The EDIT Strategy (S.I.M.)- Assessment

Select the comments below that best answer the question.

Why should you use the EDIT strategy to edit and revise your writing?

• Find and correct misspellings in other people's writings.

• to produce writing that is free from errors

• practice using Grammarly on my Chromebook

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L 9-12.1-3

It's helpful to be able to understand and name the steps of this strategy because I won't need to ​ (a)   on others to ​ (b)   my written work

• rely
• edit
• write
• hand in

What is done in the first step of the EDIT strategy?

• Enter your first draft into Schoology.

• Enter your first draft on a document.

• Edit your neighbor's writing.

Editing your written work is important because it will (select ALL that apply)

• help me communicate more clearly

• my job applications and/or cover letters won't get thrown out

• it will help me earn better grades on writing assignments

• make sure my reader will agree with me.

The two types of errors with misused words that I LOOK for in the "L" steps of SPELL are:

• contractions and helping verbs

• homophones and typos

• phonics and typos

What is meant by "misused" word errors?

• capitalization and typo errors

• homophone errors and typo errors

• typo errors and spelling errors

The letter "D" in the EDIT strategy stands for

• Discover the sounds and context

• Do a SPELL check

• Deliver the final draft

The step in the EDIT strategy AFTER the "D" step is:

(a)   yourself using the ​ (b)   questions.​

• Interrogate
• COPS
• Interrupt
• High Five
• Interact
• PENS

The last step in the EDIT strategy is

• type in corrections & do a spellcheck again.

• type in corrections & use the dictionary to look up misspellings.

• Check with someone and do spellcheck again.

In which step of EDIT do you do the SPELL sub-steps?

• the "E" step

• the "I" step

• the "D" step

• the "T" step