Great short story! Here is a clear, corrected version and a simple explanation for a 7-year-old.
Corrected version:
Cock-a-doodle-doo! The rooster wakes the farm. The hen pecks seeds, and the chicks go peep-peep!
What I changed and why (easy steps):
- Capital letters: Every sentence starts with a big letter. So "the hen" becomes "The hen."
- Punctuation for sounds: Animal sounds like "Cock-a-doodle-doo" and "peep-peep" are often followed by an exclamation mark (!) because they are loud or fun sounds.
- Joining two ideas: "The hen pecks seeds" and "the chicks go peep-peep" are two complete ideas. We put a comma before the word "and" to join them: "...pecks seeds, and the chicks..." (This comma helps make the sentence clearer.)
- Hyphen in repeated sounds: Writing the chicks' sound as "peep-peep" with a hyphen helps show it's one repeated sound.
Tip for reading aloud: Say the animal sounds loudly and with fun—clap or act them out so the sentence becomes a little performance!