Correcting Words Activity Page
Directions:
1) Open a new Google Doc
2) Type your name at the top of the page.
3) Using word processing software, type the paragraph in the handout exactly as you see it including errors.
4) Raise your hand and show your work to the teacher.
5) Review the paragraph and look for punctuation, capitalization, spelling, number, hyphenation, and symbol mistakes. How can you tell where some of the mistakes are?
6) Use your word processing program to make corrections. Use keys like Backspace or Delete, the arrows, and Shift to correct the mistakes. Use the Check Your Writing chart below to make sure you didn't miss anything.
7) When you are finished, raise your hand and show your document to your teacher.
Check your Writing!
Did I proofread my writing for spelling errors?
Does the first letter of each new sentence, as well as each proper noun (the names of people, places and things) begin with a capital letter?
Is “I” always capitalized?
Does every sentence end in a period (.), question mark (?) or exclamation point (!)?
Did I put one space between each word and two spaces after each period and between all sentences?
Evaluation
______Name is typed at top of page
______Paragraph with mistakes is typed exactly as shown
using word processing software
using word processing software
______Mistakes are corrected using word processing software
Their are) 20 students in my class. yesterday we all
went on a feald trip to a, candy f-actory. I liked
watching the people make candy apples. the first
step was washing the apples. After the apples
Dried, the peopple put wooden sticks in them, The
next step was Dipping the apples, into different
flavors of soft candy? After the candy dried, the
apples were ready to eat. Each one costs 1.50$ in
the store. We all got candy appleS for free. My
apple was dipped in peanut butter candy.
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