Editing: Contractions (Practice)

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Put together: do not = ___.

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Find the wobble. Fix the wobble.

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If you can cut a word and not lose meaning — cut it.

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Take a 4-word sentence and add an adjective.

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Mentor sentence

🧱 "It was raining." → "Rain hammered the windows like an angry visitor."

Instructions

Put together: do not = ___. Then write your own similar example.

Creative Writing

Put together: do not = ___. Then write your own similar example.

Writing Prompt:

Put together: do not = ___. Then write your own similar example.

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Why this matters in real life

Every text, every email, every note — it's all sentences. Better sentences = clearer life.

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Try this in real life this week.

Find a sentence in a book that you wish you'd written. Copy it down.

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“Read me your best sentence. Why is it good?”

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Editing: Contractions (Practice)

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Creative Writing

Why this matters in real life

Stretch Challenge

For the dinner table

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