PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper
Activity content overview Activity content Page number PUNCTUATION 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 Full stops • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Capital letters: begin. of sentences • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • proper nouns • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • in titles • • • Question marks • • • • • • • Exclamation marks • • • • • • • Commas: in a list • • • • • • • • • • • grammatical • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Apostrophes: contractions • • • • • • • • • possession • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Quotation marks • • • • • • • Colons in titles • • • • offset lists • • • • • • Brackets • • Hyphens • • • • • • • • • SPELLING Misspelt words • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Confused words • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plurals: adding ‘s’ and ‘es’ • • • • • • • change ‘y’ to ‘i’ • Rule: ‘i’ before ‘e’ • Viewing Sample Des. TEXT TYPE N Disc. Rep. Rec. Expl. Des. N P Rec. Des. N Rep. Disc. N Rec. Disc. Rep. Rec. Des. N Disc. N Rec. Des. Expl. Rec. Expl. N Disc. Rep. Expl. P Expl. Rec. N Rep. Des. Disc. P Rep. P viii Proofreading and editing skills Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com
Activity content Page number GRAMMAR 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 Nouns: common nouns • • • • • collective nouns • Pronouns • • • • • • • Adjectives • • • • • • • • • • Verbs • • • Verb tenses • • • • • • • • • • Subject-verb agreement • • • • • • • • • • • • Adverbs • • • • • • • • • • • Prepositions • • • • • • Conjunctions • • • • • Indefinite article: ‘a’ or ‘an’ • • VOCABULARY Enrichment • • • • • • Synonyms • • • • • Antonyms • • • • Compound words • • • • • • Shortened forms • • WRITING Paragraphs • • • Double negatives • • • • • • • Des. TEXT TYPE N Disc. Rep. Rec. Expl. Des. N P Rec. Des. N Rep. Disc. N Rec. Disc. Rep. Rec. Des. N Disc. N Rec Des. Expl. Rec. Expl. N Disc. Rep. Expl. P Expl. Rec. N Rep Des. Disc. P Rep. Viewing Sample P Narrative – N Explanation – Expl. Procedure – P Recount – Rec. Report – Rep. Discussion – Disc. Description – Des. Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com Proofreading and editing skills ix
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- Page 3 and 4: Foreword Proofreading and editing s
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- Page 11 and 12: Quotation marks Quotation marks are
- Page 13 and 14: Prepositions Prepositions show the
- Page 15 and 16: Discussion Teacher information Writ
- Page 17 and 18: Pupil recount checklist Writing for
- Page 19 and 20: Pupil explanation checklist Writing
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- Page 23 and 24: Pupil proofreading and editing chec
- Page 25 and 26: Tasmanian devil Read the descriptio
- Page 27 and 28: Dream catcher Read the legend from
- Page 29 and 30: Robotic pets Read the discussion te
- Page 31 and 32: Mars Read the report. Mars the red
- Page 33 and 34: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark Read
- Page 35 and 36: Why do stars twinkle? Read the expl
- Page 37 and 38: Chinatown Read the description. whi
- Page 39 and 40: Windswept poem Read the poem. Editi
- Page 41 and 42: Guard the treasure! Read the proced
- Page 43 and 44: Eyewitness account Read the recount
- Page 45 and 46: The Aquada Read the description. Ed
- Page 47 and 48: The old shed Read the narrative. Ed
- Page 49 and 50: Birthday parties Read the report. E
- Page 51 and 52: Be healthy! Be happy! Read the disc
- Page 53 and 54: The ballad of Ned Kelly Read the ba
- Page 55 and 56: Art thief arrest Read the newspaper
- Page 57 and 58: The ‘Titanic’ should be left al
Activity content overview<br />
Activity content Page number<br />
PUNCTUATION 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85<br />
Full stops<br />
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Capital letters: begin. of sentences<br />
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
proper nouns<br />
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in titles<br />
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Question marks<br />
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Exclamation marks<br />
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Commas: in a list<br />
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grammatical<br />
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Apostrophes: contractions<br />
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possession<br />
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Quotation marks<br />
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Colons in titles<br />
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offset lists<br />
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Brackets<br />
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Hyphens • • • • • • • • •<br />
SPELLING<br />
Misspelt words<br />
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Confused words<br />
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Plurals: adding ‘s’ <strong>and</strong> ‘es’<br />
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