Edit and Proofread

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

• 1 CHECK YOUR NOUNS AND VERBS

  When you compare events in the past to current events, you need to make sure you use past and present tense verbs correctly.

  EXAMPLE

  to the store yesterday. In the 1940s, many people rode horses.

• 2 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 YOUR COMMAS

  Whenever you have a list of more than two things in your writing, separate them with commas. This type of list is called a series. Be sure you include commas in a series.

  EXAMPLE

  I bought a and a sweater.

• What errors did Robert correct in his paper? What errors does he still need to correct?

  In the 1940s, people and glass. people still do that today. In the 1940s, some people eat powdered eggs, milk and potatoes. We eat some powdered food, but not eggs. The ways that people buy things get food and recycle today are veree different from the 1940s.

• 4 MARK YOUR CHANGES

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

  Add.	Take out.	Replace with this.	Check spelling.	Capitalize.	Make lowercase.	Make new paragraph.