ROUND 1️⃣ OF 3️⃣. CAPITALIZATION, QUESTION MARKS & PERIODS

📝 Info: Focus on a single sentence at a time. Make sure that it begins with a capitalized word and ends with proper punctuation.

Example: In addition to his pioneering work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote ✖️Inoculation (inoculation ✔️) against smallpox ✖️(smallpox. ✔️)

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The flightless dodo was hunted to extinction in the 17th century after sailors landed on its Island home of Mauritius, about 1,200 miles off the southeastern coast of Africa

Without prior exposure to predators, dodos were unafraid of Humans, making them easy targets for the sailors. The few skeletal remains and sketches that exist tell researchers that the dodo was a rather plum Bird, weighing about 50 pounds.

ROUND 2 OF 3. MISSPELLINGS & TYPOS

📝 Info: Read the passage looking for spelling errors and words that may be spelled correctly but used incorrectly (to vs. too). Then, look for misspellings by reading the passage backwards so that you can see each word individually rather than as a group.

Example: In addition to his pionering✖️(pioneering✔️) work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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The flightless dodo was haunted to extinction in teh 17th century after sailors landed on its island home of Mauritius, about 1,200 miles of the southeastern coast of Africa.

Without prior exposure to predators, dodos where unafraid of humans, making them easy targets for the sailors. The few skeletal remains and sketches that exist tell researchers that the dodo was a rather plum bird, weighing about 50 pounds.

ROUND 3 OF 3. EXTRA & MISSING WORDS

📝 Info: Read the passage aloud to identify extra or missing words. You are more likely to hear errors than you are to catch them during a silent read.

✍️ Example: In addition✖️(to✔️) his pioneering work on on ✖️(1 on✔️) photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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The flightless dodo was hunted to extinction in the 17th century after a sailors landed on its island home of Mauritius, about 1,200 miles off the southeastern coast of Africa.

Without prior exposure to predators, dodos were were unafraid of humans, making them easy targets for the the sailors. The few skeletal remains and sketches that exist researchers that the dodo was a rather plum bird, weighing about 50 pounds.