Teachers across the nation have adopted daily proofreading exercises as a method for students to practice finding and fixing their own errors. These large-company-published exercises have also unleashed a "dozed off pupil" epidemic of similar proportion.
These typical proofreading exercises fail due to biting more than they can chew. Facts and information are endlessly crammed down a student's throat, as they are also supposed to learn how to write properly. A Sentence A Day is an entirely different approach. It's all about manageable, capricious, quirky sentences with a sense of humor about themselves. Students in practice receive small, daily doses of proofreading that don't overwhelm them. A few minutes of class time is all any exercise will require, permitting a very frequent and consistent reinforcement strategy over time.
Every page of the book displays an incorrect sentence, an example of a correction, and notes for the educator.
These typical proofreading exercises fail due to biting more than they can chew. Facts and information are endlessly crammed down a student's throat, as they are also supposed to learn how to write properly. A Sentence A Day is an entirely different approach. It's all about manageable, capricious, quirky sentences with a sense of humor about themselves. Students in practice receive small, daily doses of proofreading that don't overwhelm them. A few minutes of class time is all any exercise will require, permitting a very frequent and consistent reinforcement strategy over time.
Every page of the book displays an incorrect sentence, an example of a correction, and notes for the educator.
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