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Editing Persuasive Texts

Read each item carefully. Check spelling, capital letters and punctuation. Use Australian spelling.

Read and edit

This draft is missing punctuation and capital letters. Read it before answering the questions.

every town should plant more trees they provide shade, shelter birds and make streets cooler my neighbour mia says trees also help clean the air we should plant native trees in melbourne parks and along busy roads

1.Rewrite the draft paragraph with capital letters and punctuation corrected.

2.How many sentence-start capital letters are missing from the draft?

3.How many full stops should be added to the draft?

4.Which sentence uses speech punctuation correctly?

"Native trees are best for local parks," said Xavier.
"Native trees are best for local parks" said Xavier.
"native trees are best for local parks," said mia.

5.Add commas to separate the items in this list: Trees give us shade homes for wildlife cleaner air and beauty.

6.Write the words that need capital letters: native trees belong in perth parks and near the swan river.

7.Add quotation marks and the needed punctuation to show the exact words Ivy said: Ivy said native plants can support local wildlife.

Match the punctuation

Match each punctuation or capitalization feature to its job in persuasive writing.

8.Match each punctuation or capitalization feature to its job.

Full stop (.)
Comma (,)
Question mark (?)
Quotation marks (“ ”)
Capital letter

Separates items in a list.
Ends a question.
Show the exact words someone says.
Begins a sentence or names a person or place.
Shows the end of a statement.

Write and check

Use the editing checklist to make your writing clear and convincing.

9.Write two persuasive sentences explaining why your community should plant more native trees. Include one reason and a convincing word such as should, important or must.

10.Edit your two sentences. Check sentence beginnings, proper nouns, full stops, commas in any lists, and quotation marks if you used direct speech. Tick each item after checking it.

11.Rewrite your edited persuasive sentences neatly.