Proofreading - CCSS L.7.1, L.7.2.A, L.7.2.B, L.7.3, L.7.3.A

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1. Bald Eagle Sentence Surgeons.
Click Image to Enlarge		This activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online shows the numbers and types of errors. As student check their answers, they see how many of each type of error still needs to be corrected. SEE MORE
2. Editing Celebrity Tweets.
Click Image to Enlarge		Use social media for editing practice! With the Editing Celebrity Tweets Activity students will read some of their favorite celebrities’ tweets to find errors, correct them, and give reasons for their corrections. Download includes: 10 celebrity tweets for editing, Answer key with reasons for the edits & Blank worksheet students can use to find their own tweets with errors. (Adults must provide an email for download.)  SEE MORE
3. Every-Day Edit.
Click Image to Enlarge		Use Every-Day Edits to build language skills, test scores, and cultural literacy with students. Click on a month to get various edit activities. (Printables) Answer key available. SEE MORE
4. Exercise in Capitalization.
Click Image to Enlarge		If a word is capitalized correctly, write a C in the space; if it is incorrect, write an I (use capital letters). When you're finished, click on the "submit application" at the bottom of the page and the computer will check your answers. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.] SEE MORE
5. Exercises at Grammar Bytes.
Click Image to Enlarge		To start proofreading, select any Interactive Exercise and begin. Nine categories are listed at the top of the page. Print out the accompanying handout to keep up with your answers. SEE MORE
6. Extreme Sentence Surgeons: Saving Critically Injured Paragraphs.
Click Image to Enlarge		Your paragraph surgery skills will be put to the test as critically injured paragraphs enter your emergency room. Their injuries are significant: poor spelling, no punctuation, wrong word usage, and much more. It will be gruesome. Use your superior skills to fix the bad spelling words, add commas, capital letters, periods, apostrophes, and change words used incorrectly.  SEE MORE
7. Proofreading for Errors in Verb Tense.
Click Image to Enlarge		In each of the paragraphs, some of the sentences contain errors in verb tense. Write out the correct form of any verb that is used incorrectly, and then compare your answers with those on page two. [Not Interactive] Five paragraphs are listed and you are told how many errors are there. Answers are immediately below the last paragraph. SEE MORE
8. Proofreading Game.
Click Image to Enlarge		Read sentences for errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and usage.  SEE MORE
9. Revising & Editing Quiz.
Click Image to Enlarge		Revising and editing practice from Quizizz. (25 questions) SEE MORE
10. STAAR Writing Revising And Editing – Grade 7.
Click Image to Enlarge		The STAAR writing, revising, and editing quiz is an all inclusive grammar test. You are required to read the story, understand and comprehend it as from it; you will be able to answer the questions that follow. (14 questions) SEE MORE