Ascw9z67, Editing

UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY SCHOOL Combined Arms and Tactics Directorate Combined Arms and Leadership Division Communicative Skills Branch Fort Benning, Georgia CW9Z67 Advance Sheet EDITING 1. INSTRUCTIONAL INTENT: The OCS student will apply lessons learned in previous blocks of instruction to editing the writing of others. 2. TRAINING OBJECTIVES: As a result of this instruction, the student will accomplish the following objective: a.

ACTION: Edit someone else’s writing. CONDITION: Given previous instruction and a sample of someone else’s writing. STANDARD: The student will read the sample for substance and organization and then edit the sample for style and correctness errors, using the Quick Screen Edit. a.

ACTION: Identify the goals, principles, and tools for effective writing. CONDITION: Given discussion in class. STANDARD: Student will review the standard and discuss the importance of putting the bottom line up front; clear support of the bottom line; logical organization; use of the active voice; and proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling. 3.

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS: a. Advance assignment:

NONE.

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Required Reading:

NONE.

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Supplemental Reading:

NONE.

4. CENTRAL POINTS: For a writer to improve his written work, he must receive specific feedback form the reviewer concerning what requires improvement and revision. The review and the Quick Screen Edit are tools that will assist the reviewer in providing feedback efficiently and effectively to the writer.