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What is the most important factor in students' writing proficiency?
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Fictional Narrative: Revising
Writing doesn't end with the first draft. Next, students need to revise. When they revise, they should evaluate their work for ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency.
1. Ideas
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Is my setting clear?
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Do my characters seem believable?
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Is my conflict interesting?
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2. Organization
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Do I have a clear beginning, middle, and ending?
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Do I use action and dialogue?
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Does the tension build to the climax?
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3. Voice
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Does my voice show my interest in the story?
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Does my voice fit my audience (not too formal or too casual)?
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4. Word Choice
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Do I use specific nouns and active verbs?
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Have I carefully chosen adjectives and adverbs?
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5. Sentence Fluency
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Have I written clear, complete sentences?
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Have I combined short, choppy sentences?
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Have I varied sentence beginnings?
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6. Feedback
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Have I incorporated the feedback into my work?
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Next >
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