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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the role of a film editor and to two common film-editing techniques: continuity editing and montage (discontinuity) editing. By viewing video clips, students identify and define these two editing styles. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students use previously written essays and the Editing Checklist to practice editing skills. They complete the checklist for each of their essays. They edit their own essay using the Editing Checklist. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students complete drafts of exit scnenes and edit a partner's scene. They incorporate revisions given to them by other groups as they edit their exit scenes. They collaborate in groups to decide on prop ideas and stage directions for their scenes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
- Rating
Students perform peer editing of pieces of editorial writing using word processing technology. They make suggestions about improvements in spelling, punctuation, grammar and use spell check as a word processing tool. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th
- Rating
Students, while working in the computer lab, peer edit their Novel Evaluation Essays and finish typing their second drafts of their Research Essays. Upon completion, peer editing of Research Essays occurs. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
- Rating
Students practice proofreading their own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist. They are told what the term editing means, putting the piece into its final form. Students are explained that editing includes correcting capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar. They are told that all writers have editors edit and make corrections in their work. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
- Rating
Students discuss the differences between editing and revision, then collaborate in an editing session of a final draft of a paper. They focus on punctuation editing and use standard editing symbols with a check list to edit a peer's paper. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
- Rating
Students are provided with a copy of a worksheet. Students practice thinking critically and editing by finding basic errors in the areas of spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Students are then divided into pairs to "pair edit". Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
- Rating
Students examine the process of editing. They identify and correct mistakes in a paragraph, write an original paragraph, and locate and correct mistakes in their original paragraph. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
- Rating
Students examine the concept of peer editing a piece of writing, and look at the advantages and disadvantages. They use four steps which include: reading the piece, compliments, checklist, and corrections. Working with the teacher, they model a peer editing session before working with a student partner on a rough draft of their choice. Full Review »
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