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Wordiness and Redundancy
Wordiness and Redundancy
Unit 2: Writing
Lesson 11 of 13
Lesson 11 of 13
Objective: SWBAT express ideas concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
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40 minutes
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Review
5 min
Using the "Wordiness and Redundancy" Power Point (screen 2 – 3), I began class by reviewing the definition of “wordiness” and “redundancy.”
Reminding students that eliminating “wordiness and redundancy” is part of revising, I asked for suggestions of how it could be done. Several students gave suggestions then we reviewed screen 4 in the power point.
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Wordiness Review.pptx
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Practice
15 min
Practicing as a class with screens 5 – 12 in the power point, we discussed the reasons why these sentences were redundant or wordy.
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Wordiness.wmv
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Application
20 min
Students took out their most recent piece of writing and revised focusing on redundancy and wordiness.
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LESSON 11
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- LESSON 1: Let’s Bury Those “Dead Words”
- LESSON 2: Revising Previous Work
- LESSON 3: Business Letter
- LESSON 4: "America the not so Beautiful"
- LESSON 5: Is Summer Break Necessary?
- LESSON 6: Letter to the Editor
- LESSON 7: Letter to the Editor #2
- LESSON 8: Voices in the Park
- LESSON 9: Problem/Solution Letter
- LESSON 10: Peer Feedback
- LESSON 11: Wordiness and Redundancy
- LESSON 12: Using Textual Evidence
- LESSON 13: "What Keeps Me Going"
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