Essay revisions (un-larding activity)

Today, students were given back the first county-wide essay prompt that they were given.  We looked at an "un-larding" worksheet that showed how to cut some of the extra fat (unnecessary information) from essays.  Students were then asked to revise and "cut the fat" from their own essays.  They had the class period to complete this and were allowed to take it home to finish as homework if they had not finished in class.