Editing descriptive writing based on ‘A monster within’
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can edit, revise and rewrite my descriptive writing.
Key learning points
- Editing is the process of making technical corrections to a piece of writing.
- Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar is essential to help your reader understand your writing.
- Revising is where you look at or consider again a piece of writing in order to correct or improve it.
- Using a variety of sentence starters is important because it can influence the pace, emphasis or cohesion of a sentence.
- You can vary your sentence starters by using adjectives, verbs or adverbs.
Keywords
To edit - to make technical corrections to a piece of writing
To revise - to review a piece of work and identify where it can be improved
Draft - a version of a piece of writing
To rewrite - the process of rewriting sentences, adding, dropping or reframing ideas and choosing more precise words
To enhance - to improve the quality or clarity of something
Common misconception
Students often think that once they have written their first draft, the piece is finished.
Writing is a process that involves several drafts of the same piece. Each time, editing and rewriting the draft makes the piece of writing better.
Teacher tip
Feel free to change the examples to common SPaG mistakes your class tend to make, to personalise the lesson for them and to make it as useful and productive as possible.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following are verbs?
Q2.Which of the following are adjectives?
Q3.Which of the following are adverbs?
Q4.Which of the following verbs are in the present tense?
Q5.One of these verbs is in a different tense from the others. Which one is it?
Q6.Choose the most appropriate verb to complete the following sentence: __________ cautiously forward, I felt my heart rate quicken and my breathing become shallow.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1. is the process of reframing ideas and choosing more precise words.
Q2. is the process of making technical corrections to a piece of writing.
Q3.Which of the following is an example of 'rewriting'?
Q4.Complete the following sentence by adding in the correct verb: "I was so annoyed with myself. If I'd just applied myself, I could __________ been great!"
Q5.Identify the incorrect spelling, punctuation or grammar in the following sentence: "The gates rusty hinges were definitely close to the end of their miserable existence."
Q6.Identify the incorrect spelling, punctuation or grammar in the following sentence: "The forest's darkness chills me to my spine as I strained my eyes vainly in a desperate attempt to sea."
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