Dead Giveaways

Dead Giveaways

When you see them...ELIMINATE!!

• Dead Giveaways are types of sentences that are TERRIBLE! When we see them as an answer choice, it’s a dead giveaway that it’s the WRONG answer!!!

  
  

Throwaway Writing

• Throwaway writing is when you TELL your reader your plan instead of showing them.

• Examples:

• Hi. My name is Ms. Owens and I will be writing about Australia.

• Well, that's the end of my paper.

• Next, I am going to talk about Kangaroos.

Open Ended

Write one BAD throwaway writing sentence:

Vague Writing

• Vagueness is NOT SPECIFIC. It usually leaves your reader with questions. Huh??????

• Examples:

• I like to do a lot of stuff.

• There was something wrong with the guy.

• A lot of things are fun.

Open Ended

What does VAGUE mean?

Weird Order Words of

• Some sentences have words in weird order. Usually when you read them aloud you realize that it is WeIrD.

• Examples:

• Because you would like to try something that is not very normal, get a hedgehog.

• Mad this guy walking was.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is WEIRD or doesn't sound right when read aloud?

• He decided to paint a picture where he painted a picture of a lake.

• Now I'm going to talk about the part where he painted a picture.

• He wanted to paint a picture, so he painted a picture.

Repetition

• Repetition is when the same words or phrases are REPEATED in a sentence.

Open Ended

Rewrite and FIX this sentence: The boy was smart and the boy was fast.

Let's Practice!!!

Multiple Choice

For my essay I am going to talk about why you should travel to Brazil.

• throwaway writing

• repetition

• weird order of words

• vague

Multiple Choice

Australia would be great to visit to see the wildlife, and it would be great to see animals.

• throwaway writing

• vague

• repetition

• weird order

Multiple Choice

There is a lot of stuff to see in Mexico.

• repetition

• vague

• throwaway writing

• weird order

Multiple Choice

Beautiful the beaches of Jamaica are.

• vague

• repetition

• throwaway writing

• weird order of words

Open Ended

Rewrite this sentence: Hi I'm going to tell you about why you should travel to Switzerland.

Open Ended

Rewrite this sentence: Germany is beautiful, and Germany is pretty.

Poll

How do you feel about Dead Giveaways?

• I know how to recognize ALL examples of bad writing. I will NEVER use them in my own writing. I will ALWAYS cross off these answer choices.

• I feel pretty good about recognizing dead giveaways (bad writing).

• I still need some practice.

• I don't understand.