Writing Project

Edit and Proofread

Check your crop report for mistakes. Follow these steps.

  • 1 CHECK YOUR SENTENCES

    The subject is the part of a sentence that tells about someone or something. The predicate tells what is happening. Be sure each of your sentences includes a subject and a predicate.

    EXAMPLESPeaches grow on trees.
    Many farmers plow their fields with tractors.

  • 2 CHECK YOUR SPELLING

    Circle each word that may be misspelled. Look it up in the dictionary or ask for help. Fix the spelling if you need to.

  • 3 CHECK YOUR PROPER NOUNS

    Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter. Names of places, like cities and states, are proper nouns.

    EXAMPLEWheat is grown in Kansas.

    What errors did Nancy correct in her report? What errors does she still need to correct?

    illustration of text with proofreader's marks showing revisions

  • 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 check spelling 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?