Kids can enjoy editing their work
I’m amazed how many teachers and even facilitators don’t know about the reviewing toolbar in Word – even in their third cluster year. Using this toolbar kids can “track the changes” they make during editing. This then becomes an intrinsic reward as for the first time they get credit for their efforts rather than a mess that needs rewriting. Kids will then change words to add more interest or clarity and resequence by dragging and dropping text etc. Check it out. Go to the view menu (where you go to look for things), down to tool ars and select “Reviewing”, turn on “track changes” and watch the credits roll. Keep a copy of this and then highlight all and accept the changes to get the neat and tidy version. Kids love it – they may even reach the standards now.
