LA: Thursday, October 4, 2018 Handouts: * Common Editing Symbols Homework: * Start thinking about which QW you want to develop for your next TAPP piece. 3. Assignments due: * None

Lesson Goal: Students will learn editorial symbols and how to apply them in editing and proofreading. Outcomes: Be able to . . . Denote (write down the symbols) for ten of the most common editorial marks. Explain what each of the 10 editorial symbols stands for. Apply that symbol correctly in proofreading a document. Demonstrate your ability to edit text in a document (a paper).

Starter #1: Turn to the first blank page. Take out your comp book Starter #1: Turn to the first blank page. Take out your comp book. In the upper right hand corner, write the following: Thurs., Oct. 4, 2018 QW #19: Dream Vacation Then copy the bold print portion of this prompt on the top lines: If you could travel anywhere for a vacation—all expenses paid—where would you go? Tell where you would go, explain why you made that choice, and describe what you would do while there. Remember to write in complete sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons. If you are not sure how to spell a certain word, just sound it out and circle it.

Starter #2: Look at today’s handout, “Common Editing Symbols.” In column one, see if you can correctly denote (write down the symbol) for each of the directives listed in column two. Let’s do the first one together. . . . [Finish independently] In column three, see if you can demonstrate your editorial skills correctly by applying each symbol correctly in the sentences provided. Let’s do the first one together. Are there any other common symbols we should have included in this list? * What symbol would you use if you wanted to indicate “make this upper case”? * What symbol would you use if you wanted to indicate “make this lower case”?

Starter #3 When you are reviewing someone else’s work, it is appropriate to use proofreading terms, like the ones we learned yesterday, and let the writer make his/her own corrections. But when you are editing your own work, you should use the editing symbols and make corrections as you go. Yesterday you proofread the JDRF letter and used proofreading abbreviations in the margin. Today you will edit that letter—use editorial symbols and make corrections where necessary. When you finish, we will check to see how well you did. . . .