Read your work out loud.

Listen for:* Sentences that do not make sense.

* Incorrect use of grammar

SCOPE editing strategy© 2003 E.S. Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com

Use your SCOPE to find and fix errors

Are all words spelled correctly?

Focus on:* Words that don’t look correct

* Long words

* Proper nouns

Assume at least five words are misspelled - find them.

Mark EVERY word that could possibly be misspelled.

Does each sentence begin with a capital letter?

Are all proper nouns capitalized?

Have any words been left out of the sentence?

Check each sentence to make sure it ends with a punctuation mark.

Were commas used to separate items in a series?

Quotation marks used for dialogue?

Capitalization

C cEar

. ? !PunctuationSpelling

katcat

Omissions

Watch out for: * Sentence fragments

* Run-on sentences

* Changing tense singular/plural misalignments between nouns and verbs

The boys is going fishing.

vs. The boys are going fishing.

Watch out for: * Dates

* Using commas when they are not needed

* Describing what somebody said (quotes NOT needed)

vs. stating exactly what somebody said (quotes needed)

Watch out for words your mind sees because they belong there, but were not actually written.

Watch out for general types of things

tiger

vs. proper names

Tony Tiger

Watch out for homonyms sea vs. see there vs. their here vs. hear

Watch out for ie vs. ei spellings

If possible, read your paper at a later time to see if it still makes sense.

Read your paper out loud to yourself or to someone else.

Have someone read your paper out loud to you and suggest changes.

Read your work out loud.

Listen for:* Sentences that do not make sense.

* Incorrect use of grammar

SCOPE editing strategy© 2003 E.S. Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com

Use your SCOPE to find and fix errors

Are all words spelled correctly?

Focus on:* Words that don’t look correct

* Long words

* Proper nouns

Assume at least five words are misspelled - find them.

Mark EVERY word that could possibly be misspelled.

Does each sentence begin with a capital letter?

Are all proper nouns capitalized?

Have any words been left out of the sentence?

Check each sentence to make sure it ends with a punctuation mark.

Were commas used to separate items in a series?

Quotation marks used for dialogue?

Capitalization

C cEar

. ? !PunctuationSpelling

katcat

Omissions

Watch out for: * Sentence fragments

* Run-on sentences

* Changing tense singular/plural misalignments between nouns and verbs

The boys is going fishing.

vs. The boys are going fishing.

Watch out for: * Dates

* Using commas when they are not needed

* Describing what somebody said (quotes NOT needed)

vs. stating exactly what somebody said (quotes needed)

Watch out for words your mind sees because they belong there, but were not actually written.

Watch out for general types of things

tiger

vs. proper names

Tony Tiger

Watch out for homonyms sea vs. see there vs. their here vs. hear

Watch out for ie vs. ei spellings

If possible, read your paper at a later time to see if it still makes sense.

Read your paper out loud to yourself or to someone else.

Have someone read your paper out loud to you and suggest changes.