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Peer editing the paragraph about King Tut’s death

I can edit my own and my peer's section about the death of King Tut in a non-chronological report.

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Peer editing the paragraph about King Tut’s death

I can edit my own and my peer's section about the death of King Tut in a non-chronological report.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing.
  2. Editing can be done by oneself, with a peer or with a teacher.
  3. When editing punctuation, missing or incorrectly used capital letters, full stops and commas are all checked.
  4. When editing sentence structure, the way sentences are constructed is checked to improve and enhance text flow.
  5. When editing language, choices of words and phrases are carefully reviewed.

Common misconception

Pupils may think that editing means correcting spelling and handwriting only.

Editing involves improving language choices, sentence structure and enhancing the overall quality and effectiveness of the writing.

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

  • Vocabulary - the use of specific words and phrases to convey a meaning

Provide pupils with word banks so that they can upgrade and improve their language choices. Ensure that you give a clear amount of time for each editing chunk and allow pupils opportunities to practise editing on mini-whiteboards. Pupils could also use this lesson to edit the rest of their reports.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
king Tut died at the age of nineteen.
King Tut died at the age of nineteen
king Tut died at the age of nineteen
Correct answer: King Tut died at the age of nineteen.
Q2.
'two unborn, mummified children' is an example of which of these?
a fronted adverbial
a subordinate clause
Correct answer: an expanded noun phrase
an adjective
Q3.
Match the word class to its example.
Correct Answer:verb,discovered

discovered

Correct Answer:adverb,sadly

sadly

Correct Answer:noun,tomb

tomb

Correct Answer:adjective,expensive

expensive

Q4.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
When King Tut died his body was mummified.
Correct answer: When King Tut died, his body was mummified.
When, King Tut died his body was mummified.
When, King Tut died, his body was mummified.
Q5.
A sentence is formed of two main clauses joined with a co-ordinating conjunction.
Correct Answer: compound, Compound
Q6.
What must a clause contain?
an adverb
an adjective
Correct answer: a verb
a full stop

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is editing?
rewriting a whole piece of text
Correct answer: making improvements in language choices
Correct answer: making improvements to sentence structure
only correcting mistakes
Q2.
Match the term to its definition:
Correct Answer:sentence structure,the way words are arranged and organised within sentences

the way words are arranged and organised within sentences

Correct Answer:vocabulary,language choices made by a writer

language choices made by a writer

Correct Answer:punctuation,a set of symbols and marks used to structure sentences

a set of symbols and marks used to structure sentences

Q3.
Which conjunction should join the following two clauses together? 'Scientists are not exactly sure how King Tut died, __________ they believe it was malaria or an infected leg.'
or
Correct answer: but
when
as
Q4.
Which one of these should we do first when editing sentence structure?
Check that language choices are ambitious to engage the reader.
Check for missing commas.
Correct answer: Check that we've used a range of different sentence types to make the text flow.
Q5.
What should we do when making improvements to language choices?
Correct answer: Check that language choices are ambitious.
Check for missing full stops.
Check for missing capital letters.
Correct answer: Check the language matches the text type.
Q6.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Interestingly King Tut was buried with a crown, jewellery and a throne.
Interestingly, King Tut was buried with a crown, jewellery, and a throne.
Correct answer: Interestingly, King Tut was buried with a crown, jewellery and a throne.
Interestingly King Tut was buried with a crown jewellery and a throne.