:Story Edit
Loading Images

Approach:  Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus:  Editing grammar and spelling.
Resources: None.
144KB
Questions/instructions:
Pua wrote this story. She needs help with the editing.
Circle the parts that need fixing up.
Write changes above your circles.
Yesterday me and Mark made a hut.
Mark done the hammering and I holded the nails.
Then Mark smashes me with the hammer.
It was a accident but it really hurt.

% responses
y4
y8
me and Mark › Mark and I
20
56
[Mark and me]
[7]
[7]
done the hammering › did the hammering
or hammered
29
46
or used the hammer
holded › held
40
70
smashes › smashed, hit or other appropriate substituted
35
64
a accident › an accident
16
29
Total score:

5 
5
14
4
5
23
3
14
21
2
16
15
1
21
10
0 
39
17

Commentary:
There is considerable scope for improvement in editing for grammatical correctness. Year 8 students did better than year 4 students, but only 37 percent of year 8 students corrected more than three of the five errors.
 
Chapter Graphic
 Loading Images