Tips to help teens proofread papers for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence completeness.
Editing & Revising
Proofreading for style | Editing tips for homeschool teens
Teens learn to add sentence variety and detail to their writing … while also clearing out the clutter!
Library writing activities with kids
If your kids are starting to drag their feet with writing assignments, head to the library for some kid-friendly writing activities!
What’s your teen’s favorite part of writing?
Brainstorming, rough draft, editing, or revising — what’s your teen’s favorite part of writing?
Proofreading for content | Editing tips for homeschool teens
Teens can look for context, structure, and organization when self-editing stories, essays, and reports.
What’s the key to teaching self-editing skills to homeschool teens?
Don’t let your teens depend on you to fix their writing. Hold them responsible to do their part!
Taming the Cluttered Writing Monster
Tips for repairing cluttered writing, disorganized writing, and wordiness.
Why self-editing is hard for kids … and how to make it easier!
Self-editing is hard, but here are 7 ways to make the process easier during homeschool writing lessons.
How to love your kids’ writing
Great tips for how to love your kids’ writing, especially when you’d rather wad it into a ball and toss it across the room.
Time-saving editing tips for writing teachers
Whether you’re teaching a homeschool co-op or five high school English classes, editing and grading compositions and essays has the potential to suck the very life out of you. Even if you devote a mere 5 minutes a week to 100 compositions, you’d spend over 8 hours on...
Why do we need to revise writing? {Show, don’t tell!}
“Why do we need to revise?” Kids discover for themselves how much better writing sounds when they take time to improve it.
This short {brief, concise} history of synonyms will entertain your teens
If you've taught writing for awhile, this scene might sound familiar: Mom: Let’s replace some of those repeated words with interesting synonyms. Teen (grumbling): Why do we have so many words that mean the same thing, anyway? Perhaps you’ve wondered about this...
Editing tools for young writers
Editing tools for young writers help children acquire important self-editing skills and grow to see editing as a natural part of the writing process.
Editing and evaluating homeschool writing: 4-6th grade
Teaching your student how to evaluate her own writing is a key to helping move her toward the goal of becoming a proficient writer.
Writing tip: Wise feedback makes a difference
Correct and grade wisely. An arbitrary grade based on feelings (”This feels like a B-”) won’t help your student become a better writer. Tip 4: Offer helpful and consistent feedback. Use objective checklists to help you pinpoint specific areas to improve. Value your...
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