Liberty Ink Worksheet
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LIBERTY INK WORKSHEET
American Revolution • CUPS Editing Strategy Challenge
Target Strategy
C-U-P-S
The CUPS Strategy Guide
C
Capitalization
Names, places, sentence starts.
U
Usage
Word match, subjects and verbs.
P
Punctuation
Periods, question marks, commas.
S
Spelling
Sound out, check sight words.
How to mark your edits
the redcoat was running
The redcoat was were running.
Write corrections directly above the wrong words!
Your Mission
Find and fix the 11 mistakes in the paragraph below!
C: 3 U: 2 P: 3 S: 3
george washington was a brave leader. He was a vry brave man. He led the army in the war The soldiers was cold in the winter. They did not have there boots. They slept on the cold grond. George fought for freedum. He helped win the american Revolution. Washingtons horse was named Nelson. Did you know he was the first president
Self-Checklist
Check off the errors as you find and fix them:
Capitalization (3 found) Usage (2 found) Punctuation (3 found) Spelling (3 found)
Writing Practice
Pick ONE sentence you corrected and write it perfectly below:
Liberty Ink Answer Key
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TEACHER ANSWER KEY
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American Revolution
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CUPS
LIBERTY INK ANSWER KEY
Teacher Reference Guide • Error Corrections & Explanations
Status
RESOLVED
C Capitalization (3)
U Usage (2)
P Punctuation (3)
S Spelling (3)
Corrected Markup
George george Washington washington was a brave leader. He was a very vry brave man. He led the army in the war. war The soldiers were was cold in the winter. They did not have their there boots. They slept on the cold ground grond . George fought for freedom freedum . He helped win the American american Revolution. Washington's Washingtons horse was named Nelson. Did you know he was the first president? president
ERROR CORRECTION DIRECTORY 11/11 MATCHES RESOLVED
| Type | Original | Correction | Educational Explanation |
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| C | george washington | George Washington | Names are proper nouns and must be capitalized. |
| S | vry | very | Correct spelling of the high-frequency sight word "very". |
| P | war The | war. The | Needs a period to separate two complete thoughts. |
| U | soldiers was | soldiers were | Plural noun ("soldiers") needs a plural verb ("were"). |
| U | there boots | their boots | Possessive homophone: "their" shows ownership of the boots. |
| S | grond | ground | Vowel team: the "ou" diphthong is needed for "ground". |
| S | freedum | freedom | Phonetic suffix correction: spelled "om" instead of "um". |
| C | american | American | Proper adjective "American" must be capitalized. |
| P | Washingtons | Washington's | Possessive singular noun needs an apostrophe before the "s". |
| P | president | president? | Needs a question mark because it is a direct question. |
Instructional Differentiation Notes for Special Education
Scaffolding Suggestion: Pre-teach high-frequency homophones (there/their) and plural subject-verb agreement (soldiers were) using magnetic words or flashcards prior to handing out this task. For students with fine motor challenges, allow verbal dictation or the use of speech-to-text for the "Writing Practice" sentence at the bottom, or let them point to the corrections.
