Camp Thrills, Chills and Spills

Peer Assessment: Editing and Proofreading

Name ___________________ 
	The writer has...	
 	Deleted some words that were not necessary
eg. We raced to the sea and the sea was glistening. 	
 	Added some words that add detail and description
eg. sky blue sea. 	
 	Changed some words for more specific words
eg. the fantail instead of a bird. 	
 	Rearranged some words, moving them around in the sentence or paragraph
eg. We arrived at school later / Later we arrived at school. 	
 	Underlined some words when they were not sure of the spelling, eg. absaling 	
 	Corrected the words that were not spelt correctly, by writing them above the underlined word
eg.	
beautiful
butafill	

 	The writing... 	
 	Sounds right when you read it aloud. There are punctuation marks at the pauses. 	
 	Has capital letters at the start of every sentence, and for the names of people, places and the title. 	
 	Is arranged in paragraphs. Each paragraph is about a different topic or event. 	
 	Has a variety of sentences, short simple sentences as well as some longer compound and complex sentences. 	
 	Is all in the past tense
eg. the verbs usually end in ed: walked 	
 	Keeps to the first person, using the pronouns I or we. 	

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