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5 Tips That Will Get Students Revising Wordy Sentences

Written by Tiffany Rehbein | Oct 19, 2016 10:14:00 AM

Helping your students learn to write clear, concise sentences using fewer words is an important part of grammar instruction! Wordiness not only obscures ideas, but causes readers to become frustrated. Here are five strategies (with examples) that will get students revising wordy sentences with confidence.


EDITING AND REVISING CHECKLIST FOR STUDENTS

This reference sheet is a convenient resource to add to students' writing journals or folders. When students complete writing assignments, encourage them to pull out the 5 Tips for Revising Sentences Edit Sheet to review and edit their work.

Download the 5 Tips for Revising Sentences Edit Sheet now.

 

 

 

MORE REVISION RESOURCES:

Teaching Meaningful Revision

Recognize & Edit Errors

Editing Run-on Sentences