Starter quiz
- Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
- 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.
- the gallant young man’s eyes widened in fear
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- Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?
- ‘‘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.
- ‘‘Beware of the deadly, savage Jabberwock'' the father warned.
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- 'Above the enchanted forest,' is an example of which of these?
- fronted adverbial ✓
- subordinate clause
- expanded noun phrase
- subordinating conjunction
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- Match the word class to its definition.
- adjective⇔a word that describes a noun ✓
- adverb⇔a word that describes a verb ✓
- noun⇔a naming word for a person, place or thing ✓
- verb⇔a doing, being or having word ✓
- 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.
- As his heart pounded against his chest, his blood ran cold. ✓
- As his heart pounded against, his chest his blood ran cold.
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- A ______ sentence is formed of two main clauses joined with a co-ordinating conjunction.
- 'compound' ✓
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 key terms to their definitions.
- 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? 'The young man was scared, __________ he bravely headed towards the danger.
- or
- but ✓
- if
- and
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- Which of these should we do 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 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.
- In the shadows, strange creatures tormented the heart of the forest. ✓
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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, inverted commas & commas are 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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