Standard Proofreaders' Marks

Teacher edition · Grade 8 · Lesson 16 · Literature · Advanced Academic Writing

Writing Book 8 · sheet 55

A shared set of marks means a correction needs no explanation.

2. Your turn

In your notebook: apply Standard Proofreaders' Marks to three sentences of your own, double-spaced.

Below is what a full, correct answer looks like. Children's wording will differ and should — mark the thing this lesson taught, not everything at once.

Read out one sentence that uses Standard Proofreaders' Marks.model — accept any answer that does the same job

3. Before you finish

Read out one sentence that uses Standard Proofreaders' Marks.

Watch forUse them from this lesson onward or they will be forgotten in a week. The lesson is worthless without the adoption.