Editing: Things to Check When Editing
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.4.15
Things to Check When Editing
When you are editing your writing, you will need to check different things.
The effectiveness of your writing
- You will need to check how effective your writing is.
- Think about its purpose, and the reader it is aimed at.
Formality
- You will need to check that you are using the correct formality.
- informal or formal
- This will depend on both text type and reader.
- For example:
- A letter to your teacher will be very formal.
- A story you write for your friends will not be very formal.
Other things to check
- grammar, vocabulary, punctuation
- spelling
- plurals and singulars
Test yourself on Editing: Things to Check When Editing
Which of these should you use the most formal writing for?
Which of these sentences contains a spelling mistake?