Editing Skills
What editing symbol do you use if you need to capitalize a word?
Three lines under the word.
What is a Noun? Give me an example.
A person, place, thing, or idea.
When do you use a period, question mark, or exclamation point? (. ? !)
At the end of a sentence.
What do we put in the question box? Does it need to be a question about the text?
A question we had while reading. The question doesn't need to be about the article, just any question you had while reading.
What are one of my hobbies?
Hiking, biking, water activities, reading, etc.
What editing symbol do you use if you need to lowercase a word?
/
What is a Verb? Give me an example.
An action word.
What are commas used for?
To add breaks in a sentence.
What does predict mean? What do you write in that box?
Make an educated guess about what the text will be about. After reading the title make a prediction about the text.
What school are we playing for the football game on Friday night?
Corner Canyon
What editing symbol do you use if you need to add a word or punctuation?
carrot ^
What is an Adjective? Give me an example.
A describing word to describe a noun.
What is an apostrophe ' and what is it used for?
In place of omitted letters and to show possession.
What does summarize mean? What do you write in that box?
Retell the story in your own words. Someone, wants, but, so.
What major event did we observe yesterday?
9/11
What editing symbol do you use if you need to start a new paragraph?
Backwards P
When?
How?
Where?
In what way?
To what extent?
When will we use "quotation marks" in this class? 2 possible answers.
When there is dialogue, and in citations.
What does clarify mean? What do you write in that box?
Shed some light, give more details for confusing information in the text.
What is my favorite treat?
Stroop Waffles, Nerd Clusters, Strawberry Sweetheart ropes.
What does MINTS stand for?
Months
I
Names
Titles
Start of a Sentence
What two parts of speech do you need to have a complete sentence?
A noun (subject) and a verb (predicate)
Name all 14 of the punctuation marks in the English language.
period, coma, question mark, exclamation point, apostrophe, quote, colon, semicolon, parenthesis, brackets, hyphen, dash, ellipsis, slash
What is The Fab Four supposed to help you do?
Increase your reading comprehension.
What part of my spine was removed? I need the medical terminology.
L3, L4, Lumbar Vertebrea