Daily Paragraph Editing
EDITING KEY: Journal Entries
Preview the 4 daily lessons to ensure you review or introduce skills that may be unfamiliar to students.
Colonial Holidays
Error Summary
november 27< 1726
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Dear Diary
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Language Usage
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This is our second thanksgiving in Boston. Mama
have
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Comma
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Period
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Spelling
keriA nellie and I -has- been cooking for two days Nellie
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Capitalization
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and I are in charge of shelling the clams and mussels
for the shellfish chowder keri is shucking the corn
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and shelling lima beans for succotash. Mama, of course^
her
pumpkin
is bakinq -his- delicious pumkin pie_
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MONDAY
december 24^1726
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Diary
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dear Dairy,
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The whole family -epe- working hard in preparation
for our Christmas festivities Papa has decorated all of
our
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hour windows with everqreen branches meanwhileA keri.
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nellia and I have been stringing cranberries. Mama and
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Error Summary
Capitalization
8
Language Usage
1
Punctuation:
Comma
6
Period
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Other
1
Spelling
3
neighbor
mrs Helik our next-door nerhbor are preparing our
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Christmas feast
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TUESDAY
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Daily Paragraph Editing
EDITING KEY:Journal Entries
January 5, 1727
Dear diary?
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Twelfth niqht my favorite holiday ore- tomorrow.
All the grown-ups put on their best clothes and dance
to merry musicThis year, mama papa and keri my
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older sister -fs- going to the twelfth night ball. I am
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Error Summary
Capitalization
9
Language Usage
2
Punctuation:
Comma
8
Period
3
Other
1
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too young to go Keri promised to tell me everything.
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I can hardly wait to grow up but I know I must
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WEDNESDAY
April 1CJ?/1727
dear Diary/
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I have spent days hunting for the biggest eggs
I can find. I only have seven but easter is tomorrow.
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Error Summary
Capitalization
U
Language Usage
1
Punctuation:
Comma
Period
10
2
so that will have to do. Nellie, my younger sister made
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dye for the eggs she used tree bark onion skins, beet
juice and spinach water, keri -ope- cutting out patterns.
I, meanwhile am waiting to dye the eggs
THURSDAY
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