Enhancing Writing with Adjectives

What is the main purpose of revising your writing?

• To make the writing longer

• To share it with friends

• To correct spelling mistakes

• To improve the quality of the writing

What do professional writers do to improve their first drafts?

• They ask their friends for advice

• They use specific tricks to revise

• They never revise their work

• They publish it immediately

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is a noun?

• A type of action

• A person, place, or thing

• A descriptive word

• An emotion

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What should you underline in your sentence as the first step of revising?

• Adverbs

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the first step in the revising trick taught in the video?

• Writing a new sentence

• Drawing pictures

• Underlining the nouns

• Adding more verbs

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

How can adding adjectives before nouns improve a sentence?

• By correcting grammatical errors

• By changing its meaning

• By making it more detailed and interesting

• By making it shorter

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CCSS.L.3.1F

How did the sentence change after revising in the example?

• It became shorter

• It stayed the same

• It became more descriptive

• It changed its meaning

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What was the example sentence given for practice?

• She sings beautifully.

• My dog chased the cat up the street.

• The sun sets in the west.

• I ate chips and hot dogs at the party.

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CCSS.L.2.1E

What should you do after underlining the nouns in your sentence?

• Add an adjective before each noun

• Underline them again

• Replace them with verbs

• Erase them

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Why is it okay for the revision process to get messy?

• Because it shows you're not trying hard enough

• Because it's a sign of creativity and improvement

• Because it means you're doing it wrong

• Because it makes it easier to read

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B