Hand out this printable student work sheet with the uncorrected text for students to find errors of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, or grammar.
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Clara Barton is born on December 25, 1821. As an young adult, she become a teacher and, later, a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. then the Civil War took her live in a very different direction. Clara travel to the front lines of battle as a nurse. In 1881, she would founded the American Red Cross. Since that time, the Red Cross has benn an active force in helping countless victim in there time of need.
Answer Key
Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821. As a young adult, she became a teacher and, later, a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. Then the Civil War took her life in a very different direction. Clara traveled to the front lines of battle as a nurse. In 1881, she would found [or "she founded"] the American Red Cross. Since that time, the Red Cross has been an active force in helping countless victims in their time of need.
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