Edit my writing 4/13/23

What is editing?

• Fixing the mistakes in your writing.

• Revising the content of your writing.

• Fixing the spelling in your writing.

• Fixing the capitalization in your writing.

What can we fix in our writing?

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• grammar/usage

• spelling

• punctuation

• capitalization

What do you ask when you edit for grammar?

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• Do my sentences sound right?

• Did I use nouns and verbs correctly?

• Do I have periods?

• Did I spell correcly?

EDIT this sentence for grammar/usage:

Do you likes cats?

• Do you like cats?

• Does you likes cats?

• Do you all like cats?

• Do you like dogs?

When you edit for spelling, you should ask:

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• Did I spell sight words correctly?

• Did I sue word chunks that I know?

• Did I stretch out every word?

• Do I have periods?

Edit this sentence for spelling:

You kan get a cat from a setr.

• You can get a cat from a shelter.

• You can get a cat from a setr.

• You kan get a cat from a shelter.

• You acn get a cat from a shetr.

When you edit for capitalization, you ask yourself:

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• Did I capitalize the first letter of the first word of every sentence?

• Did I capitalize the names of people and places?

• Did I capitalize the word "I"?

• Did I make all the other letters lowercase?

Not in the video, but you should know this!

For book titles, what should you capitalize?

• The first letter and all the important words.

• All the important words.

• The first letter

• All the words.

Edit this book title:

• The Last Kids on Earth

• The last kids on earth

• The Last Kids On Earth

• the last kids on earth

Edit this sentence for capitalization:

next take the Cat to the vet.

• Next take the cat to the vet.

• Next take the Cat to the vet.

• next take the cat to the vet.

• Next take the cat to the Vet.