Plagued by punctuation or stymied by spelling? Lesson eight in a nine-part series of career education and skills activities introduces the importance of proofreading. Learners categorize common writing errors and construct error-free...

Newspapers aren't only for reading—they're for learning skills, too! A journalism unit provides three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Lessons include objectives, materials, vocabulary, and procedure, and...

The lessons that come from reading the novel Buddy by Nigel Hinton might be masked by how much you have just enjoyed the story, but don’t let an opportunity for learning pass you by. Let this learning scheme bring clarity to the ideas...

Students analyze the writing process through the ten lessons of this unit. The expository lessons address topic and detail sentences, paragraph organization and development, note taking, reports and letter writing.

Students plan and write paragraphs while integrating other core subject areas. In this paragraph writing lesson, students complete 5 lessons to practice writing paragraphs. Students incorporate various core subjects into their paragraph...

This BBC Skillswise introduction to editing and proofreading shows how to check spelling and grammar at different stages of writing. Includes nine downloadable practice sheets for different stages and types of writing. [1:04]

A nineteen-part learning module with links to videos, images, and websites to use while learning about the proofreading and editing steps of the writing process.

You will proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

You will learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct spelling.

Learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct punctuation. L.9-10.2 Cap/Punc/Spell

You will learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct spelling. L.9-10.2 Cap/Punc/Spell

You will proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

You will proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

You will proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

This lesson focuses on figurative language used in descriptive writing including similes, metaphors, cliches, hyperbole. It offers multiple links to websites pertaining to figurative language in descriptive and creative writing; an...

This is a three-page PDF of the "Stages of the Writing Process" including prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading. W.11-12.5 Writing Process

Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct punctuation.

An editing/proofreading checklist is often helpful when you read your own work, or someone else's. This site helps you edit for capitalization, sentence fragments, verb tense, and punctuation. Included is a brief video about sentence...

This EnglishClub learning module explains the peer editing process. Resources for peer editors and proofreaders are provided, along with an opportunity for students to engage in an editing challenge.

Learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct punctuation, including correcting the comma splice.

In this lesson, students will learn that the language of casual exchanges on mobile devices is not acceptable in formal writing. They also develop some case sensitivity, the ability to use capital letters appropriately as you proofread...