Three slow passes catch what one quick read misses
Lesson 9 of 14 Year 3
Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildOne pass, one job. Capitals first, then end marks, then the sound-alike words.
1 · Tick the right one
a Bb Bc Ad AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
We open on Monday.
Do you like warm bread?
I ate too much cake.
4 · Help Polpetta
Those capitals must go because important is not a rule. Only starts, names, days, months and I get a capital, so it should be Our café is the best.
2 · Find the 4 mistakes
1
polpetta's
Polpetta's
2
monday
Monday
3
warm bread
warm bread?
4
to much
too much
Pass one catches polpetta's (start and name) and monday (day). Pass two adds the question mark after bread. Pass three fixes to much. there is (a place) is the decoy and is right.
MediumRead it three times with one job each time. Nothing hides from three passes.
1 · Tick the right one
a Bb Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: In July, Polpetta bakes for Marco., On Friday, Mia went to Leeds. · In August, Nonna makes a cake for Leo.
Tick: Is the soup ready yet?, Can I pay now? · What time does the café open?
Tick: Their coats are over there., They left their bags there.
4 · Help Polpetta
Café, Opens and On are not names, days, months or I, so they must lose their capitals, and monday is a day so it needs one: Our café opens on Monday. The word to is caught by pass three, the sound-alikes: more than enough is too, so it should be too much soup.
2 · Find the 5 mistakes
1
monday
Monday
2
their is
there is
3
your house
your house?
4
to much
too much
5
come and see
Come and see
two big ovens is the number and is the decoy. Pass one: monday and come. Pass two: the question mark after house. Pass three: their and to.
SpicyA proofreader trusts the passes, not the story. Slow eyes catch quick spills.
1 · Tick the right one
a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Did Sam come to the café on Saturday?
We went to town too, and bought two loaves.
We open on monday. (fix: Monday) Put it over their. (fix: there)
4 · Help Polpetta
One find is not the job done, you need three slow passes and a tally until every mistake is found. His read missed that Bread, Is, Baked, Fresh and On are not names so they must lose their capitals, and sunday is a day so it needs a capital S: Our bread is baked fresh on Sunday.
2 · Find the 7 mistakes
1
polpetta
Polpetta
2
friday
Friday
3
their is
there is
4
would you
Would you
5
the window
the window?
6
to much
too much
7
the café stays
The café stays
two new soups is the decoy and is right; to the café door is also right. Pass one: polpetta, friday, would, the (sentence start). Pass two: the question mark after window. Pass three: their and to.