| Learner Profile | Asivak knows that she makes errors when she writes. Some of these errors are spelling mistakes and others are due to a poor grasp of grammar. Asivak is embarrassed about this. |
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| Short Term Goal | To write at a 120 level in order to move towards her educational goal. |
| Demonstration | To produce a correctly spelled and grammatically correct piece of writing by editing her own work. Asivak must write a response to an article selected by her instructor from the newspaper. |
| Skill and Level | Proof reads and corrects final draft, focusing on basic grammar, punctuation and spelling. |
| Effect of the Learning Disability | Asivak makes unexplained errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation when reading her work and when writing. |
| Accommodation | Asivak types her final draft on the computer. Next, she runs it through the spelling and grammar checking programs. She then prints it off. Using her finger she points to each word to see if it says what she means to convey. Asivak then asks a competent friend to read the draft for errors and correct them before she hands the paper in. |
| Learner’s Words | “Before I just wrote. I knew it was bad but I was afraid to ask for help. Now I know using the spell and grammar check on the computer and my ‘finger check’ helps me to produce better writing. I feel I can ask friends to check my work. Sometimes my friends don’t find anything wrong. I feel so good.” |