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Eliminating Wordiness: Exercise 3

For Students 5th - 9th

The focus of this writing worksheet is to have writers revise and edit a three-paragraph passage to eliminate wordiness and repetition. The paragraphs are quite long, and this should take most students quite a while to complete.

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Sentence Fragment Exercises #1

For Students 5th - 6th

In this language arts worksheet, students read 16 sentences and mark a C if the sentence is complete and an F is there is a sentence fragment.

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Improving Sentences

For Teachers 6th - 8th

Help your class improve their writing with this handy presentation. Learners discuss how to use adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases to enhance their work. This is a terrific way to connect grammar to its everyday use.

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Sentence Fragments Exercise 3

For Students 5th - 9th

In this sentence fragment learning exercise, students are asked to edit and correct a paragraph for errors in capitalization and punctuation. Students must focus on making sure there are no sentence fragments.

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Second Grade Editing

For Students 2nd - 3rd

In this language arts instructional activity, students find the capitalization, punctuation and grammar errors in 10 sentences. Students rewrite each sentence correctly.

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Third Grade Editing III

For Students 3rd - 4th

In this language arts learning exercise, students correct the errors in capitalization, punctuation and grammar in 10 sentences. Students rewrite each sentence correctly.

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Write It Right

For Students 2nd - 3rd

In this editing learning exercise, 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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Actual Errors in Newspapers

For Students 5th - 6th

In this journalism editing worksheet, learners look at 26 newspaper headlines and explain what is incorrect about each one. Example: Escaped Leopard Believed Spotted.

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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Editing and Rewriting Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This site examines all aspects of the rewriting process. Includes advice on how to use computers during the process, comments on peer editing, links to related topics, and an editing checklist.

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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Writing Center: Editing and Proofreading [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This is a five-page PDF about editing and proofreading from The Writing Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It provides tips and strategies for editing and proofreading and links to extra resources on the subject.

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Hemingway Editor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

If you have ever struggled to write clearly and succinctly, the Hemingway Editor may be just what you need. Paste your writing onto the website and Hemingway will highlight parts that may need some clarity and score your text on its...

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Jefferson County School District: Fifth Grade Editing I [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards

Printable editing worksheet designed for 5th graders. Ten questions are included.

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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 20 Writing Mistakes Even Native Speakers Make (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This GrammarCheck infographic provides tips for fixing common writing mistakes. Information on errors related to homophones, apostrophes, commas, participles, and sentence structure are included.

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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Editing Techniques: Checking Your Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This slideshow tutorial focuses on editing techniques for grammar and mechanical errors; it states three ways that grammar should be reviewed in papers: Microsoft Word's grammar check, review each sentence backwards, and have peer or...

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Sophia: Local Editing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This slideshow lesson focuses on local editing; it defines the term and explains what to look for: clarity, mechanics, and grammar, word choice, sentence structure, paragraph structure, and impact on the reader. It discusses each and...

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Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Editing and Proofreading Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

A detailed source for professional editing and proofreading strategies. Links on the right offer several pages of text for both editing and proofreading, including guidelines and samples for each.

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