Ann M. Bain, Ed.D.abain@sheppardpratt.org

Sheppard Pratt Hospital Baltimore, Maryland

PROOFREADING

of Open Court Correlated LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM

PROOFREADING

for individuals & small groups with SLD

ProofreadingTeacher/ Tutor

first sit on your hands•leave the red pen in the drawer

read the students’ text•focus on the communicative intent

• • •

Proofreading Find the most frequent error

ERRORS •Spelling•Structure -- sentence or paragraph•Punctuation•Grammar•Other

Proofreading .

•SPELLING RULES • there/their

•CONSISTENT VERB TENSE•DIGRESSION FROM TOPIC

• etc.

•

SENTENCE LIFTINGFind the most frequent error Copy down as many examples as you can Label the papers

REVISE

Sentence Lifting Put the best examples (3 or 4) of the error on the board

Ask student(s) if they can find an error

Invite one student to correct the error

• Sentence Lifting Student comes to board and corrects

error using colored chalk

My most exciting and boring experiences. [may be very different than yours.]

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Example of error/Sentence lifting Smoking is bad for you because it

gives you lung cancer and later on in life you can die from smoking.

Smoking is bad for you because it gives you lung cancer and L later on in life you can die from smoking.

PROOFREADINGStudent explains correction

Mini-teaching lessonContinue with all examples

ProofreadingExplain “R” and “OK”Give papers backErase the boardAsk students to proofread for this one skill if they have an “R”

Let’s make a rule!Use a period at the end of

a sentence. •One excellent example

Check for run-ons•One excellent example

PROOFREAD:POST THE RULE IN THE CLASSROOMIN THE NOTEBOOK

TELL STUDENTS TO PROOFREAD FOR THE RULE

The Skill through the week(s)

Provide more practice with sentences lifted from students’ work

Use commercial material cautiously

Reinforce the “mini-lesson”

NEW ASSIGNMENT (all writing assignments)PROOFREAD your paper

Proofread for rule # 1

Check for and. Do you have a run-on?

NEW ASSIGNMENT

COLLECT THE NEW ASSIGNMENTPUT “R” IF RULE # 1 IS VIOLATED

Find the most frequent error on this assignment

Mark papers with “R” or “OK”

PROOFREADINGRepeat the whole cycle with

the two proofreading rules.

Students gradually learn to proofread

Students correct other errors

MODIFICATIONS FOLD WRITTEN TEXT IN HALF POINT TO EACH WORD POINT AND READ ORALLY UNDERLINE WITH ERASER UNDERLINE AND READ ORALLY PROOFREAD BACKWARDS

Proofreading and EditingPublic vs. Private Writing

When writing a draft, skip lines

Use the computer: SOLO Write OUTLOUD, COWRITER, & DRAFT-BUILDER

EDITING/PROOFREADING BE PATIENT– THESE ARE VERY

DIFFICULT SKILLS

INFORM PARENTS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ABOUT HOW YOU ARE TEACHING THESE SKILLS.