Editing a narrative based on 'The Man on the Moon' | English

Starter quiz

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
- the young girl looked through her telescope
- the young girl looked through her telescope.
- The young girl looked through her telescope
- The young girl looked through her telescope. ✓
'The excited, determined girl' is an example of which of these?
- a fronted adverbial
- a subordinate clause
- an expanded noun phrase ✓
- an adjective
Match the word class to its example.
- verb
  
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  glimpsed ✓
- adverb
  
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  slowly ✓
- adjective
  
  ⇔
  
  barren ✓
- noun
  
  ⇔
  
  staircase ✓
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
- As the girl looked through her telescope her eyes widened in surprise.
- As the girl looked through her telescope, her eyes widened in surprise. ✓
- As, the girl looked through her telescope her eyes widened in surprise.
- As the girl looked through her telescope her eyes widened, in surprise.
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

What is editing?
- rewriting a whole piece of text
- making improvements in language choices ✓
- making improvements to sentence structure ✓
- only correcting mistakes
Match the word 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 sentence is accurately punctuated with capital letters?
- excitedly, Lily raced to get home.
- Excitedly, Lily raced to get home. ✓
- excitedly, lily raced to get Home.
- Excitedly, lily raced to get home.
Which conjunction should join these two clauses together? 'Lily was determined to send her letter to the moon, __________ nothing was working.'
- when
- but ✓
- or
- if
What should we do when editing sentence structure?
- Check that language choices are ambitious to engage the reader.
- Check for missing commas.
- Use a mix of sentence types to ensure our writing flows for the reader. ✓
What should we do when making improvements to language choices?
- Check 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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Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing.
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.

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.

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