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Proofreading with Peer Editing
A standard peer editing activity, young writers get into groups and pass their papers to each of their peers in turn; each person checking their peer's paper for spelling, punctuation, and grammar mistakes. In a fun twist, your class...
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Getting to Know You Through Peer Editing
Sixth graders get to know their classmates through 'personalized' sentences that feature one student each day, and offer practice in proofreading and peer-editing related to capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and/or grammar rules.
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER by Mark Twain
Learners read in class the novel The Adventures of Tom Sayer by Mark Twain. They can choose to find song lyrics from any artist that they feel define one of the characters in the book, illustrate a scene from the book or create their own...
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To Quote or Not to Quote
Introduce your middle and high schoolers to the correct use of quotation marks. They identify examples of correct and incorrect quotations in magazines and edit a paragraph in groups. Use this lesson plan as a way to reinforce...
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Stop Sign Punctuation
Students use punctuation and capitalization. In this grammar lesson students use stop signs in the place of periods. Students cut out sentences and put stop signs in appropriate places. Students indicate capitalization where needed.
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The Importance of Punctuation
In this writing worksheet, students participate in a variety of punctuation activities. For example, rewrite a text using correct punctuation and unscramble words to create sentences.
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Finding More Violators
In this editing learning exercise, students read twelve sentences and find the word or punctuation mark in each sentence that is used incorrectly. Students underline the mistake and write the correct word or punctuation mark at the end...
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Smart Quotes Mini-Lesson
Prepare for an interview project with a set of worksheets about asking questions and quoting people. After completing a grammar exercise about quotation marks, kids write out the questions they want to ask their interviewee, and record...
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Peer Editing
Sudents read and critique three of their fellow classmates' science fiction short stories on three consecutive days for mechanics, short story elements, style, and informational elements.
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Punctuation Cards
In this literacy worksheet, students work with the cards in order to develop the skills of punctuation. They concentrate upon word form and sentence structure.
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Quotation Quiz
In this quotation marks worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they choose which sentences are written correctly. Students complete 5 problems.
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The Interrupted Quotation
In this interrupted quotation worksheet, students edit sentences for punctuation and correct quotation placement. Students complete this for 22 sentences.
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Proofreading
Fifth graders practice proofreading skills. In this proofreading lesson, 5th graders check their work for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling errors. They participate in a proofreading relay where each person takes a turn fixing...
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Morning Work
First graders complete their morning work. In this math and editing lesson, 1st graders complete addition and subtraction problems, edit sentences and share their answers. Students can also create math problems of their own.
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Let's Edit!
Students in fourth grade pair up with students in second grade to edit writing convension.
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Using Quotes as "Thought Shots"
Learners explore how to use quotation marks in writing to add dialogue to a paper. In groups, students observe pictures and add quotations to them. Learners follow rules of punctuation and capitalization as they proofread and edit each...
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All That's Fit To Print
Students use an editor's checklist to help them proofread examples of other students writing, then edit a worksheet embedded in the plan. In this writing and editing lesson, students look for capitalization, spelling, and grammatical...
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Annie's Gifts - Daily Proofreading
In this daily proofreading worksheet, students correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation from the story Annie's Gifts. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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Parentheses
Point out the proper uses of parentheses with this informational handout! This resource explains how to use parentheses for side comments, numbers in a list, and citations of outside sources. Learners can read a series of examples for...
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Building Proofreading Skills
Designed to build proofreading skills in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and language usage, as well as proofreading for clarity, transition, and order, this workbook is packed with activities for all kinds of writing.
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Proofreading
In this proofreading activity, students label verbs and subjects and edit paragraphs. Students complete this for 3 paragraphs on this activity.
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Write It Right
In this editing worksheet, students read 5 sentences about sports. Students fix the errors in spelling and punctuation. Note: The page does not specify how to mark the mistakes or correct them.
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Reading Comprehension: Context Clues
Fifth graders use context clues to help them understand unknown words. In this context clues lesson, 5th graders practice identifying context clues on a worksheet, then work with a peer to write their own story. Stories are peer edited...
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Avoiding Run-On Sentences (II)
Polish the writing skills of your emerging writers by eliminating run-on sentences in their work. Discuss the ways to correct run-ons before releasing your class to work on this 20-sentence learning exercise independently. An answer...