Customer Reviews

Editor in Chief A1

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I first purchased this book several years ago. Since then, I have tried to use other "daily oral language practice" editing activities, but came back to this one. My students seem to really enjoy the "detective work" of finding errors in these interesting-to-read paragraphs. Each one is a simulation of a short newspaper article, and is accompanied by a picture with a caption; the students have to compare these with the text to see if there are any discrepancies. While students are looking for common mistakes in writing they tend to make, they are learning fun facts about animals, geology, and even history.

I've never come across anything quite like them as a way to prepare for the grammar section of standardized tests and to teach careful proofreading and editing.

A friend introduced these books to me. Had to have them. We use them along side our other curriculum to help build our writing skills by looking for "error's". Paragraphs are short and the "hunt" can be lots of fun.

The entire Editor in Chief series is excellent. Often, even students who don't like studying grammar enjoy the EIC editing challenges. They are short and the number of errors in a passage is noted in advance, so that students know when to stop or to keep searching. I would recommend this series for either homeschooled or in-school students to complement any other curriculum. It is indeed one of the Critical Thinking Company's best publications.

Not every kid likes to write and even those who like to write have somewhat of a tough time with all the multiple details of our grammar and editing skills. This series is one of the best that I have seen and it has refined my daughter's skill to see and know things as she writes or corrects her papers or others. She will be joining the year book staff and the school paper team and training with this series is going to be invaluable! I only gave it a 4 star because I have not researched everything out there and even though it worked for my 3 kids, I don't know how it would work with some kids who are really challenged in their writing and reading skills.