Children should do their own editing. Even young children can circle all of the words that they think are not spelled correctly or check to make sure that each sentence starts with a capital letter. Having someone else mark all of your spelling errors with a red pen so that you can fix them does not help you learn how to identify these errors for yourself. Reluctant writers may need even more freedom to express their ideas in draft form without a great deal of editing. Children should choose the pieces that they feel are worthy of further work and the investment of time and energy to complete the revision, and editing that is required to make it a published piece.
Some work never goes anywhere.
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