Editing and improving your FABULOUS writing!
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English
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5th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Hard
Alice Le Feuvre
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12 Slides • 6 Questions
1
How can we make it even better with a few tweaks?
You need:
- A partner
- A whiteboard pen (Lottie hand out please)
- A whiteboard (Dawud hand out please)
- Your piece of paper with writing on from Wednesday
2
Multiple Choice
Look at this sentence|:
“I hope Sirius Black is caught soon!” bellowed Ron, the train was shaking.
Can you spot the mistake?
There is a capital letter missing.
There is missing punctuation
A comma separates two main clauses (comma splice)
The tenses used are not quite right.
3
“I hope Sirius Black is caught soon!” bellowed Ron, the train was shaking.
What do we really like?
What could we do instead?
4
Multiple Choice
Look at this sentence|:
“I hope Sirius Black was caught soon!” replied Ron, his eyes wide.
Can you spot the mistake?
There is a capital letter missing.
There is missing punctuation
A comma separates two main clauses (comma splice)
The tenses used are not quite right.
5
“I hope Sirius Black was caught soon!” replied Ron, his eyes wide.
What do we really like?
What could we do instead?
6
Multiple Choice
Look at this sentence|:
The pewter mist smoothed around the carriage of the train.
Can you spot the mistake?
There is missing punctuation
A vocabulary choice isn't quite right.
There is a missing capital letter
The tenses used are not quite right.
7
The pewter mist smoothed around the carriage of the train.
What do we really like?
What could we do instead?
8
Multiple Select
Look at this sentence|:
“Sirius Black is a wicked criminal!” hissed Ron his eyes widened.
Can you spot the mistake?
There is missing punctuation
A vocabulary choice isn't quite right.
There is a missing word.
There is a missing capital letter
9
“Sirius Black is a wicked criminal!” hissed Ron his eyes widened.
What do we really like?
What could we do instead?
10
Multiple Choice
Look at this sentence|:
“Thanks Ron,” Harry barged in.
Can you spot the mistake?
There is missing punctuation.
A vocabulary choice isn't quite right.
There is a missing word.
There is a missing capital letter.
11
“Thanks Ron,” Harry barged in.
What do we really like?
What could we do instead?
12
Multiple Choice
Look at this sentence|:
Shining like a beacon in the darkness the train light glowed against the charcoal sky.
Can you spot the mistake?
There is missing punctuation.
A vocabulary choice isn't quite right.
There is a missing word.
There is a missing capital letter.
13
Shining like a beacon in the darkness the train light glowed against the charcoal sky.
What do we really like?
What could we do instead?
14
This sentence tells me Ron was scared.
How can you show me Ron was scared?
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This sentence tells it was cold.
How can you show me it was cold?
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1. Dialogue (speech)
2. Show don't tell (reactions / how they spoke)
3. Action
Repeat
How can we make it even better with a few tweaks?
You need:
- A partner
- A whiteboard pen (Lottie hand out please)
- A whiteboard (Dawud hand out please)
- Your piece of paper with writing on from Wednesday
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