Proofreading

Proofreading

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  Proofreading Yr 8 English
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  Learning Intention • Toexamine your text carefully to find and correct typographical errors and mistakes in grammar, style, and spelling. Success Criteria • I know how to proofread my work. • I can use the checklist to assist me with the proofreading. • I know and understand the origins of the word ‘proofreading’.
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  Key Vocabulary • spelling •grammar • punctuation • language features • sentence structure
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  GKR • With apartner, brainstorm the actions and strategies required to proofread your written text • Share your ideas with another group • Report back to the whole class What does the title tell me? What do I predict the text will be about? What can the pictures tell me? What do I already know about this topic? What words do I expect to see? What images come to mind? What will I do as I read?
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  Word Origin -proof
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  Word Origin -read
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  Before You Proofread •Be sure you've revised the larger aspects of your text. Don't make corrections at the sentence and word level if you still need to work on the focus, organisation, and development of the whole paper, of sections, or of paragraphs. • Eliminate unnecessary words before looking for mistakes. • Know what to look for. Use your checklist. https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Proofreading.html
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  Proofreading • Work froma printout, not the computer screen. • Read out loud. This is especially helpful for spotting run-on sentences, but you'll also hear other problems that you may not see when reading silently. • Use a blank sheet of paper to cover up the lines below the one you're reading. This technique keeps you from skipping ahead of possible mistakes. https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Proofreading.html
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  Proofreading • If youtend to make many mistakes, check separately for each kind of error, moving from the most to the least important, and following whatever technique works best for you to identify that kind of mistake. • End with a spelling check, using a computer spelling checker or reading backwards word by word. But remember that a spelling checker won't catch mistakes with homonyms (e.g., they're, their, there) or certain typos (like ‘he’ for ‘the’). https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Proofreading.html
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  Checklist
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  Review List: • 3 strategiesto assist with proofreading • 2 learning actions used today • 1new piece of knowledge