Writing Project

Edit and Proofread

After you have revised your draft, check it for mistakes. Follow these steps.

Possessive Adjectives

  • my

  • your

  • his

  • her

  • its

  • our

  • your

  • their

  • 1 CHECK YOUR POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

    When you write and use an adjective that tells who or what owns something, you are using a possessive adjective. Make sure you use the correct adjectives.

  • 2 CHECK YOUR SPELLING

    Circle each word that may not be spelled right. Look it up in the dictionary or ask for help. Fix the spelling if you need to.

  • 3 CHECK FOR CAPITAL LETTERS AND COMMAS

    Remember to capitalize proper nouns like people’s names, titles, days of the week, and months of the year.

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    Friendly letters need a lot of commas, too. Remember to put commas in the heading, the greeting, and the closing of your letter.

    EXAMPLESApril 17, 2008 Dear Mr. Smith, Yours truly,

    What errors did Sadaf correct in her paper? What errors does she still need to correct?

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    Sadaf

  • 4 MARK YOUR CHANGES

    Now edit your paper. Use these marks to show your changes.

    illustration of caret insertion mark that looks like an upside down Villustration of proofreader's deletion mark—a line that loops once aroundillustration of replace copy mark—a line with an insert caret mark at the endillustration of spell out proofreader's mark that is a circleillustration of proofreaders capitalization mark—three horizontal linesillustration of proofreader's lower case mark—a slash that slants upward rightillustration: two vertical lines with a C-shaped line going through the top part
    Add.Take out.Replace with this.Check spelling.Capitalize.Make lowercase.Make new paragraph.
Reflect

  • • What kinds of errors did you find?

  • • What can you do to keep from making errors?