Editing a persuasive letter about school uniform | English

Starter quiz

True or false? A conclusion is the opening paragraph in a non-fiction text.
- True
- False ✓
Fill in the blank. The conclusion is the last __________ that summarises the key information of the letter.
- paragraph ✓
- sentence
- word
'Yours sincerely' is an example of which of these?
- a veiled threat
- a complimentary close ✓
- presumption
True or false? A purpose of the conclusion is to start a new argument.
- True
- False ✓
True or false? A purpose of the conclusion is to encourage action, thought or a response.
- True ✓
- False
Match the persuasive techniques to their definitions.
- veiled threat
  
  ⇔
  
  a threat that is not directly stated but implied ✓
- presumption
  
  ⇔
  
  the act of believing something to be true ✓
- flattery
  
  ⇔
  
  excessive praise, given especially to further one's own interest ✓

True or false? Editing is the process of making changes to improve writing to ensure text flow and overall quality.
- True ✓
- False
Which of these is the job of an editor?
- re-write the whole text
- check for mistakes in punctuation ✓
- check only for punctuation
- check for improvements to sentence structure ✓
When we edit punctuation in a non-fiction text, which three of these do we check to see if they're missing or incorrectly used?
- capital letters ✓
- commas ✓
- handwriting
- apostrophes ✓
What is the punctuation mistake in this sentence? "Firstly I believe having a uniform for all schools would be a good idea because it would be much cheaper for parents and carers."
- missing full stop
- full stop in the wrong place
- missing comma after fronted adverbial ✓
Which of these sentences is missing a word?
- School uniform helps to make everyone feel included.
- School uniform helps to children recognisable on trips. ✓
- School uniform helps to stop competitiveness between pupils.
What is the mistake in this sentence? Parents and carers, which are often rushing in the morning, would appreciate not having to help their child decide what to wear.
- missing comma after fronted adverbial
- missing comma after embedded relative clause
- wrong relative pronoun ✓

Editing is the process of improving writing to ensure text flow and overall quality.
Editing involves making improvements to a piece of writing without completely rewriting it.
Editing is a vital part of the writing process.

Pupils may think that editing involves re-writing most or all of the text.

Teach pupils that editing involves checking for mistakes and making small tweaks to the text.

Editing - to revise or redraft writing in order to make changes, correct mistakes and improve its overall quality
Punctuation - the use of recognised symbols which turn a collection of words into a logical, structured piece of writing
Grammar - the rules used to structure language
Sentence structure - refers to the way words are arranged and organised within sentences to convey meaning
Vocabulary - the language choices made by the writer