Tired of Being a Red Ink Slave to Corrections?

What if you shift the burden of correcting to the student where it belongs? You can do this by integrating editing skills into the writing process from day one. If you establish simple routines by editing every day you can chip a way at the persistent problems without bleeding red ink after school and every weekend. – Many teachers use a daily oral language approach. Let's make it a daily integrated editing exploration approach and stop correcting for our students! – Encourage students to re-read their work at every stage of the writing process. – Be sure students read their own work aloud. – Introduce and use the basic proofreading symbols – Start each class with a brief editing sponge or transitional activity. – Periodically assemble a list of Editing Essentials to tally the collective skills of the group – Collect and organize mentor sentences for modeling usage and grammar concepts – Throughout the year, have… – (Source: TheWritingTeacher.org, via ENglishCompanion diigo group)

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