Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Set 2 Quiz Corrections:
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

 

Spelling focus:Retaining final silent [e] when adding suffixes that begin with a consonat.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born in East St. louis, Illinois. Her family was poor but people in her community helped her become a great track star. She is very gratful to them people. After the 1988 Olympics she establish a foundation to help children in East St. Louis get involved in sports.

SPELLING: grateful
CAPITALIZATION Proper nouns (places)
PUNCTUATION commas (with coordinating conjunctions)
GRAMMAR & USAGE Adjectives (them vs. those) Verb tense (regular past tense)

Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. Her family was poor, but people in her community helped her become a great track star. She is very grateful to those people. After the 1988 Olympics she established a foundation to help children in East St. Louis get involved in sports.

 

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