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Eliminating Wordiness and Redundancy in Writing

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of eliminating wordiness and redundancy in writing. They provide examples and guide students through the process of revising sentences and paragraphs to make them more concise and precise.
Instructional Video6:43
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Removing Empty Words: Writing with Conciseness and Precision

K - 5th
This video is a writing lesson that teaches students how to remove empty words like "this," "that," and "there" from their writing to make it more concise and precise. The teacher provides examples and guides students through the process...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Effective Word Choice

9th - 10th Standards
This video lesson focuses on effective word choice in writing; it discusses word order, usage, and the need to consider the audience. It explains the need to avoid redundancy and wordiness. It demonstrates how to do this using a student...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Rambling Sentences

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson [4:18] goes over how to recognize and correct sentences that are overly long. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast with the lesson's content.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Clarity: Lesson 2

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses the goal of clarity in writing. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Clarity." W.11-12.2c Transition/Cohesion