Starter quiz
- What word beginning with 'V' means it is absolutely essential or critically important?
- 'Vital' ✓
- What is the subject of this task? 'You purchased a faulty phone. Write a letter of complaint to the phone company detailing the issues you have encountered.'
- to persuade and inform
- a letter to the phone company
- a faulty phone and the issues encountered ✓
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- Who is the audience of this task? 'Write an article about school uniform for a broadsheet newspaper titled: 'It's time to bin the uniform'.'
- getting rid of uniform
- readers of the newspaper ✓
- to persuade
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- Which devices are good ways to open your non-fiction writing?
- declarative sentence ✓
- mirroring
- rhetorical question ✓
- simile ✓
- conclusive discourse markers
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- Which of these does not belong in the success criteria for supporting detail in a single paragraph outline?
- note form
- full sentences ✓
- main points and ideas
- rhetorical devices
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- Which of these can be found in the success criteria for a website or a piece of informative writing?
- analysis of quotes
- subheadings ✓
- rhetorical devices ✓
- bullet points ✓
- identification of methods
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Exit quiz
- If something is credible it is ...
- unlikely
- believable ✓
- doubtful
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- Which word matches this definition: 'to waste something in a reckless and foolish way.'?
- elevate
- squander ✓
- revise
- vital
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- Which of these is a good example of a topic sentence?
- Please read my speech.
- Sometimes you might feel like it is too much, or maybe not.
- Isn't it mind-boggling how we expect teens to navigate the chaotic maze of life? ✓
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- Which of these is not a discourse marker?
- initially
- however
- furthermore
- consequently
- enabling ✓
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- Which of these is a good example of a simile?
- Like a square tyre on a unicycle, the debate refuses to finish.
- Like a badly swatted fly, the debate refuses to die. ✓
- Like an elephant in a tutu, the debate refuses to come to an end.
- Like a banana in a snow storm, the debate will not slip away.
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- Match the sentence starter to the sentence.
- adverb starter⇔Surprisingly, teens struggle to navigate social media safely ✓
- verb starter⇔Navigating the maze of social media is impossible ✓
- simile starter⇔Like a maze, social media is tricky to navigate safely ✓
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Key learning points
- Revising and editing written work is a great way to improve our writing skills overall.
- Improving vocabulary choices and language devices can help inform future decisions in your writing.
- Structural features and sentences can be improved to make your writing more cohesive and varied.
- Using a success criteria can help you to create specific feedback.
Common misconception
Rewriting and improving responses is a waste of time.
How does the process of revising and rewriting develop vocabulary use? How does rewriting support the writing of future responses?
Keywords
Squander - to waste something in a reckless and foolish way
Revise - to look at a piece of work closely and make any corrections or amendments
Elevate - when thinking about writing, this means to make improvements and make it even better
Credible - believable or trustworthy
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