Which revision improves clarity and conciseness?

The very hungry boy ate the cake.

The boy who was very hungry ate the cake.

Mom was furious when she saw the mess we had made in the kitchen. Her voice was loud as she yelled, "You clean this mess up right now." What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 2?

Change the period to an exclamation mark

Change the period to a question mark

No change needs to be made in sentence 2

When you have finished your rough draft, what 4 things should you make sure to check?

capitalization, indentions, punctuation, and spelling.

It looks good enough so I'm done.

capitalization, animal crackers, starbursts, and peanuts

Revise the following sentence to improve its clarity: "The dog barked loudly at the stranger who was walking by the house."

The dog barked loudly at the stranger walking by the house.

The dog loudly barked at the stranger who was walking by the house.

The dog barked at the stranger who was walking by the house loudly.

The dog barked at the stranger loudly who was walking by the house.

This room is colder then the one we were working in last week. How should sentence 1 be changed?

Make no change to this sentence.

What is the primary purpose of revision in the writing process?

To improve the content and structure

To finalize the document for submission

To add citations and references

What is the difference between editing and revising?

Editing focuses on grammar, revising focuses on content.

Editing focuses on content, revising focuses on grammar.

Editing and revising are the same.

Editing is done before revising.

Choose the best revision for clarity: 'The man who was wearing a red hat quickly ran down the street.'

Wearing a red hat, the man quickly ran down the street.

The man quickly ran down the street wearing a red hat.

The man ran down the street quickly wearing a red hat.

Quickly, the man wearing a red hat ran down the street.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

It's a beautiful day, isn't it?

What is the main goal of editing in the writing process?

To check for spelling and grammatical errors

Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:

The team are winning the match.

The team were winning the match.

The team has winning the match.

Which of the following sentences is an example of passive voice?

The cake was eaten by the children.

The children are eating the cake.

The cake is being eaten by the children.

Choose the option that best revises the sentence for conciseness: 'The girl who was very tired went to bed early.'

The very tired girl went to bed early.

The girl went to bed early because she was very tired.

The girl, who was very tired, went to bed early.

The girl went to bed early, she was very tired.

What is a run-on sentence?

Two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation

A sentence with too many commas

A sentence with a subject but no verb

What is the purpose of a thesis statement in an essay?

To state the main argument or point

To provide background information

Revision and Editing Lesson

Authored by Sarah Williams

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4th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the five steps of writing?

draft, rough draft, edit, revise, turn in

brainstorm, write, submit, re-do, correct

check spelling, grammar, sentences, title and paragraph

prewrite, draft, revise, edit, publish

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

I add vivid verbs during this step of the writing process.

Editing

Revision

Publishing

Drafting

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Kyle is looking over his writing to see if there are any misspelled word, end marks and words that need to be capitalize. Which stage of the writing process is Kyle in?

Publishing

Drafting

Editing

Revision

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The opposite of a fragment is a ____.

question

hanging indent

sentence

block

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CCSS.L.4.1F

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the option that best revises the following sentence for clarity: "He delivered the performance, which was both powerful and moving, with great skill."

He skillfully delivered a powerful and moving performance.

The performance, which he delivered, was powerful, moving, and done with great skill.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Revise the following sentence to improve its clarity: "The boy quickly ran to the store to buy some milk because his mother told him to."

The boy ran quickly to the store to buy some milk because his mother told him to.

Because his mother told him to, the boy quickly ran to the store to buy some milk.

The boy ran to the store quickly to buy some milk because his mother told him to.

The boy quickly ran to the store because his mother told him to buy some milk.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Principal Calder shook off some leaves from her coat as she put the books on the table She exclaimed, "I didn't realize how many peach trees you have here on Peachtree lane." What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 6?

Change Peachtree to PeachTree

Change peach to Peach

Change lane to Lane

No change need to be made in sentence 6

Answer explanation

Capitalize names of streets.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

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Revision and Editing Lesson

What are the five steps of writing?

I add vivid verbs during this step of the writing process.

Kyle is looking over his writing to see if there are any misspelled word, end marks and words that need to be capitalize. Which stage of the writing process is Kyle in?

The opposite of a fragment is a ____.

Choose the option that best revises the following sentence for clarity: "He delivered the performance, which was both powerful and moving, with great skill."

Revise the following sentence to improve its clarity: "The boy quickly ran to the store to buy some milk because his mother told him to."

Principal Calder shook off some leaves from her coat as she put the books on the table She exclaimed, "I didn't realize how many peach trees you have here on Peachtree lane." What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 6?

Capitalize names of streets.

Which revision improves clarity and conciseness?

Mom was furious when she saw the mess we had made in the kitchen. Her voice was loud as she yelled, "You clean this mess up right now." What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 2?

Exclamatory - exclaims, is excited

When you have finished your rough draft, what 4 things should you make sure to check?

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