Wordiness and Redundancy
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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 7
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Wordiness, Redundancy, Concise, Writing
Lesson Description: For this flipped classroom, students will participate in watching a video and then completing a quiz online to test their knowledge. This flipped lesson will cover the standard below. This super skill is a priority standard in Unit 2 which is their argumentative writing unit. The purpose of this lesson is to expose students to the skills needed to learn how to write concise and to eliminate any wordiness that can appear in their writing assignments. Students will then show what they know on a short "super skills" quiz over eliminating wordiness and redundancy.

  • Other ELAGSE7L3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.rna. Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*
Video : Eliminate Wordiness and Redundancy in Your Writing!
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Quiz : Wordiness and Redundancy
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1
Wordiness means using more words than necessary within a sentence. 
Question #2
Redundancy occurs when a writer unnecessarily repeats words in their writing. 
Question #3

Which word or phrase can be taken out of to avoid wordiness and redundancy? 

Emily's alarm was set for 7 am in the moing. 

Question #4

Which word or phrase can be taken out to reduce wordiness and redundancy? 

Many famous celebrities attended the Grammy Awards. 

Question #5

Which word or phrase can be taken out to avoid wordiness and redundancy? 

The burglar retued back to the scene of the crime. 

Question #6

Which word or phrase can be taken out to avoid wordiness and redundancy? 

The troops advanced forward toward the village. 

Question #7
It is important to remove repeated words in your writing as this allows your writing to be strong and concise. 
Question #8

What sentence is NOT redundant?

Question #9
Concise means shorter, but still contains all of the needed information. 
Question #10

Remove the sentence that is wordy and redundant. 

Sunflower seeds are good to eat. People, birds, and other animals love to eat these seeds year round. They can be filled with protein and are good for you. Peanuts also contain protein. Sunflower seeds have a lot of oil in them and this oil can be used for cooking. 

Resources : Wordiness and Redundancy Nearpod
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Spooky Wordiness and Redundancy
You must use your Nearpod account to access this external website.
Resources : Purdue Owl Rewriting Practice
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Eliminating Wordiness and Redundancy
The link takes you to Purdue Owl and allows you to practice rewriting sentences to reduce wordiness and redundancy in your writing.
Resources : Extra Video - Shmoop
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Wordiness by Shmoop
Another visual video about the super skills of wordiness and redundancy.