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Start-Up Activity
Help your students understand the role of editing by comparing the writing process to making a meal. To start, you have to decide what to make and go shopping for ingredients. (That's like prewriting.) Then you have to prepare the ingredients and combine them in the right amounts. (That's writing.) Afterward, you cook everything, transforming it from individual ingredients to a finished food. (That's revising.) Finally, you salt and pepper to taste. (That's editing.)
Editing is like seasoning. When you edit, you make small changes to perfect the writing once ideas have had time to "cook."
Think About It
“I know that spelling, punctuation, and grammar are boring, but they are necessary.”
—Beverly Cleary
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Start-Up Activity
Help your students understand the role of editing by comparing the writing process to making a meal. To start, you have to decide what to make and go shopping for ingredients. (That's like prewriting.) Then you have to prepare the ingredients and combine them in the right amounts. (That's writing.) Afterward, you cook everything, transforming it from individual ingredients to a finished food. (That's revising.) Finally, you salt and pepper to taste. (That's editing.)
Editing is like seasoning. When you edit, you make small changes to perfect the writing once ideas have had time to "cook."
Think About It
“I know that spelling, punctuation, and grammar are boring, but they are necessary.”
—Beverly Cleary
