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Here are the teacher pack items for The Art of Editing:
Overview In this experience, students learn to identify and edit run-ons and subject-verb agreement in complex sentences. Next they develop an editing checklist. Finally, they edit an excerpt. Students will collaborate in small groups for Scene 3. Note that additional rules are covered in the experiences Capitalization and Punctuation and Commonly Confused Words. Objectives Duration
Ask for a volunteer to identify the problem with the text on this billboard.
When writing even something as short as a billboard, it is important to edit your work. When you edit your work, you read with fresh eyes and look for minor errors that need to be corrected. In this experience, you will learn rules and strategies that you can apply when editing your work.
Objectives
Search the Internet for a sign that needs a good editor and post it to the canvas below.
Give students a few minutes to search for images. Then ask for volunteers to present and explain their examples. Make sure that they can explain what the error is and how they would fix it.
