Editing and Revising

Revising (CARS) + Editing (CUPS)

Open Ended

John kept falling off the bicycle so he's sad.

Brainstorm higher-level words for "sad".

Open Ended

"How can I do better?" said John.

Brainstorm better speech verbs for "said".

Multiple Select

* John went to the swimming pool.

* John went to the swimming pool in the cold morning, packing with him his kick board so that he wouldn't drown.

Which question words help add the details?

• what

• where

• how

• why

Multiple Choice

Which writing uses senses better?

• John got into the swimming pool.

• John dived into the water.

• John dived into the freezing cold water.

• John dived into the blue water in the swimming pool.

Multiple Choice

Which writing uses senses better?

• John heard his classmates laughing.

• His classmates were laughing cheerfully.

• The cheerful laughter of his classmates echoed in the classroom.

• The loud, cheerful laughter of his classmates echoed in the classroom loudly.

Open Ended

Add details and use senses to make this sentence more interesting:

John got on his bicycle.

Multiple Choice

In which order should you do CARS?

• CARS

• CASR

• CAS, R

• R, CAS, R

Multiple Choice

"I will try again" exclaimed John.

What's missing in the sentence?

• ,

• 66

• 99

• !

Multiple Choice

John cheered proudly, "I finally did it!

What's missing in the sentence?

• ,

• 66

• 99

• !