Revising & Strengthening Writing
Aligned to W.8.5 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
What this lesson teaches
Strong writing comes from revision. Plan before you draft, then revise, edit, or even try a new approach, always asking whether the purpose is clear and the audience is served.
Worked examples
Example 1
A first draft buries its point in the third paragraph; revising, you move that sentence to the top and cut two off-topic lines, so the reader grasps the purpose at once.
Example 2
Revising is mostly deleting. The second draft is usually shorter than the first and says more.
Example 3
Fix the order before the sentences. Polishing a paragraph that belongs somewhere else is wasted work.
Practice questions
- Mark the weakest sentence in a draft and rewrite it.
- Move one idea to a better position and explain why.
- Cut a sentence that does not serve your purpose.
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Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.
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Revisar y Fortalecer la Escritura
La buena escritura surge de la revisión. Planifica antes de redactar; luego revisa, corrige o incluso prueba un enfoque nuevo, preguntándote siempre si el propósito es claro y si el público queda bien servido.
Ejemplo 1: Un primer borrador esconde su idea en el tercer párrafo; al revisar, mueves esa oración al inicio y quitas dos líneas fuera de tema, para que el lector capte el propósito de inmediato.
Ejemplo 2: Revisar es sobre todo borrar. El segundo borrador normalmente es más corto que el primero y dice más.
Ejemplo 3: Arregla el orden antes que las oraciones. Pulir un párrafo que va en otro lado es trabajo desperdiciado.
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