Editing two sections of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make purposeful edits to the first two sections of a non-chronological report about the Portia spider.
Key learning points
- Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing.
- When editing punctuation, missing or incorrectly used capital letters, full stops and commas are all checked.
- When editing sentence structure, the way sentences are constructed is checked to improve and enhance text flow.
- When editing language, choices of words and phrases are carefully reviewed.
Keywords
Editing - the process of improving writing to improve text flow and overall quality
Punctuation - a set of standardised symbols and marks used in written language to structure sentences
Sentence structure - the way words are arranged within a sentence to convey meaning
Language - the use of specific words and phrases to convey a meaning
Common misconception
Pupils may think that editing means correcting spelling and handwriting.
Editing involves improving language choices, sentence structure and enhancing the overall quality and effectiveness of the writing.
Teacher tip
Provide pupils with word banks so that they can up-level and improve their language choices. Allow them opportunities to practise editing on mini whiteboards.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Q2.Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Q3.Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Q4.Match the word class to its definition.
a doing or being word
a word that describes a noun
a naming word for people, places or things
a word that describes a verb
Q5.Match the term to its definition.
contains a verb and makes complete sense
contains a verb and does not make complete sense
a word that joins two main clauses
a word that joins a main and subordinate clause
Q6.What punctuation mark separates two adjectives in an expanded noun phrase?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is editing?
Q2.Match the word to its definition.
a set of symbols and marks used to structure sentences
the way words are arranged and organised within sentences
use of specific words and phrases to convey a meaning
Q3.Which sentence is accurately punctuated with capital letters?
Q4.Which conjunction should join these two clauses together? The Portia spider has superb vision _______ it has eight eyes.
Q5.Tick one thing we should do when editing sentence structure.
Q6.Tick two things we should do when making improvements to language choices.
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