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9th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 12

Proofreading

Spelling and word choice in final drafts

What your child practices

Students practice proofreading in US spelling: commonly misspelled words and confusing pairs such as affect and effect, accept and except, principle and principal.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 9.2.1.1; 9.2.1.3 · editing writing for correct grammar and mechanics

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Principle is a rule or belief. Principal is a school leader, or means main.
  2. Affect is usually a verb, effect usually a noun. Accept means receive, except means leaving out.
  3. Learn tricky words in parts: ex-is-tence, li-ai-son, en-tre-pre-neur.

Example: “The decision was based on a ___ of fairness.” principle or principal? The blank means a rule or belief. Principle is the rule or belief. Answer: principle

Proofreading in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 11 of 12 in 9th grade English Language Arts, after Research & Credibility and before Media Analysis.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word is spelled correctly?

    • parralel
    • paralell
    • parallel
    • paralel

  2. Question 2

    Which word is spelled correctly?

    • laison
    • liaision
    • liaison
    • liason

  3. Question 3

    Which word is spelled correctly?

    • acquaintence
    • aquaintance
    • acquaintance
    • acquantance

  4. Question 4

    Which word is spelled correctly?

    • existence
    • exsistence
    • existance
    • existense

  5. Question 5

    Which word is spelled correctly?

    • beaurocracy
    • bureacracy
    • bureaucrasy
    • bureaucracy

  6. Question 6

    Which word is spelled correctly?

    • pronounciation
    • pronunciation
    • pronunsiation
    • pronuncation

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