REWARDS WRITING:
Editing Your Paragraph - Using the SCORE Strategy, which stands for...
S = Sound good? (Does your paragraphs sound well written? Do your sentences read smoothly as you speak
them out loud?)
C = Combine? (Could you combine sentences into one sentence so that the paragraph is more interesting and
has fewer repeated words?)
O = Omit? (Could you omit words, phrases, or sentences because they don’t go with the topic or add to the
quality of your paragraph? Take out any rambling.)
R = Replace? (Could you replace overused/ dead words, less precise words, or grammatically incorrect words?)
E = Expand? (Could you create more complete, interesting sentences by answering some of the following
questions: when, where, why, how or what kind?)
Adapted from Rewards Writing Program