PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper
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Letter to the editor<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Apostrophes to show possession<br />
• Capital letters for proper nouns<br />
• Question marks<br />
• Quotation marks for direct speech<br />
Spelling<br />
• Confused words: not/knot<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
Grammar<br />
• Subject-verb agreement<br />
• Pronouns<br />
Teacher information<br />
A discussion text can analyse, interpret <strong>and</strong> evaluate. Its purpose is to persuade by presenting one side<br />
of an argument.<br />
Answers<br />
12 March 2006<br />
Dear Sir<br />
I am concerned about the Lillydale Council’s proposal<br />
to chop down 20 trees in Baker Park to make way for<br />
an outdoor cinema. Baker Park’s trees are precious.<br />
Some of them are more than 50 years old <strong>and</strong> they<br />
provide many animals <strong>and</strong> birds with a home.<br />
Councillor C<strong>and</strong>ace Quigley said yesterday ‘Baker Park<br />
is the only possible site for the cinema’.<br />
She is not correct. There are three other parks in the local<br />
area, all of which have plenty of treeless space for the<br />
cinema. Why not use one of these?<br />
An outdoor cinema would be a wonderful addition to<br />
our community’s facilities, but not at the cost of our<br />
environment. What are other people’s opinions?<br />
Yours faithfully<br />
Charlotte Johnson<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
proposal<br />
chop<br />
are<br />
them<br />
provide<br />
yesterday<br />
cinema<br />
She<br />
have<br />
not<br />
wonderful<br />
facilities<br />
are<br />
Answers<br />
1. (a) Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
(b) Teacher check<br />
2. (a) Verbs are underlined.<br />
are, provide, have, are<br />
(b) Pronouns are underlined in bold.<br />
them (it), She (Her)<br />
3. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
proposal, chop, yesterday, cinema, not, wonderful, facilities<br />
60 <strong>Proofreading</strong> <strong>and</strong> editing skills Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com
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