English Language Arts and Reading.7.10.D.vii

The student is expected to

edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

 

correct capitalization;

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

In the editing stage, students should review drafts for correct capitalization. For example, capital letters are used for the first word in a sentence, the pronoun I, and proper nouns (names of specific people, places, or things/events). Capital letters are also used in the first word in a quotation that is a complete sentence and for a person's official title (e.g., "Dr. Seuss is famous for saying, 'Why fit in when you were born to stand out'").

Research

Voyager Sopris Learning. (2008). The writing process for step up to writing. Step Up For Writing Series, Expository Paragraphs.  Retrieved from www.voyagersopris.com

Summary: This one-page resource outlines eight steps in the writing process. The stages include prewriting, planning, drafting, revising, editing, writing a final copy, proofreading, and submitting the final copy.