https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies Access tinyurl.com/Y2-EL-Edit; consider the practice passages and their accompanying attempted in prior lessons; offer universal strategies for common question types that can succor your responses. en-us 2020-09-14 02:13:06 UTC 2021-05-21 13:03:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4af.png mr_yan1 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/742590421 Check immediate surroundings or context—are the tenses all consistent or is that an isolated one that is inconsistent with its cousins?

]]> 2020-09-14 02:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/742590421 mr_yan1 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/742590423 Check timeframe: Is this in the past, present, future, etc.? (Note: Not foolproof; for instance, some writers may represent a past encounter in the present tense to lend their narrative a sense of immediacy and immerse their reader more experientially but good writers—the sort whose work will be used for Editing exercises—will be CONSISTENT and INTENTIONAL with this.)]]> 2020-09-14 02:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/742590423 keiyin_chia06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753899225 Identify the noun before the subordinating conjunction. If the noun is a person and can be referred to as "he/she", we should use "who". If the noun can be referred to as "him/her", we should use "whom". For a place, we should use "where". For time, we should use "when". For reasons, we should use "why". For objects, we should use "which" or "that". For methods, we should use "how".  For belongings and possessions, we should use "whose".]]> 2020-09-17 03:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753899225 sophia_zhang06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753899560 -Look at the subject to deduce whether it is plural or singular ]]> 2020-09-17 03:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753899560 anying_khoo06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753899940 1. Check who the subject of the sentence is and whether it corresponds with the pronoun used. 
2. Check what perspective the text is from. ]]> 2020-09-17 03:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753899940 varshni_s06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753899956 - Identify the number of subject(s)/ type of pronoun used is indicative of singular or plural objects. 
If the number of subjects is 1 or 0, use singular verbs. 
If the number of subjects is 2, use plural verbs.

]]> 2020-09-17 03:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753899956 nadine_lim06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900129 Check where the word is placed in the sentence and check the surrounding words. For example, if the word is placed before a noun and after a determiner, it is more likely to be an adjective.]]> 2020-09-17 03:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900129 hilary_chee06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900151

Look at phrases or clauses before and after conjunction, then determine the relationship between them (eg reasoning, cause and consequence). Determine if the conjunction used is suitable for the scenario.

Look at indicators of conjunctions (especially conjunctions that consist of two or more words eg either or)

]]> 2020-09-17 03:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900151 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900514 - look at the relationship between the first clause and the second clause.
Example, cause and effect

- ensure that two independent clauses are connected with FANBOYS

- take note of conjunctions used in pairs
Example: either...or, not only... but also, neither... nor]]> 2020-09-17 03:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900514 shreya_c06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900857 1. Know how to spell the word.
2. Make use of general spelling rules (e.g. i before e, except after c).
3. Associate difficult words with similar sounding words (e.g. librarian with library, libertarian with liberty).
4. Break the word up into smaller parts that make it easier to spell.
5. Say the word out loud, and gauge its spelling.]]> 2020-09-17 03:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900857 aliz_chen06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900967 revise commonly misspelled words
say it in sloooww moo
random tips:
1. Necessary has one coffee and two sugars (1 c, 2 s)
2. There is a rat in separate. "sep-arat-e"
3. Embarrassed makes you turn rosy red and speaking softly (2 r, 2 s)
4. Calendar has 2a, one for April and one for August

]]> 2020-09-17 03:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753900967 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753901518 Check the surrounding context for the words that refer to the subject. In this case, check for words referring to parking a car, or a specific car. If there is a word referring to a specific car, then it should be changed to "Where did you park THE car?".]]> 2020-09-17 03:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753901518 suiyee_lim06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753901953 - check the number of subjects (whether they are plural or singular) by looking at the pronoun used (e.g. he/they) 
- look at the form of the verb used (e.g. going in this case) ]]> 2020-09-17 03:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753901953 aseera_jannath06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753902353 - Take note of common phrasal verbs
- Make sure preposition makes sense in the context
- Read books to be more familiar with phrasal verbs (READ. READ IT ALL)]]> 2020-09-17 03:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753902353 adele_chin06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753904504 - know the functions of the basic punctuation marks
- find out what the sentence is trying to convey before adding any punctuation marks 
- try to read out the statements written (especially for commas, exclamation marks and fullstops)


]]> 2020-09-17 03:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753904504 chloe_ang06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753905157 - read it out loud! most of these are phrasal verbs so if it doesn't sound correct it probably isn't. 
- usually precedes a noun so take note of the noun 
- read the whole sentence
- check if the sentence or phrase makes sense
- picture the object and its position (eg the book is ON top of the table because it is just lying on the table)

]]> 2020-09-17 03:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753905157 dien_yu06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753906030 'those' - there ; plural
'that' - there ; singular
'these' - here ; plural
'this' - here ; singular]]> 2020-09-17 03:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753906030 nadine_lim06 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753908708 -look at for the pronunciation
- split the word into smaller parts 
- remember commonly misspelled words (e.g. rhythm, exercise, manoeuvre)]]> 2020-09-17 03:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753908708 https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753913259 -one tip that applies to most words: if you are not sure of the correct spelling, check for the presence of two vowels side-by-side. (E.G. committee) You realise that the consonant in between the two vowels is doubled. (i.e. there are 2 "m" s in between the vowels "o" and "i", and there are two "t" s in between the vowels "i" and "e".]]> 2020-09-17 03:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mr_yan1/205_editing_strategies/wish/753913259