Correction Sheet

Why do I have to make a correction sheet?

If you are asked to make a correction sheet, it is because you have made a consistent error in your writing that I believe can best be corrected by your focused concentration on the grammar and punctuation topics that we have covered in class, are in your textbook or in your American English - American English (monolingual) dictionary. 
 

How do I make a correction sheet?

• First, find the sentences in your paper that have a circled number next to them. 


• These sentences have errors in them. It is your job to figure out what is wrong with the sentence, or a part of the sentence. Use your class notes and our textbook. If you can't figure out what is wrong, you may ask me during my office hour, you may ask one of the teachers or student assistants in the ELI's LDC, or you can ask a trusted friend. Or for great on-line help go to Guide to Grammar and Writing



• Next, on a piece of paper, write out the sentence that has an error in it (write it with the error still in it). 



• Third, under the sentence with a mistake in it, write a correct version of the sentence. 



• Fourth, under the corrected sentence, write a brief explanation about why the new sentence is correct. 



• Repeat the correction process for all the sentences with circled numbers next to them. 

That's it!  For an example, see below: 

Correction for Error #1
1. My dog Nippy had a good reason to run after my neighbor's cat it had just swatted him in the nose! 

 
2. My dog Nippy had a good reason to run after my neighbor's cat; it had just swatted him in the nose! 

 
3. The sentence was a run-on (there were two independent clauses joined without any type of punctuation), so I fixed it by putting a semicolon between the two independent clauses.