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The power of proofreading!
So, you think you’ve finished your masterpiece?
Your poem or story is ready to be shared?
Wait...
Have you proofread it yet?
No...what is proofreading?
Proofreading is when we re-read our work checking for mistakes.
When we proofread we are looking for:
> Spelling mistakes
> Missing or incorrect punctuation
> Missing or incorrect capital letters
Meet Mr Mistaker!
He has been changing other people’s writing but he's been making lots of mistakes!
Read the sentences below and see if you can spot any mistakes.
This sentence is missing a full stop at the end I wonder if they have noticd it yet. there is a spelling mistake to…whoops there’s another one?
Crumbs, there were a lot of mistakes there! Let’s highlight them:
This sentence is missing a full stop at the end I wonder if they have noticd it yet. there is a spelling mistake to…whoops there’s another one?
Let’s fix those mistakes:
This sentence is missing a full stop at the end. I wonder if they have noticed it yet. There is a spelling mistake too…Whoops there’s another one!
If we read this again, we can see there were two spelling mistakes, two missing capital letters and two missing punctuation marks.
Are you ready to use your proofreading powers to fix Mr Mistaker’s mistakes!
Let’s go!
