PROOFREADING - EDITING YOUR WRITING: WORKSHEETS AND ANSWERS

These Worksheets with Answers are perfect for teaching Proofreading - Editing your Writing. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement.

After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to:

• Identify the correct meaning of proofreading symbols or marks.
• List the components of a proofreading checklist.
• Apply proofreading symbols to identify the appropriate use of them in a text.
• Identify grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors in a given text.
• Fix grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors in a given text.
• Use proofreading process to aid cohesion in writing.

This Download Includes:

• EXERCISE 1: Match the symbols of proofreading (1-14) with their meanings (A-N).
• EXERCISE 2: Match the proofreading marks (1-10) with their meanings.
• EXERCISE 3: Watch the video - Editing Your Writing – and prepare a checklist for proof reading.
• EXERCISE 4: Use proofreading symbols to edit the text.
• EXERCISE 5: Use proofreading letters/marks and acronyms to edit the text.
• EXERCISE 6: Analyse and proofread the text to identify the errors – Part 1-2.
• EXERCISE 7: Exercise error identification to ensure accuracy and correctness – Part 1-2.
• EXERCISE 8: Chose any one of the following task to demonstrate your proofreading skills.
• EXERCISE 9: Proofread the following text and correct by selecting the suitable option.
• EXERCISE 10: Proofread and correct the following passages – Part 1-4.