Concise Writing Lesson, Grades 6-8: Cutting Wordiness

"Due to the fact that it was late, we went home." "Because it was late, we went home." Same facts, five words become one. In about 45 minutes, students learn to cut wordiness: swap a padded phrase for one word and drop a filler word, keeping every fact.

What's inside

• 14 slides, with speaker notes on all 14
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Rule Notes, 1 student page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 6 pages: lesson plan, Rule Notes, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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