Opinion Writing for Kids | Episode 8 | Editing Your Writing
2 min1st2nd3rdReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
The final polish for an opinion piece: checking capitals, punctuation, and spelling with an editing checklist before sharing.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Editing catches the small mistakes so readers focus on your ideas.
- What does editing fix?
- Why edit after revising, not before?
- What is one thing on your editing checklist?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: edit, checklist, spelling
- Check each sentence for capitals and end marks.
- Fix one spelling you're unsure about.