editing

WALHT develop **editing skills** by making great word choices and re-organising ideas within sentences. Why? Because all good writers make changes to their writing to improve it! To be successful; Ø Begin with a simple sentence. e.g. **The old cat.** Ø Think about what vocabulary & language features you can use to improve the sentence. (e.g. adjectives, verbs, adverbs, similes, idioms etc). Ø Add your new ideas to the sentence. e.g. **The** lazy **old cat** purred. Ø Re-read the new sentence. Ask yourself ‘What else could I add to this sentence to make it more interesting? Could I add more information about the subject, add to the scene, include speech? Ø Add your new ideas to the sentence – add one idea at time. Ø Remember to make smart choices that will improve the sentence. Ø Always re-read your sentence as you add each idea. This will help you to be focused. // __Finished__: // // Suddenly purring, **the cat** was no longer **lazy** as it took his **old** bones towards the fridge toward the tasty smell of fish. // __Modelling book__: Use post-it notes. Write each word on a separate post-it note, then you can move them around. __Wiki__: Use the link ‍** Growing The Text�2�. **Log into our class account on [] and begin. || toc ‍‍media type="custom" key="9405146" ‍‍
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Punctuation
For this activity you need to listen to yourself reading (with fluency) and see where the punctuation should be - **the full stops and commas have been removed.** You need to work together as a group to put the punctuation back into the paragraph in the correct places. Remember to LISTEN to yourselves reading because when you naturally pause in your reading you often need punctuation in that place. Good luck!


 * ** Read the paragraph and then do your editing on the __copy of the paragraph below it__ ** ||  ||
 * Horses stallions mares and foals

A male horse is called a stallion a female horse is called a mare and a baby horse is called a foal A mare has one foal at a time She can have her first foal when she is three years old ||  ||
 * ** Edit the paragraph below ** ||  ||
 * Horses stallions mares and foals
 * Horses stallions mares and foals
 * Horses stallions mares and foals

A male horse is called a stallion a female horse is called a mare and a baby horse is called a foal A mare has one foal at a time She can have her first foal when she is three years old ||  ||