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Narrative Editing Workshop

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Narrative Editing Workshop

Student editing a story with a pencil

📝 Part 1: Editing Strategies

1. Which editing strategy would best improve this sentence: "The dog ran fast and the dog was happy and the dog played in the park"?

Add more adjectives

Remove repetition and combine ideas

Make it longer

Change the punctuation only

2. When editing for coherence, you should focus on:

Logical order of events

Clear connections between sentences

Consistent point of view

Using the same sentence structure throughout

3. Circle the best opening sentence for a narrative about a rescued koala:

There once was a koala.

The tiny koala clung desperately to the eucalyptus branch as smoke filled the air.

This story is about animals.

Koalas live in trees and eat leaves.

4. Which digital editing tool helps you track changes made to your document?

Spell check

Track changes/comments

Font formatting

Word count

✏️ Part 2: Editing Practice

5. Edit this paragraph for clarity and coherence. Cross out unnecessary words and rewrite unclear sentences:

Original text:

The kangaroo was injured. It was hurt. The vet came to help the kangaroo that was injured. The kangaroo was scared but the vet was nice. The kangaroo got better. It was happy. The kangaroo hopped away and it was free and it was good.

6. Rewrite these sentences to vary the sentence openings and improve flow:

a) Sarah found the injured bird. Sarah called the wildlife rescue. Sarah waited patiently.

b) The dolphin swam closer. The dolphin seemed curious. The dolphin clicked and whistled.

🎤 Part 3: Presentation Preparation

7. List three vocal techniques you can use to engage your audience when presenting your narrative:

a) ________________________________

b) ________________________________

c) ________________________________

8. When giving feedback to a peer's story presentation, which phrases are most helpful?

"I liked how you varied your voice when the character was scared"

"That was boring"

"I wonder if you could speak a bit louder during the exciting parts"

"Your story doesn't make sense"

"The way you paused for suspense was effective"

9. Reflect on your editing process. What was the most important change you made to improve your narrative?

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