Teaching basic grammar and conventions can be boring. I make the process more engaging by playing “battle music,” and having students edit and restore the quotes of famous people (often athletes). It works surprisingly well. Sometimes I have students edit the quotes individually, and sometimes in groups. It depends on the class. Here is a quick editing activity that features Justin Jefferson. Worksheet More editing activities like this here: If you like what you see, […]

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Here is a fun activity to get students acting as “editors.” Try it out! You can find more editing activities here! Donate here!

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Writing that is littered with mistakes is hard to read. It just is. No matter how great your ideas are – errors in punctuation, spelling, capitalization and grammar will detract from your message. This is why I want my students to reflexively edit their mistakes. It should be normal to read over a sentence and capitalize an I. It should be normal to scan a paragraph and capitalize a city name. It should be normal […]

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Students need to edit and rewrite the quotes by people of various professions: Anthropologists, Artists, Athletes, Composers, Economists, Historians, Poets, Psychologists, Scientists, and Education. The goal is for students to build the habit of editing conventions (basic grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization). Many of my students turn in writing littered with convention mistakes. These worksheets are designed to help fix this problem. And yes – the answers are included! Get the worksheets here! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Edit-the-Quotes-by-People-of-Various-Professions-GrammarConventions-Practice-11491312 Here […]

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