Starter quiz
- Which passage is punctuated correctly?
- Pandas are well-known animals they have distinctive colouring.
- Pandas are well-known animals. They have distinctive colouring. ✓
- Pandas are well-known animals, they have distinctive colouring.
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- Pandas from the family Ursidae are native to China.
- Pandas (from the family Ursidae) are native to China. ✓
- Pandas (from the family Ursidae are native to China).
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- Which sentence has an appropriate tone for a non-chronological report?
- Pandas eat a crazy amount of bamboo!
- You'll never believe how much bamboo pandas eat.
- Pandas consume bamboo in vast quantities. ✓
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- Which phrases are appropriate to use in a non-chronological report to describe bamboo?
- crunchy, delicious stems
- thick, woody stems ✓
- a fast-growing plant ✓
- a plant that shoots up like a weed
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- Which passage is correctly punctuated?
- Pandas have a white fur. As a result, they can camouflage in snow. ✓
- Pandas have a white fur. As a result they can camouflage in snow.
- Pandas have a white fur. As, a result, they can camouflage in snow.
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- Which passages use cohesive devices correctly?
- Because pandas struggle to digest bamboo, they must eat a huge amount. ✓
- Pandas struggle to digest bamboo because they must eat a huge amount.
- Pandas struggle to digest bamboo. As a result, they must eat a huge amount. ✓
- Pandas must eat a huge amount of bamboo. They struggle to digest it.
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Exit quiz
- What punctuation needs to be added to this sentence? 'As a consequence of this pandas are now very rare.'
- brackets
- a comma ✓
- two commas
- a full stop
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- Which fronted adverbial could join these two sentences? Pandas eat lots of bamboo. They struggle to digest it.
- As a result,
- Due to this,
- Despite this, ✓
- Because of this,
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- What punctuation could be added to this sentence? The giant panda a much-loved mammal is native to China.
- a pair of brackets ✓
- a pair of commas ✓
- a full stop
- a single comma
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- What co-ordinating conjunction could be added to join these two sentences? Pandas now live in mountainous areas. They once lived in lowlands as well.
- and
- or
- but ✓
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- Which passage has poor text cohesion?
- Habitats have been destroyed. Pandas are very rare. ✓
- Habitats have been destroyed. As a result, pandas are very rare.
- Because habitats have been destroyed, pandas are very rare.
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- Which sentence uses vocabulary most appropriately for a non-chronological report?
- Pandas are in real trouble now.
- Pandas are threatened by several different problems. ✓
- You've got to feel sorry for pandas these days.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Editing is a critical part of the writing process.
- Writing is most successful when editing is used to rethink, rephrase and reconsider first ideas.
- Editing can be done by oneself, with a peer or with a teacher.
- Editing is most successful when it is chunked by punctuation, sentence structure, cohesion and vocabulary.
- A growth mindset helps us benefit most from editing.
Common misconception
Pupils may have difficulty in making edits to their work in a practical way - where to write extra words etc.
Writing double-spaced is a good way of allowing room for editing - or you may want to have pupils re-draft the report completely, depending on your own school approach.
Keywords
Editing - the process of revising and refining a piece of writing, focusing on improving its punctuation, sentence structures and language
Punctuation - a set of standardised symbols and marks used in written language to structure sentences
Text cohesion - refers to how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose
Vocabulary - the language choices made by the writer
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