Self-editing the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can edit my own climax of ’A Kind of Spark’, aiming to improve the punctuation, text cohesion and vocabulary.
Key learning points
- Editing is a critical part of the writing process.
- Writing is most successful when editing is used to rethink, rephrase and reconsider first ideas.
- Editing can be done by oneself, with a peer or with a teacher.
- Editing is most successful when it is chunked by punctuation, sentence structure, vocabulary and cohesive devices.
- A growth mindset helps us benefit most from editing.
Keywords
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Text cohesion - how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose
Growth mindset - a desire to keep developing any skill set
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to adopt a positive mindset towards editing.
Encourage pupils to see this as an opportunity to push themselves towards producing a polished piece of work that shows off all their skills. Having a real audience for the text in mind will help them with this.
Teacher tip
The examples in this lesson have been kept relatively general to avoid over-scaffolding of editing. You should refer to local and national guidelines for editing if you are intending to use this piece of writing as evidence of independent writing for the purposes of teacher assessment.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these sentences would appear first in our narrative?
Q2.In which sentence is the direct speech correctly punctuated?
Q3.Which features below can be seen in the following passage? 'I look out and I see a sea of faces in front of me. They're listening. It's working.'
Q4.Which features below can be seen in the following passage? 'Maggie stood in the dark courtroom and she looked down at the angry, shouting faces. Why did they despise her so much?'
Q5.Which of the following language features help us to show informality?
Q6.Which steps in the writing process have we now completed for our climax?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following is a purpose of editing?
Q2.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Q3.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Q4.Which passage below uses tense and person consistently?
Q5.Which of these is true in regards to the formality of the different sections of our text?
Q6.Sam says, "I don't see the point of editing! My work was good already." What would be the best response?
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