We had a blast last week reviewing modifiers and how to place them correctly in sentences. We will kick off December by adding to our knowledge and working on writing concise, clear sentences. Please note: these are for MEMBERS ONLY 🙂
Writing Lab #3: Concise Sentences
Class Syllabus – Grades 3-5
Objective: Students will be able to implement best practices in order to make their writing more concise and clear.
Essential Questions:
- What is a concise sentence?
- How do we create concise sentences?
- Why are concise sentences important?
Enduring Understandings:
- A concise sentence is a sentence that has a clear subject, verb, and complement without extra details that muddle meaning.
- Concise sentences are created by using the active voice, parallel structure, reducing wordy phrases, eliminating obvious information, and reducing prepositional phrases.
- Concise sentences are important because they are the best and easiest way to express oneself clearly.
Standards:
| Grade 3: | Grade 4: | Grade 5: |
| L.3.3. – Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. A. Choose words and phrases for effect. B. Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English. | L.4.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. A. Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely. B. Choose punctuation for effect. C. Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group discussion). | L.5.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. A. Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. B. Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems |
Materials:
- Please read and print the worksheet attached. Do not start it.
- Pen or pencil
Concise Worksheet 3-5
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