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20 Editing Worksheets - Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation
Twenty editing worksheets for spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Use these spelling, grammar and punctuation worksheets when learning about editing a piece of text.
This teaching resource includes twenty pieces of text, with twenty errors in each.
Both literary and factual texts are provided. Pieces of text include:
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Wall of China
- MP3 Players and Your Hearing
- The Solar System
- Soccer
- Dreaming
- Why Our Bodies Need Water
- Bees
- Thunderstorms
- Cathy Freeman
- Journey into the Rainforest
- Tropical Rainforests
- Deep-Sea Diving
- Professor Fizz’s Potion
- Beth’s Birthday
- Brad’s Bath
- The Treehouse
- Mia’s Magic Moment
- Bruno’s Big Adventure
- One Little Seed.
Each text has a sheet with editing marks already provided, as well as a sheet with space to add your class’s specific editing marks. Also provided are answers sheets and extra paper to write on.
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NSW Curriculum alignment
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCELY300
Reread and edit for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure
- VCELY330
Reread and edit own and others’ work using agreed criteria for text structures and language features
- VCELY359
Reread and edit own and others’ work using agreed criteria and explaining editing choices
Australian Curriculum alignment
- 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...
- ACELY1705
Re-read and edit studentâs own and othersâ work using agreed criteria for text structures and language featuresElaborationsediting for flow and sense, organisation of ideas and choice of language, revising and trying new approaches if an el...
- ACELY1715
Re-read and edit studentsâ own and othersâ work using agreed criteria and explaining editing choicesElaborationsediting for coherence, sequence, effective choice of vocabulary, opening devices, dialogue and description, humour and pathos, a...
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that was good for my kids
Payton Vincent · 7 days ago
Hi Payton,
It is so good to hear that this resource worked well! Thank you for taking the time to comment!
Tom (Teach Starter) · 6 days ago
wow this is great, can we have some more
Enah Chapman · Sep 9th, 2020
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Royce (Teach Starter) · Sep 10th, 2020
Would so like more of these, so good.
Bernadette Nicholas · Aug 18th, 2020
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Stephanie (Teach Starter) · Aug 18th, 2020
This is so good
Lily Kour · Jun 12th, 2020
We’re glad you like them, Lily!
Paul (Teach Starter) · Jun 14th, 2020
yeah this is amazing
Lily Kour · Jun 14th, 2020
Another series of these would be brilliant! Such a great resource!
Juliet Johns · Apr 30th, 2019
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Kristian · May 1st, 2019
Could this please be made editable to better suit my school’s editing code?
Graeme Andrews · Jul 13th, 2017
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Thank you for your comment and for your suggestion. I can see that you have requested this change via our Request a Resource function. We will notify you via email when we begin to work on this resource.
Kind regards
Jill
Jill (Teach Starter) · Jul 19th, 2017