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Revise, then edit

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Revise, then edit

Two different jobs · Alberta Grade 3 · maddyhelps.com

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Take something already written. Do the revising questions first and change what it says. Only then do the editing pass. Doing both at once is why neither gets done properly.

Revising — what it says

Best bit?
Confusing bit?
What is missing?
What could go?

Editing — how it is written

CheckDone
Capital letter at the start of every sentence
A mark at the end of every sentence
Names and places have capitals
Spellings I was unsure about — checked
Read it out loud once

Reading it out loud is the most effective editing step there is, and the one most often skipped. The ear catches missing words that the eye supplies automatically.

Why this matters is on the reading and writing page. More sheets