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PROOFREADING
of Open Court Correlated LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM
PROOFREADING
for individuals &
small groups with
SLD
ProofreadingTeacher/ Tutor
first sit on your hands•leave the red pen in the drawer
read the students’ text•focus on the communicative intent
• • •
Proofreading Find the most frequent error
ERRORS •Spelling•Structure -- sentence or paragraph•Punctuation•Grammar•Other
Proofreading
.
•SPELLING RULES • there/their
•CONSISTENT VERB TENSE•DIGRESSION FROM TOPIC
• etc.
•
SENTENCE LIFTING
Find the most frequent error
Copy down as many examples as you can Label the papers
REVISE
Sentence Lifting Put the best examples (3 or 4) of the error on the board
Ask student(s) if they can find an error
Invite one student to correct the error
• Sentence Lifting Student comes to board and corrects
error using colored chalk
My most exciting and
boring experiences. [may be very different than yours.]
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Example of error/Sentence lifting
Smoking is bad for you because it gives you lung cancer and later on in life you can die from smoking.
Smoking is bad for you because it gives you lung cancer and L later on in life you can die from smoking.
PROOFREADING
Student explains correction
Mini-teaching lessonContinue with all examples
Proofreading
Explain “R” and “OK”Give papers backErase the boardAsk students to proofread for this one skill if they have an “R”
Let’s make a rule!
Use a period at the end of a sentence.
•One excellent example
Check for run-ons•One excellent example
PROOFREAD:
POST THE RULE IN THE CLASSROOMIN THE NOTEBOOK
TELL STUDENTS TO PROOFREAD FOR THE RULE
The Skill through the week(s)
Provide more practice with sentences lifted from students’ work
Use commercial material cautiously
Reinforce the “mini-lesson”
NEW ASSIGNMENT (all writing assignments)
PROOFREAD your paper
Proofread for rule # 1
Check for and. Do you have a run-on?
NEW ASSIGNMENT
COLLECT THE NEW ASSIGNMENTPUT “R” IF RULE # 1 IS VIOLATED
Find the most frequent error on this assignment
Mark papers with “R” or “OK”
PROOFREADING
Repeat the whole cycle with the two proofreading rules.
Students gradually learn to proofread
Students correct other errors
MODIFICATIONS
FOLD WRITTEN TEXT IN HALF POINT TO EACH WORD POINT AND READ ORALLY UNDERLINE WITH ERASER UNDERLINE AND READ ORALLY PROOFREAD BACKWARDS
Proofreading and EditingPublic vs. Private Writing
When writing a draft, skip lines
Use the computer: SOLO Write OUTLOUD, COWRITER, & DRAFT-BUILDER
EDITING/PROOFREADING BE PATIENT– THESE ARE VERY
DIFFICULT SKILLS
INFORM PARENTS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ABOUT HOW YOU ARE TEACHING THESE SKILLS.
