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Peer editing the opening of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'

I can edit my own and my peer's opening paragraph of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky'.

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Peer editing the opening of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'

I can edit my own and my peer's opening paragraph of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky'.

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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, inverted commas & commas are 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.

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

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.

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. If you have time, pupils could also edit their build-up.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
The gallant young man’s eyes widened in fear
Correct answer: The gallant young man’s eyes widened in fear.
the gallant young man’s eyes widened in fear.
the gallant young man’s eyes widened in fear
Q2.
Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?
‘‘Beware of the deadly, savage Jabberwock the father warned.
Correct answer: ‘‘Beware of the deadly, savage Jabberwock,'' the father warned.
Beware of the deadly, savage Jabberwock,'' the father warned.
‘‘Beware of the deadly, savage Jabberwock'' the father warned.
Q3.
'Above the enchanted forest,' is an example of which of these?
Correct answer: fronted adverbial
subordinate clause
expanded noun phrase
subordinating conjunction
Q4.
Match the word class to its definition.
Correct Answer:adjective,a word that describes a noun

a word that describes a noun

Correct Answer:adverb,a word that describes a verb

a word that describes a verb

Correct Answer:noun,a naming word for a person, place or thing

a naming word for a person, place or thing

Correct Answer:verb,a doing, being or having word

a doing, being or having word

Q5.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
As his heart pounded against his chest his blood ran cold.
As, his heart pounded, against his chest his blood ran cold.
Correct answer: As his heart pounded against his chest, his blood ran cold.
As his heart pounded against, his chest his blood ran cold.
Q6.
A sentence is formed of two main clauses joined with a co-ordinating conjunction.
Correct Answer: compound, Compound

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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 key terms to their definitions.
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? 'The young man was scared, __________ he bravely headed towards the danger.
or
Correct answer: but
if
and
Q4.
Which of these should we do 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 would you most likely find in a piece of descriptive narrative writing?
The forest was 5km east of the mountains.
I went for a walk in the forest.
Correct answer: In the shadows, strange creatures tormented the heart of the forest.