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Weekly Paragraph Editing
Name: ______________________________
Directions: Highlight every grammar and spelling mistake you can find in the paragraphs below. Then
rewrite the paragraph correctly on a separate page.
1: Queen of the Garden
Editing Checklist
❑ Does every
sentence start
with a capital
letter?
❑ Do names of
people, places,
and other
specifics begin
with a capital
letter?
❑ Did you use
apostrophes to
show someone
owns
something?
❑ Are there
commas placed
in the right
locations?
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❑ Does each
sentence end
with the
correct
punctuation
mark?
❑ Are there any
spelling errors?
❑ Is the correct
word used each
time? (ex. to,
too, two?)
❑ Other grammar
errors?
Total mistakes to find: 10
Did you know thare are over 40 differant types of
tomatoes. Tomatoes is one of the most home-grown vegetables for
gardeners. you can grow them in the ground or in a container.
They come in a variety of colors and sizes. Tomatoes can be round
and red, or small and yellow. In order for them to grow well, they
need lots of sunlight. This popular vegetable, sometimes considered
a fruit, also needs plenty of water in order to grow? Wonce you
grow tomatoes, you can use them in so many recipes like spaghetti
sauce, tacos, and salads. That is why they are given the title: queen
of the garden.
2: Queen of the Garden Part 2
Total mistakes to find: 10
Do you like tomatoes. Maybe you shoold try one fresh
from the garten. The best way to get grate tasting tomatoes is to
start with fresh soil. The dirt that tomatoes grow in can lead two
the freshest tomatoes in the world! This is the advantage of
growing your own at home. you can control the ingredients
added to the soil and leafs of the plant. If you really want
delicious vegetables add earthworms to your garden! These hardworking creatures make you’re tomatoes the true Queen of the
garden.
Weekly Paragraph Editing
Name: ___________________________
Directions: Highlight every grammar and spelling mistake you can find in the paragraphs below. Then rewrite the
paragraph correctly on a separate page.
3: A Writing Giant
Editing Checklist
❑ Does every
sentence start
with a capital
letter?
Not many people no the name Chloe anthony wofford.
Yet there are several people who know the name Toni Morrison. She
❑ Do names of
people, places,
and other
specifics begin
with a capital
letter?
changed her name from Chloe to Toni when she was in college. This
❑ Did you use
apostrophes to
show someone
owns
something?
became well known as “a writing giant,” Toni worked as an editor for
❑ Are there
commas placed
in the right
locations?
❑ Does each
sentence end
with the correct
punctuation
mark?
© Tanya G. Marshall, The Butterfly Teacher
Total mistakes to find: 12
❑ Are there any
spelling errors?
❑ Is the correct
word use each
time? (ex. to, too,
two?)
❑ Other grammar
errors?
famous author has written books titled The Bluest Eye and beloved.
toni Morrison are also famous for being the first African-American
woman to teach as a professor at princeton university. Before she
the company random house. She has one many awards for her
writing, like a Pulitzer Prize and the 1993 Nobel Pryze in Literature.
She sadly passed away on August 5, 2019.
4: A Writing Giant Part 2
Total mistakes to find: 12
Toni were born in Lorain Ohio on February 18 1931. Her
parents beleved in getting a good education for there daughter, so
they taught her how to read before she even started shcool. Little
Chole grew older and attended howard university in Washington
DC. While there, she asked people to call her Toni, which is short
for her middle name anthony. She majored in English. In 1970 she
published her first novel. Then in 1973, she published her second
novel called sula. Toni’s books continue to inspire so many readers
and writers!
Weekly Paragraph Editing
ANSWER KEY
Directions: Highlight every grammar and spelling mistake you can find in the paragraphs below. Then
rewrite the paragraph correctly on a separate page.
Explanation of
Mistakes
1: Queen of the Garden
Total mistakes to find: 10
• Capitalization of
Specific Names,
Titles, and Places
• Capitalization at
the beginning of
sentences
• Comma for
related items in a
series
tomatoes? Tomatoes are one of the most home-grown vegetables
for gardeners. You can grow them in the ground or in a container.
They come in a variety of colors and sizes. Tomatoes can be round
and red no comma needed or small and yellow. In order for them
• Comma after an
introductory
phrase or word
to grow well, they need lots of sunlight. This popular vegetable,
• Comma or Period
needed to correct
a run-on sentence
grow. Once you grow tomatoes, you can use them in so many
• Quotation Marks
needed for for
special titles:
nicknames, short
stories, etc.
• Correct use of
ending punctuation
like question
marks,
exclamation points,
and periods
• Subject Verb
Agreement
© Tanya G. Marshall, The Butterfly Teacher
Did you know there are over 40 different types of
• Correct spelling of
plural nouns
• Correct use of
commonly
confused words
(to, too, two)
• Spelling
Corrections for
grade appropriate
words
sometimes considered a fruit, also needs plenty of water in order to
recipes like spaghetti sauce, tacos, and salads. That is why they are
given the title: Queen of the Garden.
2: Queen of the Garden Part 2
Total mistakes to find: 10
Do you like tomatoes? Maybe you should try one fresh
from the garden. The best way to get great tasting tomatoes is to
start with fresh soil. The dirt that tomatoes grow in can lead to
the freshest tomatoes in the world! This is the advantage of
growing your own at home. You can control the ingredients
added to the soil and leaves of the plant. If you really want
delicious vegetables, add earthworms to your garden! These hardworking creatures make your tomatoes the true Queen of the
Garden.
Weekly Paragraph Editing
ANSWER KEY
Directions: Highlight every grammar and spelling mistake you can find in the paragraphs below. Then rewrite the
paragraph correctly on a separate page.
Explanation
of Mistakes
• Capitalization
of Specific
Names, Titles,
and Places
• Italicizing and
Capitalizing
Titles of
Books and
Magazines
• Comma after
an
introductory
phrase or
word
• Comma used
in a date;
comma used
between a
city and state
© Tanya G. Marshall, The Butterfly Teacher
• Subject Verb
Agreement
• Correct use
of commonly
confused
words (to,
too, two)
• Spelling
Corrections
3: A Writing Giant
Total mistakes to find: 12
Not many people know the name Chloe Anthony
Wofford. Yet there are several people who know the name Toni
Morrison. She changed her name from Chloe to Toni when she was
in college. This famous author has written books titled The Bluest Eye
and Beloved. Toni Morrison is also famous for being the first AfricanAmerican woman to teach as a professor at Princeton University.
Before she became well known as “a writing giant,” Toni worked as
an editor for the company Random House. She has won many
awards for her writing, like a Pulitzer Prize and the 1993 Nobel Prize
in Literature. She sadly passed away on August 5, 2019.
4: A Writing Giant Part 2
Total mistakes to find: 12
Toni was born in Lorain, Ohio on February 18, 1931. Her
parents believed in getting a good education for their daughter, so
they taught her how to read before she even started school. Little
Chole grew older and attended Howard University in Washington,
DC. While there, she asked people to call her Toni, which is short
for her middle name Anthony. She majored in English. In 1970,
she published her first novel. Then in 1973, she published her
second novel called Sula. Toni’s books continue to inspire so many
readers and writers!
Paragraph Writing Template
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students, even I
enjoyed refining my
editing skills."
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4th Graders)
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