Story Surgery

As we conclude our first writing unit it is important to practice the editing phase of the writing process. This is where story surgery comes in! It is an editing strategy that teaches them to edit one concept (capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and paragraphing) at a time to ensure a more successful edit. That means they read the piece four times! By doing this the students discover and correct more errors. Below are pictures of 4H students working through this clever editing strategy.