Copy the following into a Word document with your name and period at the top. Make editing changes, answer the questions at the end, print, and hand in to Ms. Potter. You will be graded on the edited sentences.

 

Whenever we hold a small baby rabbit.

 

And we went along anyhow.

 

She tells a story and he gives away the ending.

 

On the biggest patch of soft grass in the park.

 

My father is slim yet he has trouble with sweets.

 

My father will have a few desserts but I was hoping to have cake also.

 

Although the trip may take a long time.

 

But the winner was unable to claim the prize right away.

 

Beyond the turn in the gravel road.

 

Because the sky looks ominous I will bring my raincoat.

 

Whenever we have strawberries Jose breaks out in hives.

 

Jose breaks out in hives whenever we have strawberries.

 

The quilter made beautiful baby quilts and her mother assisted her.

 

Answer the following questions:

 

1. Were there some sentences that needed correction that the computer did not catch? Explain why.

 

 

 

2. Which sentences needed no corrections? Explain why.

 

 

 

3. What did you learn from editing with the computer that you did not learn doing this in class?