Activity

Every-Day Edit: President James Buchanan

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In this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President James Buchanan. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

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Instructional Ideas
  • As a follow-up activity, have learners write their own paragraphs with grammatical errors for their peers to correct
Pros
  • Includes ideas for using “Every-Day Edits” in the classroom
  • Provides the corrected version of the text
Cons
  • None