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Improve Writing PPT

Improve Writing PPT

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Improve Writing

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Help your young writers improve their writing skills by showing this great PowerPoint. It includes various tips to improve writing: varying sentence length, beginning with a verb, and lots more! This is a wonderful presentation to show your class prior to completing a writing assignment.

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parts of a sentence, phrase, reason, Verb, writing improvements, english language arts

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3rd - 7th

Subjects

English Language Arts

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