This clear, visual poster provides the basis for everyone to become an editing extraordinaire in your classroom.

The poster includes simple symbols that can be used when editing writing. It is like a secret, highly effective superhero code between you and your students. Instead of squeezing notes in margins to provide feedback, you can simply add these symbols to your student’s work where necessary. They can then look back over their work and fix any mistakes that have been highlighted. This is a very valuable learning experience and gives them ownership over their writing.

Once your students learn the code, you could also have them peer edit each other’s work using the symbols to provide feedback.