KSP Code

“If it’s not KSP’d, it’s not finished!”

The Kingswinford School Proofreading Code

C – Capital letters

S – Spelling

P – Punctuation

// - Paragraphs

? – doesn’t make sense

KSP Code

• Every sentence MUST start with a capital letter

• All proper nouns (names, titles) MUST have a capital letter

• Always use a capital for ‘I’

• Words with an incorrect capital will be circled. i love kingswinford and C put in the margin.

C – Capital letters

KSP Code• If a word is spelled incorrectly the mistake needs to be circled and S

put in the margin.

• If you know how to spell the word you need to correct the spelling

• If you don’t know how to spell the word you need to learn a strategy to spell it correctly.

S - Spelling

KSP Code

• Put a P in the margin if writing contains punctuation mistakes and circle the error

• Sentences must end with one of the following . ? !

P - Punctuation

KSP Code

• A new paragraph is needed every time you change Time, Place, Topic or Person (TIPTOP)

• If you see // in your work you need to change paragraphs

// - Paragraphs

KSP Code

• If you have made a grammatical error, missed out a word or otherwise written something that doesn’t quite make sense, you need to put it right.

• I sometimes find it hard to writes a lot.

? – doesn’t make sense

Demystifying spelling

Be-lie-veThere’s a lie in everything you believe

Sep-a-rat-eThere’s a rat in separate

Think of imaginative ways to remember short words within longer words

GovernmentFebruary

Environment

Pronounce words the way they are spelled

AccommodationComfy Cottages and Massive Mansions

NecessaryNever Eat Chips Eat Side Salad And Remain Young

RhythmRhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move

Use mnemonics to remember spellings