Chapter 1: Where The Reader Looks

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   Sprint 1.1: The Last Words Are The Loud Ones

   Learner places the information they want emphasised at the end of the clause, and can say what each of two correct versions emphasises.

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   Sprint 1.2: Old First, New Last

   Learner opens each sentence with information the previous sentence has already established, so that a paragraph reads as a chain rather than a list.

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   Sprint 1.3: The Heavy Part Goes Last

   Learner moves a long or complex constituent to the end of the sentence, and stops stranding the verb behind a heavy subject.

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   Sprint 1.4: Choosing The Subject

   Learner chooses which participant becomes the grammatical subject, and keeps that choice consistent across a paragraph.

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   Sprint 1.5: Two Sentences That Should Change Places

   Learner reorders adjacent sentences so that the general claim precedes its evidence and the cause precedes its effect, without changing a word inside either.

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   Sprint 1.6: The Paragraph As A Chain

   Learner writes a five-sentence paragraph in which every sentence's opening is licensed by the previous sentence's ending, and can point at each join.

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   Sprint 1.7: Chapter Repair — Unmarked Information Order

   Learner repairs a paragraph in which every sentence is correct and the order is wrong, with nothing marking which sentence is at fault.

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