EDITING

EDITING

We're going to review SPELLING, CAPITALIZATION, and PUNCTUATION

Multiple Choice

What do we do when we edit our writing?

• Finish our writing

• Put all of our words down on paper from our planning

• Look at and fix any punctuation, spelling, and capitalization errors

• Plan our writing

Editing is where we look at our writing and fix any punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.

THIS IS THE FOURTH STEP OF THE WRITING PROCESS

Capitalization means using capital, or upper-case, letters. Capitalization of place names, family names, and days of the week are all standard in English. Using capital letters at the start of a sentence and capitalizing all the letters in a word for emphasis are both examples of capitalization.

CAPITALIZATION

Punctuation means breaking apart a piece of text using spaces and symbols known as punctuation marks. Punctuation is an essential part of writing because it helps to make a piece of text easier for a reader to understand.

Examples include . . .

PUNCTUATION

PERIOD . - makes a statement

EXCLAMATION POINT ! - shows excitement

QUESTION MARK ? - asks a question

COMMA , - breaks up sentences

Fill in the Blanks

What is the exclamation mark?

Fill in the Blanks

Type the question mark

Fill in the Blanks

What is the period mark?

Fill in the Blanks

Type a comma

SPELLING

Look through your writing. Does something look mispelled? Try these sites and RESEARCH the word to figure out the right spelling.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/kids

OR

https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/

HAPPY EDITING

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