Friday, November 18, 2011

Editing and Good Copy of Big Fish Tale

GOOD COPY OF YOUR STORY IS DUE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22

Editing
-Read the work out loud or have someone else read the work out loud
-Does the story make sense and have a clear beginning, middle, and end?
-Are all four figures of speech present?

Grammar and Spelling
-Are there any spelling mistakes?
-Are there capitals and periods?
-Have number one-ten been written and 11-1,000,000,000,000 written like this example?
-Are the commas and apostrophes used correctly?
-Was the correct homonym used? Examples are where, were, wear, or through, threw, knew, new

For the good copy of the Big Fish Tale I've asked students to:
-Type/Handwrite/Print Good copy
-Double Space their work
-Identify with highlighter the four figures of speech