Unit 8: Lesson 3: Activity 1

Preparing for Publishing

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A commonly used guide to proofreading marks makes it easy to mark a text for final corrections.

Benchmarks:

11.7.3.3

Write narratives and other creative texts to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

11.7.6.6

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

Learning Targets:

I can organize and design a website that contains a collection of original narratives and creative texts and offers opportunity for other writers to offer feedback.

Essential Questions:

What skills are needed to produce, publish, and update a website of original writings (effective narratives or other creative texts, either fiction or nonfiction) and writing philosophies and influences?

Summary:

In this activity, you will reflect on your writing process and proofread your original writing to get it ready for publication in Lesson 3: Activity 2.

You Will Need:

One 50-minute class period

Internet access

Activity Instructions:

Step 1.

Reflect on the writing process, feedback, and revision choices you made in the Lesson 2 activities by answering these questions in your eportfolio journal:

1. What feedback surprised you?
2. What revisions did you decide to make because of feedback from others?
3. What feedback did you choose to ignore? Why?
4. How did you feel asking for and receiving feedback from others?

 Step 2.

Using standard proofreading marks (Proofreading^[2]), proofread your 5 pieces of original writing in order to make final corrections and get them ready for publishing on your writing website which will be submitted to your eportfolio in Lesson 3: Activity 2.

 Step 3.

To extend your proofreading practice, take this 50-question quiz: Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Mastery Test^[3]. After you answer all the questions, it will grade your quiz and explain the answers. Use the results to determine what punctuation skills you need to further practice on your own.