A slide deck on editing and proofreading for Senior high school students. Can be useful in younger grades too.

1. PROOFREADING AND EDITING
Seven hints to success!

2. What is the difference?

3. Proofreading
•Spelling
•Grammar
•Punctuation

4. Editing
Something different
Check your cohesion
How’s my stats?
Am I making sense?
Can my sentences be better?

5. Tip 1
• Give it a rest
• Walk away
• Come back refreshed

6. Tip 2
• One problem at a time
• Spelling
• Grammar
• Punctuation

7. Tip 3
• Double-check your evidence
• Statistics
• Proper Names
• Titles
• Quotes
• Dates

8. Tip 4
• Hard copy
• Print it out
• Read it on paper
• We spend less time per
word on word we read
on the screen

9. Tip 5
• Read it aloud
• What makes sense in our heads doesn’t always
make sense to our ears

10. Tip 6
• Don’t be afraid of the spellchecker
• Don’t rely on one
• They’re there dog’s toys over there.
• A spellchecker wouldn’t find an error in the
above sentence

11. Tip 7
• Get HELP!!!
• Ask someone to read
over your work
• Be willing to listen
• Everyone needs a little
help