Editing Improving our Writing.

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Editing- Improving our Writing.

• To understand how writing can be improved by
  checking and making changes.

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This piece of work needs correcting or
editing.There are mistakes in the punctuation
and spelling.

• the gardean angle
• by Karen Broad age 7 ½.
• the angle was yelow and golden it had siver
  wings and a prety dres it floted on a litle wite
  clowd up in the skie the angle watchd over the
  gril as she sleeped in her cozy warm bed

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Look at this piece of writing, can you correct
the errors by editing the sentences? Check the
spellings and the punctuation!

• the gril woked up sudenly and she loked at the
  prety angle on the clowd I shall mak a wish the
  gril wisperd to herself the girl new that the
  angle would mak it come tru

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L.O. To understand how writing can be improved by
checking and making changes.

• Each group will be given a separate part of the
  story to edit.
• Read it carefully to make sense of the sentences.
• Check the punctuation and spelling.
• Set it out neatly on the page.
• Best joined handwriting needed!

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L.O. To improve the detail of a story to make it
more interesting for the reader.

• The magical angel was glittering and golden it
  had silver, sparkling wings and a shimmering
  dress.
• It hovered on a fluffy, feathery cloud up in
  the midnight atmosphere.
• The mystic angel gazed quietly over the girl as
  she slept in her queen-sized, quilted bed.

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Remember to add powerful verbs, adverbs and
description.

• The girl woke up suddenly and she looked at the
  pretty angel on the cloud.
• I shall make a wish, the girl whispered to
  herself. The girl knew that the angel would make
  it come true.