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A Sticky Business Did you know that the chewing gum industry

is more than just a sticky business it also earns

millions of dollars. The united states produces about

24,000,000 miles of chewing gum each year gum is

available in different varieties flavors and shapes

but did you ever wonder wear gum comes from Did

you ever wonder how its made and where and when

the first people began to chew it People have been

chewing gum it turns out for a very long time

MONDAY WEEK 1

more than a thousand years ago the mayans and

other peoples of central america chewed chicle. Chicle

is the hardened sap of the sapodilla tree ancient

greeks we’re chewing gum made from the sap of the

mastic tree. the native americans of north america

were chewing gum made from spruce sap. By the early

1800s the first store to make and sell spruce gum

had opened in north america. in the 1860s, the use

of chicle as a chewing gum was developed and gums

popularity began to raise

TUESDAY WEEK 1

EDITING KEY: Science Article

rise

Error Summary

Capitalization 4

Punctuation:

Apostrophe 1

Comma 5

Period 2

Other 3

Spelling 1

Error Summary

Capitalization 1 4

Language Usage 1

Punctuation:

Apostrophe 1

Comma 3

Period 2

Spelling 1

where

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Name

Daily Paragraph Editing

A Sticky Business Did you know that the chewing gum industry

is more than just a sticky business it also earns

millions of dollars. The united states produces about

24,000,000 miles of chewing gum each year gum is

available in different varieties flavors and shapes

but did you ever wonder wear gum comes from Did

you ever wonder how its made and where and when

the first people began to chew it People have been

chewing gum it turns out for a very long time

MONDAY

more than a thousand years ago the mayans and

other peoples of central america chewed chicle. Chicle

is the hardened sap of the sapodilla tree ancient

greeks we’re chewing gum made from the sap of the

mastic tree. the native americans of north america

were chewing gum made from spruce sap. By the early

1800s the first store to make and sell spruce gum

had opened in north america. in the 1860s, the use

of chicle as a chewing gum was developed and gums

popularity began to raise

TUESDAY

SCIENCE ARTICLE: A Sticky Business

• commas

• question marks

• commas

• names of places

• names of ethnic groups

WEEK 1

WEEK 1

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Chicle-based gum was first manufactured as a

result of a failed experiment antonio lopez de santa

anna the mexican general whose army defeated the

texans at the alamo in 1836. Brought chicle to new

york in 1860. He hoped to sell it as a type of rubber

a man named thomas adams tryed to make this

“rubber” harden but he failed. Discovering instead that

the rubber could be chewed Adams adds flavorings. he

began to made gum with a chicle base

WEDNESDAY WEEK 1

the main ingredient of chewing gum was chicle

until the mid-1900s. today, gum bases are made from

melted rubber waxes or plastics. After the gum base

has been cleaned softeners sweeteners and flavorings

is added Chewing gum continues to sell and some

surveys report that the average american chews

200 sticks of gum a year. some people chew gum

for the taste but others chew it to help him stay

alert or to help them relax

THURSDAY WEEK 1

EDITING KEY: Science Article

tried

added

make

are

them

Error Summary

Capitalization 1 4

Language Usage 2

Punctuation:

Comma 4

Period 3

Spelling 1

Error Summary

Capitalization 4

Language Usage 2

Punctuation:

Comma 7

Period 2

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Name

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Chicle-based gum was first manufactured as a

result of a failed experiment antonio lopez de santa

anna the mexican general whose army defeated the

texans at the alamo in 1836. Brought chicle to new

york in 1860. He hoped to sell it as a type of rubber

a man named thomas adams tryed to make this

“rubber” harden but he failed. Discovering instead that

the rubber could be chewed Adams adds flavorings. he

began to made gum with a chicle base

WEDNESDAY

the main ingredient of chewing gum was chicle

until the mid-1900s. today, gum bases are made from

melted rubber waxes or plastics. After the gum base

has been cleaned softeners sweeteners and flavorings

is added Chewing gum continues to sell and some

surveys report that the average american chews

200 sticks of gum a year. some people chew gum

for the taste but others chew it to help him stay

alert or to help them relax

THURSDAY

SCIENCE ARTICLE: A Sticky Business

• commas

• names of people

• names of places

• names of ethnic groups

• commas

• names of ethnic groups

WEEK 1

WEEK 1