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Lesson Plan
Lesson 13: Narrative Skills – Proofreading and Editing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.
This lesson plan includes the following resources:
Lesson Plan
Tuning In
- Choose a slide from the Editing Passages PowerPoint – Year 3 or the Editing Passages PowerPoint – Year 4 to display on the board. Edit the chosen text together as a class and write the corrected passage on the board. Ask the students:
- What strategies did you use when trying to find the incorrect spellings and missing punctuation?
- What else might you need to look for when proofreading and editing your own writing?
- Why is proofreading and editing your own writing so important?
- Chose another slide. Allow the students to work in pairs to edit the text and write the corrected passage into their workbooks. Discuss the answer slide together as a class.
Teacher Instruction
- Explain to the students that they are going to proofread and edit the narrative text they wrote in the previous lesson.
- Discuss some editing strategies with the students (these could be recorded into workbooks for future reference). These might include:
- using a checklist for text structure and language features
- reading the text aloud to see if it sounds correct when spoken
- using common symbols when proofreading to make editing easier e.g. underlining all incorrect spellings
- using a bright pen or pencil when proofreading to ensure editing symbols stand out
- addressing one aspect of writing at a time, rather than concurrently e.g. looking for punctuation errors, then spelling errors, then grammatical errors.
Guided/Independent Learning
- In their writing pairs, allow the students time to thoroughly proofread and edit their narratives. Monitor and support the students as required.
Wrapping Up
- Allow each pair to swap their narratives with another pair. After reading the text, each pair is to provide feedback using the ‘Three Stars and A Wish’ technique (three positives and one suggestion for improvement). Teachers may wish to collect the students’ narratives in order to informally monitor student progress.
Differentiation
Extending Students
- Allow fast finishers to write an editing passage for the class containing a certain number of spelling and punctuation errors.
Supporting Students
- Allow students who find reading and writing challenging to work with a partner during the editing activity.
Assessment Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
- used strategic whole class or individual questioning
- observed student participation during learning activities
- recorded student progress on a checklist
- annotated student work samples
- collected and reviewed student work samples
- facilitated whole class or peer feedback sessions
- encouraged student self-reflection
- administered formal assessment tasks.
Victorian Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELY1683
Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuationElaborationsusing glossaries, print and digital dictionaries and spell check to edit spelling, realising that spell check accuracy depends on understanding ...
- ACELY1695
Re-read and edit for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structureElaborationsrevising written texts: editing for grammatical and spelling accuracy and clarity of the text, to improve the connection betwe...
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