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Re-read student's own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation
Elaborations
- adding or deleting words on page or screen to improve meaning, for example adding an adjective to a noun (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- reading the students' own work aloud to listen for grammatical correctness: checking use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- checking for inclusion of capital letters and full stops (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- identifying words which might not be spelt correctly (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- beginning to use dictionaries and classroom charts to check and correct spelling of less familiar words (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
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Year 1 Editing Passages
Use this set of Year 1 editing passages to help your students demonstrate their spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge.
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Procedural Writing Checklists
Use these procedural writing checklists when teaching your students how to editing their procedure texts.
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ARMS and COPS - Editing Posters and Checklists (Portrait)
Encourage your students to proofread and edit their writing using the C.O.P.S. and A.R.M.S acronyms with a pair of printable writing posters.
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Writing Conventions Checklist
Get your students using this writing conventions checklist to edit their work across multiple genres.
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ARMS and COPS - Editing Posters and Checklists (Landscape)
Encourage your students to proofread and edit their writing using the C.O.P.S. and A.R.M.S acronyms with a pair of printable writing posters.
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Writing Conventions Poster
Get your students using this writing conventions poster to edit their work across multiple genres.
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Exploring Informative Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the informative genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of information reports.
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Exploring Persuasive Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the persuasive genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of persuasive texts.
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Exploring Narrative Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit uses fairy tales to introduce the narrative text type to younger students. It addresses the structure, characters and language features of a narrative.
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Exploring Procedural Texts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce procedural texts to younger students. It addresses the purpose, structure and language features of instructions and recipes.
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Modelled Writing - How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple procedure about a familiar experience.
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Animal Information Report - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple information report about an animal in pairs.
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Proofreading and Editing - Narrative Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.
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Animal Fact Book - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently create an informative fact book about an animal.
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Independent Writing - How to Make Bush Stew
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a recipe for bush stew.
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Publishing a Recipe Book
A 60 minute lesson in which students will publish a simple recipe for bush stew.
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Personal Recounts - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience in pairs.
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Guided Writing - How To Make Fruit Salad
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple recipe for fruit salad in small groups.
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Personal Recounts - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience.
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Eat Your Peas - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently construct a simple persuasive text about a familiar situation.
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What Pet Should I Get? - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple persuasive text on a familiar situation in pairs.