Starter quiz
- Which of these sentences would appear first in our narrative?
- I rush to my seat, putting my hands over my ears as people applaud.
- Maggie shook her head as the accusations flew around her.
- I sit on the edge of my seat, waiting to be called to speak. ✓
- Maggie awoke with a start: someone was banging on her door.
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- In which sentence is the direct speech correctly punctuated?
- "You act like you're normal," said one of the villagers "but you're a witch!"
- "You act like you're normal" said one of the villagers, "but you're a witch!"
- "You act like you're normal," said one of the villagers, "but you're a witch!" ✓
- "You act like you're normal," said one of the villagers, "but you're a witch"
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- Which features below can be seen in the following passage? 'I look out and I see a sea of faces in front of me. They're listening. It's working.'
- first person ✓
- past tense
- informal language ✓
- present tense ✓
- things Addie sees and thinks ✓
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- Which features below can be seen in the following passage? 'Maggie stood in the dark courtroom and she looked down at the angry, shouting faces. Why did they despise her so much?'
- third person ✓
- present tense
- past tense ✓
- questions Maggie thinks ✓
- compound sentence ✓
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- Which of the following language features help us to show informality?
- simple sentences ✓
- contractions ✓
- complex sentences
- sentences starting with 'I' ✓
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- Which steps in the writing process have we now completed for our climax?
- planning ✓
- oral rehearsal ✓
- drafting ✓
- editing and improving
- publishing
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following is a purpose of editing?
- to reconsider our first ideas ✓
- to check for and correct mistakes ✓
- to make our work as good as possible ✓
- to rewrite the whole piece of work
- to rephrase or rethink sections of our text ✓
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- When Mr Macintosh pulled back the curtain they saw the plaque.
- As Miss Murphy speaks I perch on the too large chair in the office.
- Before long, Nina was able to help Keedie to her bed. ✓
- Jenna - my former friend Jenna stands by, doing nothing at all.
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- I breathe deeply, looking up; at the tree I want to make them all proud.
- I breathe deeply, looking up at the tree; I want to make them all proud. ✓
- I breathe deeply, looking up at the tree I want to make; them all proud.
- I breathe deeply; looking up at the tree I want to make them all proud.
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- Which passage below uses tense and person consistently?
- Addie sat in the office. Miss Murphy glared at me.
- I sit in the office and I wished Nina would hurry.
- Addie sat in the office. Miss Murphy glared at her. ✓
- Addie sat in the office. I wish Nina would hurry.
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- Which of these is true in regards to the formality of the different sections of our text?
- The flashback is less formal than the first person section.
- The flashback is more formal than the first person section. ✓
- Both parts are equally formal.
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- Sam says, "I don't see the point of editing! My work was good already." What would be the best response?
- Your work isn't good.
- Even good work can be improved - professional writers edit for months! ✓
- No piece of work is ever good enough.
- Editing is easy - it's just about checking your spellings and capital letters.
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Key learning points
- Editing is a critical part of the writing process.
- Writing is most successful when editing is used to rethink, rephrase and reconsider first ideas.
- Editing can be done by oneself, with a peer or with a teacher.
- Editing is most successful when it is chunked by punctuation, sentence structure, vocabulary and cohesive devices.
- A growth mindset helps us benefit most from editing.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to adopt a positive mindset towards editing.
Encourage pupils to see this as an opportunity to push themselves towards producing a polished piece of work that shows off all their skills. Having a real audience for the text in mind will help them with this.
Keywords
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Text cohesion - how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose
Growth mindset - a desire to keep developing any skill set
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