Ann M. Bain, Ed.D. Sheppard Pratt Hospital Baltimore, Maryland

PROOFREADING of Open Court Correlated LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM

for individuals & small groups with SLD

Proofreading Teacher/ Tutor first sit on your hands leave the red pen in the drawer read the students’ text focus on the communicative intent

Proofreading Find the most frequent error ERRORS Spelling Structure -- sentence or paragraph Punctuation Grammar Other

Proofreading. SPELLING RULES there/their CONSISTENT VERB TENSE DIGRESSION FROM TOPIC etc.

SENTENCE LIFTING Find the most frequent error Copy down as many examples as you can Label the papers REVISE

Sentence Lifting Put the best examples (3 or 4) of the error on the board Ask student(s) if they can find an error Invite one student to correct the error

Sentence Lifting Student comes to board and corrects error using colored chalk My most exciting and boring experiences. [may be very different than yours.]

Example of error/Sentence lifting Smoking is bad for you because it gives you lung cancer and later on in life you can die from smoking. Smoking is bad for you because it gives you lung cancer and L later on in life you can die from smoking.

PROOFREADING Student explains correction Mini-teaching lesson Continue with all examples

Proofreading Explain “ R ” and “ OK ” Give papers back Erase the board Ask students to proofread for this one skill if they have an “ R ”

Let’s make a rule! Use a period at the end of a sentence. One excellent example Check for run-ons One excellent example

PROOFREAD: POST THE RULE IN THE CLASSROOM IN THE NOTEBOOK TELL STUDENTS TO PROOFREAD FOR THE RULE

The Skill through the week(s) Provide more practice with sentences lifted from students’ work Use commercial material cautiously Reinforce the “mini-lesson”

NEW ASSIGNMENT (all writing assignments) PROOFREAD your paper Proofread for rule # 1 Check for and. Do you have a run-on?

NEW ASSIGNMENT COLLECT THE NEW ASSIGNMENT PUT “R” IF RULE # 1 IS VIOLATED Find the most frequent error on this assignment Mark papers with “R” or “OK”

PROOFREADING Repeat the whole cycle with the two proofreading rules. Students gradually learn to proofread Students correct other errors

MODIFICATIONS FOLD WRITTEN TEXT IN HALF POINT TO EACH WORD POINT AND READ ORALLY UNDERLINE WITH ERASER UNDERLINE AND READ ORALLY PROOFREAD BACKWARDS

Proofreading and Editing Public vs. Private Writing When writing a draft, skip lines Use the computer: SOLO Write OUTLOUD, COWRITER, & DRAFT-BUILDER

EDITING/PROOFREADING BE PATIENT– THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT SKILLS INFORM PARENTS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ABOUT HOW YOU ARE TEACHING THESE SKILLS.