3.11.C

ELA3rd GradeThe student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

The Standard

revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students reread a draft and make changes that help readers follow the ideas. They add useful details, remove repetition, combine choppy sentences, move ideas, and choose more precise words.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students can explain why a sentence or idea should be added, removed, combined, or moved. Their revised draft flows logically, avoids needless repetition, and uses words that make the meaning clearer.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think revising means fixing spelling, punctuation, or handwriting. They may add extra words without adding meaning, combine unrelated ideas, or change words without checking whether the paragraph still makes sense.
How to Assess It: Give students a short, repetitive paragraph. Ask them to combine two sentences, delete one repeated idea, and replace one vague word with a precise word.

Lesson moves

Give pairs sentence strips from a paragraph, then have them rearrange, combine, add, or remove strips to create the clearest version.
Compare two versions of a paragraph and ask, "Which version is clearer, and what specific revision made it better?"
Run a revision relay where teams improve one draft by completing cards labeled add, delete, combine, rearrange, and replace.
Have students revise a confusing classroom announcement so families can quickly understand what is happening, when it occurs, and what to bring.

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