Starter quiz
- 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
- King Tut died at the age of nineteen. ✓
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- 'two unborn, mummified children' is an example of which of these?
- a fronted adverbial
- a subordinate clause
- an expanded noun phrase ✓
- an adjective
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- Match the word class to its example.
- verb⇔discovered ✓
- adverb⇔sadly ✓
- noun⇔tomb ✓
- adjective⇔expensive ✓
- Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
- When King Tut died his body was mummified.
- When King Tut died, his body was mummified. ✓
- When, King Tut died his body was mummified.
- When, King Tut died, his body was mummified.
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- A ______ sentence is formed of two main clauses joined with a co-ordinating conjunction.
- 'compound' ✓
- What must a clause contain?
- an adverb
- an adjective
- a verb ✓
- a full stop
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Exit quiz
- What is editing?
- rewriting a whole piece of text
- making improvements in language choices ✓
- making improvements to sentence structure ✓
- only correcting mistakes
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- Match the term to its definition:
- sentence structure⇔the way words are arranged and organised within sentences ✓
- vocabulary⇔language choices made by a writer ✓
- punctuation⇔a set of symbols and marks used to structure sentences ✓
- 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
- but ✓
- when
- as
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- 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.
- Check that we've used a range of different sentence types to make the text flow. ✓
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- What should we do when making improvements to language choices?
- Check that language choices are ambitious. ✓
- Check for missing full stops.
- Check for missing capital letters.
- Check the language matches the text type. ✓
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- 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.
- Interestingly, King Tut was buried with a crown, jewellery and a throne. ✓
- Interestingly King Tut was buried with a crown jewellery and a throne.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing.
- Editing can be done by oneself, with a peer or with a teacher.
- 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.
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
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