Dress Up Your Writing | Writing Dress-Up Anchor Charts | Editing

This versatile writing resource equips budding authors with visuals designed to elevate descriptive language. Strategically crafted around seven literary elements ranging from vivid verbs to complex clauses, the materials provide struggling writers with accessible editing aids to inject more nuanced detail and precision into narrative or explanatory texts.

Vibrant full-page anchor charts creatively model best practices for amplifying the clarity, cadence and voice of developing prose. Guidance spans avoiding overused verbs, expanding descriptions with adverbs and adjectives, to correctly weaving complex clauses into sentences through examples. Supplements offer condensed personal references summarizing literary techniques for student reference during the drafting process.

Rather than broad overviews on general principles, these tools provide targeted grammatical intervention through specific directives. For example, writers learn to invigorate lackluster sentences by replacing generic verbs like “walked” or “said” with more exact alternatives like “sauntered” or “whispered” from an extensive suggested list. Parallel charts address enriching text through adverse clauses, vivid imagery, and advanced punctuation use.

The spectrum of visual supports allows educators to pinpoint each learner’s strengths and gaps, then utilize corresponding aids to promote growth. While some may require assistance better integrating complex clauses, others will benefit from prompts to expand descriptive word choice. Literature suggests such focused literary strategy instruction makes writing conventions more accessible to struggling students.

This teacher-friendly resource contains diverse modular resources to reinforce literary devices through flexible delivery methods. Display anchor chart centers focused on skills needing development or distribute personal editing handbooks for accessible guidance during the revision process. Students across ability levels will thrive with targeted writing strategy instruction.

What You Get:

·       Choosing strong verbs full-page poster

·       Adding -ly adverbs full-page poster

·       Selecting quality adjectives full-page poster

·       Adding who/which clauses full-page poster

·       Using because clauses full-page poster

·       Learning about adverbial clauses full-page poster

·       Avoiding banned verbs full-page poster

·       All the same posters but in smaller personal card-size.

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