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Print Your Writing to Proofread Effectively

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ELA: Writing Study Skills & Tools All Ages Strategy

Skills

Attention Verbal Reasoning Visual Discrimination Processing Speed

Print Your Writing to Proofread Effectively

If your student often has grammar and/or spelling errors even after using spelling or grammar check

Teach It!

  1. Objective: Students will print out and proofread their work on paper, as a much more effective way to catch their own errors.
  2. Instruction and Practice: Guide students through the pointers on the next slide and have them practice to get into the habit of printing out their work to edit on paper, as opposed to just re-reading it on screen.

*students* Print And Proofread Your Writing

  1. Do not proofread immediately after you write. Wait an hour, or preferably the next day, so you read it with fresh eyes.
  2. If you typed your paper, you can use the spelling and grammar check. However, do not blindly trust these tools. Carefully read each suggestion and decide whether or not to accept it.
  3. It is always best to do a final check of your work printed out on paper, as most people will catch errors on the printed page that they miss on the screen. Use a different color pen so you can mark your corrections and then fix them on screen.
  4. If you can't print your work, change the font and background color when proofreading on screen. Since it looks different, you are more likely to notice your mistakes.

Why It Works (the Science Of Learning)!

Once the brain has seen something in a particular way, it anticipates what should be there, making us miss what is actually there. By changing the visual format, you effectively trick the brain to read more carefully and the student is more likely to see mistakes.