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Grade 6 · ELA Reading & Writing · Lesson 2.8
The Bug Bounty: Interactive Editing and Proofreading
Find and fix grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2
Lesson Mission
How can careful editing make writing clearer and more correct?
✍️ ELA-G6-W01 · Argument Writing, Research Reports, Grammar, and Vocabulary
✅ I can identify common grammar and punctuation errors.
✅ I can correct capitalization and spelling mistakes.
✅ I can explain why an edit improves a sentence.
AI Learning Helper
Grade 6 Teacher
Helping with: The Bug Bounty: Interactive Editing and Proofreading
ELA-G6-W01 · The Writer’s Workshop Engine
Teacher Welcome
Hi, I am your Grade 6 ELA Coach. Today we are working inside ELA-G6-W01: Argument Writing, Research Reports, Grammar, and Vocabulary. I will help you understand The Bug Bounty: Interactive Editing and Proofreading by focusing on editing grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Teacher Response
Guided Hint
What does the text say directly?
Ask for a Specific Hint
Teacher Tip
Read closely, cite evidence, explain your inference, and use clear academic language. This skill matters because Editing helps students improve essays, emails, reports, applications, captions, and presentations.
Common Mistake Alert
Do not only look for spelling mistakes. Editing also includes grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.
Student Question Box
Helper Suggestion
Type a question above. The helper will guide the student toward the first step without giving away the answer immediately.
Challenge Prompt
Write a short paragraph using editing grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling and include at least one piece of evidence.
Warm-Up
Think First
Fix the sentence: yesterday maya and leo visited the science museum
Show expected answer
Yesterday, Maya and Leo visited the science museum.
Vocabulary
Key Words
Thesis
A clear controlling idea or argument that guides an essay.
Claim
A clear statement that tells what the writer believes or argues.
Reason
An explanation that supports a claim.
Evidence
Facts, examples, quotations, or details used to support a reason or idea.
Transition
A word or phrase that connects ideas and shows relationships between them.
Formal style
Clear academic language that avoids slang, vague wording, and casual tone.
Elaboration
Sentences that explain how evidence supports the writer’s idea.
Real-World Connection
Why This Matters
Editing helps students improve essays, emails, reports, applications, captions, and presentations.
Mini Lesson
Learn the Concept
Step 2
Edit one category at a time
Check capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence clarity separately.
Step 3
Know the rule behind the fix
Editing is stronger when students can explain why the correction works.
Interactive Practice
Practice, Build, Simulate, Explain
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Activity 1 · sort-cards
Bug Scanner Category Sort
Sort each error into the correct bug category.
10 ptsNot checked
💡 Sort each card into the correct category. Use the text evidence or writing purpose to decide.
Capitalization Bug
maya went to the library
Punctuation Bug
Before lunch we finished the lab
Spelling Bug
The answer was corect.
Activity 2 · multiple-choice
Choose the Correct Edit
Which sentence is correct?
10 ptsNot checked
💡 Read carefully. Choose the answer that is best supported by the text.
Activity 3 · short-response
Explain the Edit
Correct and explain: the students research renewable energy on monday
15 ptsNot checked
💡 Write a complete Grade 6 response. Use evidence, academic vocabulary, and clear reasoning.