Proofreading: cuttlefish

3 - Whiteboard Challenges

Whiteboard Challenges

Challenge 1

The first sentence has five spelling mistakes and three punctuation errors. Proofread and rewrite the sentence, making any necessary corrections.

Challenge 2

Editing sometimes means using better words, or cutting out unnecessary words. What editing can you do to improve the second sentence?

Challenge 3

Write your own scintillating sentence about the crafty cuttlefish. Remember to read it through and look out for any spelling or punctuation errors. Be mindful of using the best words in the most concise way and try to use some of the descriptive words from the Word Wall.

Whiteboard Challenges

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1) Belonging to the same family as the octapus and the squid the cuttlefsh is a tipe of cephalopod that has not one not too, but three harts

2) Cuttlefish can be found in the seas all around the UK but cuttlefish are especially found in the sea along the south-west coastal areas.

Word Wall

cuttlefish crab-hunting specialist dazzling show of colours tentacles beak-like mouth mottled or striped hypnotised camouflaged dangerous quarry ever-changing colours and patterns pigment cells