Lessons tagged with "revise"

This writing lesson requires students to revise their writing by deleting content that does not fit the topic of the text and adding content where elaboration is needed. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students must select the best sentences to add and delete from multiple choices.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on revising writing by consolidating sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a pair of sentences, and identify the relationship between them. Then, they revise the writing by consolidating the sentences using a coordinating conjunction. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive test items.

This writing lesson covers how to revise writing by adding or deleting sentences based on how they support the main idea. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to change the written text to improve it by determining which details support the main idea and which don’t.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on identifying an effective transition between paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the question to determine what they are looking for in the text. Then they read both paragraph of the passage and identify the main idea of each one. Finally, they identify the best transition between paragraphs -- the sentence that combines the main ideas of both. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive test items.

This writing unit covers how to write informational text. It includes planning and writing; revising by adding transitions; adding quotations; and rearranging, adding, or deleting sentences.

This writing lesson covers how to revise writing by adding or deleting sentences based on how they support the main idea. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to change written text to improve it by determining which details support the main idea and which don’t.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on revising writing to use effective transitions between paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the paragraph and identify any details that have a common idea and would suggest the main idea. Then, they determine the main idea of each paragraph. Finally, they determine the relationship between the paragraphs and select an effective transition sentence from the choices given. In addition to the lesson, there are four more pages for Independent Practice and review modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on revising writing from a consistent point of view. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage and underline all pronouns used. Then, they determine if the first, second, or third person is used in each sentence. Then, they identify any sentences that use an inconsistent point of view and rewrite it. Finally, they reread the passage as revised and explain how this change maintains a consistent point of view. In addition to the lesson, there are four more pages for Independent Practice and review modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on revising writing for appropriate word choice. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the question and the paragraph looking for the underline word to be revised. Then, they determine a more appropriate word to replace the underlined word, using a word bank of necessary. Finally, they reread the sentence with the new word to check. In addition to the lesson, there are four more pages for Independent Practice and review modeled after current adaptive testing items.