Editing

Clarity and Accuracy

Ensuring the ideas on the page mirror the ideas in your head

Looking for areas to improve

Sparking new ideas

Where to start ?

Capital Letters – Start of every sentence and for every proper noun

Full Stop – At the end of every sentence

Commas – Used to seperate clauses and to list items

Apostrophes – Shows ownership or missing letters

Edit it

1 . I went to the shop on Monday morning .

2 . My favourite colour is purple .

3 . The house was creaky , old and damp , but i wasn’t scared .

4 . It was a cold and rainy day , they’re safe in their car .

5 . ” He’s my favourite ” mum said .

1 . I could picture the smooth shape oval of Laura’s face , her neatly pinned chignon , the dress she would have been wearing: a shirtwaist with a small rounded collar , in a sober colour – navy blue or