3 Best Proofreading Tips for Homeschool Writers
Proofreading is painful for students. They feel they’re through with the writing process when they write their first draft and then want nothing more to do with that essay. Students tell me that writing the first draft and proofreading it is like writing their paper twice.
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However, the skill of proofreading their own papers is essential to the writing process.
Why proofread?
- First, by catching their mistakes or finessing the points or flow of the essay, students learn to write more effectively.
- Second, they show respect for their teachers by handing in a well-thought-out paper with few mistakes.
- And third, students begin to understand through the editing process that there is an audience at the other end of their essays. They aren’t writing simply to keep themselves busy; they are writing to communicate, educate, explain, persuade, or entertain.
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What methods can we teach our students so they can proofread their work by themselves?
