Reminiscent of the one room school house, where the teacher would write a sentence to be corrected on the blackboard, The Great Editing Adventure series provides adventures that review grammar daily in this similar fashion.
“These sets are a perfect companion to the Learning Language Arts Through Literature Series. They are written with 4th-6th grade skills and can be used for 7th-8th grade review. Children learn and review grammar as they search for errors in the exciting stories. Review for grammar, writing, spelling and vocabulary.”
The Great Editing Adventure
There are 3 adventure stories in Vol. 1 that review grammar, writing mechanics, spelling, vocabulary, finding synonyms and dictionary use. Each day you read a new sentence as you write it on a board, or use the student workbook (which I prefer) that already has the sentence written for you. Then my child takes a few minutes to correct the errors. I like to give the number of errors to look for. And, if it’s a hard one, I will give them a hint.
The Great Editing Adventure is great for daily drills because they are a quick way to develop editing skills in a fun manner. They also provide the opportunity to talk about grammar, spelling and writing in a contextual way. My children start caring about the story and are eager to find the mistakes!
My Thoughts
The added bonus of synonyms and vocabulary words is easy to use and all-in-all this takes about 10 minutes a day. I recommend this for children beginning in grade 4 or above, with a prior grammar background. You can also alternate years doing a grammar text one year and The Great Editing Adventure as review the following year.
Someone pointed out to me a long time ago that there is only so much grammar to learn. Many grammar texts simply repeat the same thing over and over which makes for “busy work”. Learning grammar is simply preparing a child to speak and write correctly. I like to alternate our focus each year between grammar and writing, and The Great Editing Adventure is a great tool to help me achieve this goal.
My son says, “I like the inventions and guessing what they are. I can’t wait for the next one. Also, they don’t take very long.”
Learn More About The Great Editing Adventure
Head to Common Sense Press to learn more and to get a look inside both the teacher and student books.
- Click here for a sample teacher page.
- Click here for a sample student workbook page.
More Homeschool Language Arts Options
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~ Originally published September 2009, Written by Brenda, a classically eclectic mother of five.
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