What Makes a Shadow?

Proof Reading

This process will need to be modelled many times by the teacher. 

Praise students who are editing as they write, eg. crossing out and changing words or phrases, stopping to reread it at times, and students who are self-monitoring spelling as they write by underlining those they are not sure of for later checking. 

Neatness is not a priority at this stage; a well reworked text is the sign of a budding writer!

At the completion of drafting do the Peer Assessment: Editing and Proofreading (see peer.rtf). This is the final self-check when the student has finished draft writing their explanation. 

Partner students (with teacher guidance), as they finish their draft writing. Share their explanations, first reading them aloud to each other. 

Next they focus closely on one of the written explanations, together completing the peer assessment form, checking for editing and proofreading. This will guide focused peer discussion about their writing and highlight any areas that still need editing or correcting before publication of their work. 

A final check will need to be made by the teacher before publishing begins. 

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