Concise Writing Practice
Eight sentences riddled with wordiness or redundancy are rewritten and explained by students, with a full answer key providing one accepted revision per sentence.
- Year groups
- Years 8–11
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- English, Writing
- Topic
- Writing Practice, Concise Writing
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
From the author
About this resource
The Concise Writing Practice Worksheet will give students practice with wordiness and redundancy.
There are 8 questions for students to complete.
Answer key included.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify wordy or redundant phrasing within a sentence (e.g., 'due to the fact that,' 'teasing and making fun of')
- Rewrite a wordy or redundant sentence in fewer words while preserving its original meaning
- Explain in writing why a specific revision eliminates unnecessary words
Teaching tips
- Work through the two provided examples as a class before releasing students to the remaining eight sentences, since the format repeats exactly.
- Use the answer key as a model rather than the only correct answer, since students' rewrites may legitimately differ in wording while still fixing the same problem.
- Point out to students that the answer key's own instructions add a labeling step (wordy vs. redundant) not stated on the front worksheet, so decide in advance whether to require it.
Skills covered
- Concise writing
- Editing
- Sentence revision
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Does the worksheet ask students to label each sentence as wordy vs. redundant, or just rewrite it?
The front worksheet only asks for a rewrite and explanation, but the answer key's own directions add an extra step -- identifying each sentence as wordy or redundant before rewriting it -- that isn't requested on the student page.
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Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Wordiness
- Redundancy
Topics