Editing & Proof-Reading
Editing and Proof-Reading have two related but separate purposes.
Editing is the process of making sure that your response is accurate and contains the necessary content. It is ensuring that you have supported the content with appropriate content. Some questions that you might ask when editing:
Proof-reading is the process of making sure that your response contains appropriate spelling, punctuation, grammar and expression. When proof-reading, you should make sure that you follow the rules contained in this video.
Editing is the process of making sure that your response is accurate and contains the necessary content. It is ensuring that you have supported the content with appropriate content. Some questions that you might ask when editing:
- Have I given sufficient detail?
- Have I reported this accurately?
- Have I only included relevant material?
- Have I proved all the hypothesis?
- Have I structured my essay using introduction/body/conclusion?
- Have I structured my paragraphs using topic/information/clincher structure?
Proof-reading is the process of making sure that your response contains appropriate spelling, punctuation, grammar and expression. When proof-reading, you should make sure that you follow the rules contained in this video.
Drafts
Drafts do not benefit your teacher. They benefit you. To make the most of these, you should:
- Ensure that you have allowed yourself time for careful editing and proof-reading. You should ensure that you have had a responsible person with good language skills to proof-read before submission. This will allow your teacher to focus on the History, rather than silly things like errors in spelling and punctuation.
- Ensure that you submit your draft in a manner that suits your teacher - check if they would prefer hard copy, email or some other form of submission. Remember to include a polite and grateful message with your draft.
- Ensure that you have got time to respond to their feedback. Submitting a draft the day before suggests that you really won't be able to do much with feedback (especially if there is a lot).