Runaway Puppy!

Directions: Read through the passage carefully be sure to note that there are mistakes within the paragraph!

                                                

One very warm and sunny day Joey went for a walk with his new puppy. The puppy's name was beans The new puppy was very excited to be outside in the nice weather. joey held on to the leash while he walked Beans? after a while Joeys arm was getting tired of holding onto the leash.  Beans saw a chipmunk and ran after it.  joey let go of the leash and beans got away! Joey chased after his puppy, but it was no luck, He couldn't find beans anywhere? Then he saw a chipmunk hiding under a plant. The the chipmunk began to run and suddenly Beans was there; he ran up to joey and licked his face.  Joey was happy  because he had found Beans again.

Vocabulary Terms: 

excited: (adjective) stirred, happy, anxious, eager or active.

weather: (noun) the state outside including the temperature, clouds, moisture, or wind.

leash:(noun) a chain or strap for controlling or leading a dog.

chipmunk:(noun) a small outdoor creature that is brown with stripes on its back.

chased:(verb in past tense) followed, pursued, or went after something.

anywhere:(noun, but can have other meaning based on sentence) name given for any place or direction without detail.

suddenly:(adjective) something done quickly without warning that can be surprising.

Vocabulary Activity: Find the vocabulary words in the wordsearch below.

WordSearch Puzzle

E S S Y D T R H I X O S Y A I E
I L E B G U W P I S Z J R R B E
J D A B S S S X Y S V T T K F H
E X O O M N S E I H K O N D M R
A R U F P N R E O N E Y L D U S
J E Y L N E D D U S E E C C S T
M J E U H X E M W M O O K I S I
A S R W E S P Y G O C I O M S P
F I Y E E I O E E S A Q E W N D
T N P X H A L A S N C D S G M R
A N Z C N L T E S E H T A E L C
O X E I F M B H A C J R M P E F
T R E T A K M D E S A H C E S Q
T M V E S R A X K R H A E E H H
O P R D A U E N M E S I G E L I
T X L A T U N V B E C G O M E W

Grammar Point:

Using punctuation and capitalization is important in writing. In the above passage there are many sentences that use incorrect punctuation and lack capitalizing the correct words.  The names of people or places must always be capitalized because they are proper nouns.  The first word in a sentence is always capitalized. Look through the passage above and circle the incorrect capitalization errors. Note: There may be punctuation errors as well!

Cloze Activity:

Fix the following sentences from the passage above (listed again below). Be sure to change punctuation and capitalization so that it is correct! 

1. The puppy's name was beans

2. joey held on to the leash while he walked Beans?

3. after a while Joeys arm was getting tired of holding onto the leash. 

4. joey let go of the leash and beans got away!

5. Joey chased after his puppy, but it was no luck, He couldn't find beans anywhere?

6. The the chipmunk began to run and suddenly Beans was there;

7. he ran up to joey and licked his face.