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Editing two sections of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

I can make purposeful edits to the first two sections of a non-chronological report about the Portia spider.

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Editing two sections of a non-chronological report about Portia spiders

I can make purposeful edits to the first two sections of a non-chronological report about the Portia spider.

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Key learning points

  1. Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing.
  2. When editing punctuation, missing or incorrectly used capital letters, full stops and commas are all checked.
  3. When editing sentence structure, the way sentences are constructed is checked to improve and enhance text flow.
  4. 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.

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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6 Questions

Q1.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
the Portia spider is a unique creature.
Correct answer: The Portia spider is a unique creature.
The Portia spider is a unique creature.
The Portia spider is a unique creature.
Q2.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
The Portia spider has brown fur?
The Portia spider has brown fur,.
Correct answer: The Portia spider has brown fur.
The Portia spider has brown fur
Q3.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Interestingly the Portia spider has eight eyes.
Interestingly the, Portia spider has eight eyes.
Correct answer: Interestingly, the Portia spider has eight eyes.
Interestingly the Portia spider has eight, eyes.
Q4.
Match the word class to its definition.
Correct Answer:verb,a doing or being word

a doing or being word

Correct Answer:adjective,a word that describes a noun

a word that describes a noun

Correct Answer:noun ,a naming word for people, places or things

a naming word for people, places or things

Correct Answer:adverb,a word that describes a verb

a word that describes a verb

Q5.
Match the term to its definition.
Correct Answer:main clause,contains a verb and makes complete sense

contains a verb and makes complete sense

Correct Answer:subordinate clause,contains a verb and does not make complete sense

contains a verb and does not make complete sense

Correct Answer:co-ordinating conjunction,a word that joins two main clauses

a word that joins two main clauses

Correct Answer:subordinating conjunction,a word that joins a main and subordinate clause

a word that joins a main and subordinate clause

Q6.
What punctuation mark separates two adjectives in an expanded noun phrase?
Correct Answer: comma, a comma, Comma

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is editing?
Correct answer: making improvements in language choices
rewriting a whole piece of text
Correct answer: making improvements to sentence structure
only correcting mistakes
Q2.
Match the word to its definition.
Correct Answer:punctuation,a set of symbols and marks used to structure sentences

a set of symbols and marks used to structure sentences

Correct Answer:sentence structure,the way words are arranged and organised within sentences

the way words are arranged and organised within sentences

Correct Answer:language,use of specific words and phrases to convey a meaning

use of specific words and phrases to convey a meaning

Q3.
Which sentence is accurately punctuated with capital letters?
The Portia spider Can jump up to fifty times its own size.
Correct answer: The Portia spider can jump up to fifty times its own size.
the Portia spider can jump up to fifty times its own size.
the Portia spider Can jump up to Fifty times its own size.
Q4.
Which conjunction should join these two clauses together? The Portia spider has superb vision _______ it has eight eyes.
but
Correct answer: because
when
Q5.
Tick one thing we should do when editing sentence structure.
Check that language choices are ambitious to engage the reader.
Check for missing commas.
Correct answer: Use a mix of sentence types to ensure our writing flows for the reader.
Q6.
Tick two things we should do when making improvements to language choices.
Correct answer: Check language choices are ambitious.
Check for missing full stops.
Correct answer: Check the language matches the text type.
Check for missing capital letters.