Author video lesson
Understand the question behind an edit.
At a glance
An original teaching passage shows how structural review, sentence editing and proof checks ask different questions. The silent demonstration uses on-screen explanations and a transcript.
Watch the demonstration
Silent demonstration with on-screen explanations. All book and passage examples in this lesson are invented for teaching.
Lesson transcript
- Read the original passage. A teaching example: “We made a list of every enquiry. Then we gave each enquiry an owner.”
- Structural review asks what is missing. Does the chapter explain why responsibility matters and what the reader should do?
- Sentence editing can reduce repetition. Possible revision: “We listed every enquiry and assigned each one an owner.”
- Fact checking remains a separate task. Confirm that the described actions happened; clearer wording cannot prove a claim.
- Proof checks follow approved changes. Check spelling, punctuation, consistency and the final laid-out pages.
Use the lesson for your project
Compare editing and proofreading stages and discuss editorial support.