Concise Writing Lesson, Grades 6-8: Removing Redundancy

"The magician pulled out a free gift for every kid." What does the word free add? A gift is already free. In about 45 minutes, students learn to spot redundant words that repeat a meaning the sentence already gives, cross them out, and then use four fixes together on a paragraph.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• 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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