Key Strategies for Teaching Editing: Punctuation, Grammar, and Spelling
Jan 2009 · Portage & Main Press
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Editing-the next step in writing once the key ideas are put on paper-can be difficult to teach. For teachers, it is often difficult to find lessons to engage students in the process. For students, editing is frequently an afterthought. In Key Strategies for Teaching Editing, the authors present interesting meaningful ways to teach students good editing skills. Leochko and Rossi also show how students who use these editing skills can become good writers.Key Strategies is divided into three sections: punctuation, grammar, and spelling. Each section has several lessons. Each lesson includes:Reference Sheet - mini-lesson about rules and usageEditing Sheet - authentic piece of writing that gives students opportunities to apply writing conventions in meaningful waysAnswer Key - answers for the editing sheet
Editing-the next step in writing once the key ideas are put on paper-can be difficult to teach. For teachers, it is often difficult to find lessons to engage students in the process. For students, editing is frequently an afterthought. In Key Strategies for Teaching Editing, the authors present i...
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Dave Leochko, a grade 6 teacher in Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been teaching for the past 24 years. He is the co-author of two other books published by Portage & Main Press, Guiding Readers Through Non-fiction and Literature Circles: Tools and Techniques. In his spare time, Dave enjoys the outdoors, photography, and boxing.
Tom Rossi has been teaching for the past 25 years. He is an administrator of an elementary school in Winnipeg. He is the co-author of Guiding Readers Through Non-fiction. In his spare time, Tom enjoys boxing, running, and spending time with his wife, Sharon, and their pups, Bella and Bindi.
Dave Leochko, a grade 6 teacher in Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been teaching for the past 24 years. He is the co-author of two other books published by Portage & Main Press, Guiding Readers Through Non-fiction and Literature Circles: Tools and Techniques. In his spare time, Dave enjoys the outdoors, ...
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