Editing and Revising
Chant
!   I don’t know what I’ve been told
!   Fourth graders are pretty bold
!   We will plan and we will write
!   Get a four with all our might
!   Sound off (1,2)
!   Sound off (3,4)
!   Get a 4 now (1,2,3,4)
!   1,2
!   3,4
Exercises
!   Get your partner and do 15 buddy pushups
Review
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=ODGA7ssL-6g&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv
%3DODGA7ssL-6g
!   Transition statements and combining sentences
Revising
!   Does it make sense?
!   Does flow?
!   Are the ideas complete?
!   Do I have enough details?
!   Did I address the prompt?
!   Good writers
Revising Practice
!  
What change needs to be made to this sentence?
Dad suggested that we sit on a rock. And turn off our headlights.
1. 
Dad suggested that we sit on a rock, we turned off our headlamps.
2. 
Dad suggested that we sit on a rock and turn off our headlamps.
3. 
Dad suggesing that we sit on a rock and turn off our headlamps.
4. 
The sentences are correct.
Show me on your fingers the correct answer.
Exercise
!   Get with your partner and do 30 sit ups with your
partner
Editing
!   When you edit you are looking at:
!   C- capitalization
!   U- usage
!   P- punctuation
!   S- spelling
Editing Practice
!  
What change if any should be made in this sentence:
I was uncomfortable in small spaces, and afraid that we might get lost.
1. 
Delete the comma
2. 
Change and to I was
3. 
Change me to you
4. 
No change needed
Show me on your fingers the correct answer
What part of editing was this? (CUPS?)
Editing Practice
!  
What change should be made in this sentence if any?
As we walked, the ceiling dropped lower and lower untill we had to crawl
on our hands and knees.
1. 
Change dropped to droped
2. 
Change untill to until
3. 
Change hands and knees to hand’s and knee’s
4. 
Make no change
Show me on your fingers the correct answer
What editing was this? (CUPS?)
Editing Practice
!  
What change should be made in this sentence if any?
I took the time to look around and appreciate the beauty of the rock wall’s.
1. 
Change took to tooken
2. 
Insert comma after around
3. 
Change Beauty to beautiful
4. 
Change wall’s to walls
Show me on your fingers the correct answer.
What part of editing was this? (CUPS?)
Exercise
!   Get with your partner and do your 15 of your ab
exercise.
Conditional Statements
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0I-Bhvm0Us
Conditional Statements
!   These are tricky
!   It is not a whole SENTENCE just a statement
!   They have the beginnings to a sentence, but it is not
complete.
Finish these Conditional
Statements
1.  If I had a million dollars
2.  When I went camping
3.  When I line up for lunch
4.  After I do my homework
5.  Unless I wake up on time
Exercise
!   Do 35 jumping jacks
Chant
!   I don’t know what I’ve been told
!   Fourth graders are pretty bold
!   We will plan and we will write
!   Get a four with all our might
!   Sound off (1,2)
!   Sound off (3,4)
!   Get a 4 now (1,2,3,4)
!   1,2
!   3,4