Editing Personal Narratives for Kids

This video tutorial focuses on editing personal narratives. It covers the importance of editing for clarity and sharing, and provides detailed guidance on correcting spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors. The tutorial includes examples from a personal story about getting a new dog, demonstrating how to identify and fix common mistakes. The video concludes with a preview of the next episode, which will focus on publishing the edited narrative.

What is the main goal of editing a personal narrative?

• To change the story completely

• To ensure the story is clear and understandable

• To make the story fictional

• To make the story longer

What does editing involve besides spelling?

• Drawing pictures

• Changing the story's ending

• Checking punctuation and capitalization

• Counting the words

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What should you check first when editing spelling?

• The color of the ink used

• The number of paragraphs

• If sight words are spelled correctly

• The length of the words

How can you correct spelling mistakes?

• By guessing the spelling

• Changing the topic

• Using a dictionary

• Ignoring them

What is a key aspect of editing punctuation?

• Removing all punctuation marks

• Ensuring punctuation marks are in the correct places

• Using only question marks

• Changing all periods to exclamation marks

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What should you do if a sentence continues to the next line?

• Start a new sentence

• Add a period at the end of the first line

• Use an exclamation point

• Not add a punctuation mark until the sentence actually ends

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What type of punctuation mark is used to show excitement?

• Period

• Colon

• Comma

• Exclamation point

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Which word always needs to be capitalized?

• foot

• store

• I

• dog

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Why is capitalization important in writing?

• It is only important for names

• It ensures proper grammar and readability

• It helps to highlight keywords

• It makes the text look bigger

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

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When should a word be capitalized?

• When it is a specific name

• At the end of a sentence

• When it is a verb

• Every word in a sentence

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

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