Grammar Check
Grammar Check: A Wordly Mistake: Top 20 Grammar Mistakes (Infographic)
This infographic is provided to help students with proofreading. Issues related to word choices are featured, along with ways to correct each problem.
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: Top 10 Common Business Writing Blunders & 5 Everyday Grammatical Mistakes (Infographic)
This infographic is provided to help with business writing. Students will learn how to correct the business writing errors.
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: Writing @ Csu Writing Guides
This is a fairly sophisticated series of writing guides. It assumes that users already have a solid grasp of spelling, grammar and mechanics, so it focuses more on organization and types of presentation than on more basic skills....
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: 5 Basic Proofreading Habits
A list of the five specific things to focus on when proofreading your writing.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Is Proofreading?
Explains what proofreading is, how it differs from editing, and provides tips on how to proofread.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: 10 Perfect Pieces of Advice on How to Edit Your Writing
A list of 10 ways to edit your writing.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Punctuation (English I Writing)
Learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct punctuation.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Process: Proofreading
This lesson focuses on proofreading and editing including style, word choice, grammar, typos, tips for proofreading, proofreading strategies, and editing for language and sentence construction. It offers two videos: "5 Worst Typos of...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas: Quick Rules
A tutorial that provides strategies when proofreading for commas.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: How to Proofread
Concise instruction on how to get the best results from your proofreading. Suggestions are divided into "Before You Proofread," "When You Proofread," and "When You Want to Learn More." The latter includes links to handouts on writing.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Editing Checklist
This twelve-item checklist is linked to short explanations that include an example of the error, followed by revisions. W.9-10.5 Writing Process
City University of New York
Cuny Write Site: Grammar and Style
This section of the WriteSite includes answers to some common grammatical questions, exercises to help you gain the knowledge to answer them yourself, and information about a program that can show you what kind of errors give you the...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Deadly Sins Checklist
Lists five "deadly sins" to purge from your writing. If you're not sure how to correct these errors, just click on the list item to link to more information.
Other
Pen and Page: Proofreading Exercise 1
In this proofreading exercise, students read a sentence and decide if it is correct. If it is correct, they leave "Correct" in the box; if not, they use the drop-down menu and select the type of error they detected. Then they click check...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #4
Students' proofread sentences and decide the correct placement of commas. Answers are provided for students' to review.
abcteach
Abcteach: Student Writing Checklist
Excellent printable writing checklist that helps students proofread their pieces and pay attention to elements of strong writing.
Other
The Proofreader's Hall of Shame
These verified examples of flubs that made it into print on the web and in the papers are often hilarious. Each comes with a link to the source. Good way to emphasize the importance of good editing.
Other
Young Author's Workshop: Editing
Now that you written enough drafts to be satisfied with the content and ideas of your story, you are ready to check spelling. You might also like to make sure you have any historical information correct, check other facts, or consult a...
Other
Jefferson County School District: Fourth Grade Editing [Pdf]
This site, which is provided for by the Jefferson County School District, gives a printable editing worksheet designed for 4th grade.
Other
Mapping the World by Heart: Never Say Neverisms
You can use columnist William Safire's "neverisms" as a fun editing/proofreading checklist. Each item on the list violates the rule it states.
Other
Write Words: Phrase Frequency Counter
A simple writing tool where one can paste in a piece of text, choose how many words a phrase might have, and count how many occurrences of each phrase that length there are. A writer can avoid repetition using this tool to check their work.
Other
Write Words: Word Frequency Counter
A simple writing tool where one can paste in a piece of text, and count how many times each word appears in the text. A good tool to use to avoid over-using words.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Fourth Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]
A series of three checklists for the first three nine-weeks, designed to help fourth graders focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: 3rd Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]
A series of four checklists, one for each nine weeks, designed to track third graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.