation error) "he impersonated." → "he impersonated." (add closing quotation mark: "he impersonated.")

Questions:

1. The trio learns that Mr. Nitman sent Mrs. Comstock to Peru (purchasing her plane ticket) and that Mr. Nitman's goal is finding Washington's Lost Treasure.
2. It is likely the trio will pursue an investigation into Mr. Nitman's search for Washington's Lost Treasure, either trying to locate the treasure first, expose Mr. Nitman's plans, or find out more details about Mrs. Comstock's disappearance.