Provide sentence evaluation criteria (clarity, intended audience) and model revision against them¶

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Description¶

The guide recommends giving students criteria to assess sentences based on meaning, style, and grammar, with an example checklist asking "Does this make sense?", "Is it easy to read?", and "Is it appropriate for the audience?" Teachers demonstrate how to revise a sentence that fails the criteria by identifying missing parts, incorrect punctuation, wordiness, or words too simple or complex for the audience, then review student work using the criteria; older students use the criteria to review one another's work. Adapted from Neman (1995).

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A printed list of evaluation criteria
• Teacher demonstration of revision against the criteria before student use

Constraints¶

• Peer review with the criteria is suggested for older students

Target Learners¶

• elementary school students
• older elementary students for peer review

Target Learning Goals¶

• evaluating and revising sentences for meaning, style, and grammar

Related Strategies¶

• Use sentence construction activities to teach compound, complex, and compound-complex sentence types
• Self- and Peer-Editing
• Specific Feedback
• Checklists & Rubrics

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Graham, S., Bollinger, A., Olson, C. B., D'Aoust, C., MacArthur, C., McCutchen, D., & Olinghouse, N. (2012). Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers: Instructional Tips Based on the Educator's Practice Guide. What Works Clearinghouse, NCEE 2012-4058. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/17