Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Editing and Rewriting Process
This site examines all aspects of the rewriting process. Includes advice on how to use computers during the process, comments on peer editing, links to related topics, and an editing checklist.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising Techniques
This tutorial begins with a PowerPoint presentation, "What to Look for When Revising," which is followed by information about the importance of the teacher or professor's notes. It also includes a PDF revision checklist, a peer editing...
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Editing Checklist
This twelve-item checklist is linked to short explanations that include an example of the error, followed by revisions. W.9-10.5 Writing Process
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Editing Checklist for Self and Peer Editing
Use this printable template to help students self-assess their own writing as well as provide meaningful feedback for their peers.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing Day 4 Honeybees
You mean I have to write my story again, have someone check to make sure it's right, and fix my mistakes? In this activity, students will peer edit each other's writing. They will use their five-star checklists (included) to make sure...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing
Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of students engaged in the lesson plan are provided, along with a...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Editing Checklist
An editing/proofreading checklist is often helpful when you read your own work, or someone else's. This site helps you edit for capitalization, sentence fragments, verb tense, and punctuation. Included is a brief video about sentence...
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Other
Peer Editing Checklist [Pdf]
An in depth review process followed by a simple checklist to use for peer review of writing assignments.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Revision Checklists [Pdf]
Walk your students through the writing process with this revision checklist. Students review their idea development, organization, sentence fluency and word choice. Click on appropriate grade-levels to get the desired checklists....
Hopelink
Hopelink: Writing Lesson Idea: Self Editing
This writing lesson teaches students how to become self-editors by learning to judge and critique their work.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing
Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of the lesson in action are provided, along with a teacher's grading...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Conferencing
Editing is a step that can often be overlooked in Kindergarten; however, it is crucial that our students understand how and why to go back and fix their writing! In this instructional activity, students will take suggestions from the...
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Introduction to Resume Writing
An introductory guide to creating, drafting, and revising a resume. Also includes several nodes for further information, such as writing purpose, audience, organization, and even a checklist.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Deadly Sins Checklist
Lists five "deadly sins" to purge from your writing. If you're not sure how to correct these errors, just click on the list item to link to more information.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Oral Storytelling and Dramatization
Students begin this lesson by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...
English Club
English Club: Peer Editing
This EnglishClub learning module explains the peer editing process. Resources for peer editors and proofreaders are provided, along with an opportunity for students to engage in an editing challenge.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: 3rd Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]
A series of four checklists, one for each nine weeks, designed to track third graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: 5th Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]
A series of three checklists for sets of nine weeks, designed to track fifth graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: 3rd Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]
A series of four checklists, one for each nine weeks, designed to track third graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their written work in Spanish.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: 5th Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]
A series of three checklists for sets of nine weeks, designed to track fifth graders' focus on usage and mechanics in their written work in Spanish
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Fourth Grade Conventions Checklists [Pdf]
A series of three checklists for the first three nine-weeks, designed to help fourth graders focus on usage and mechanics in their writing.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: 6 Trait Post It Notes for Revision and Editing [Pdf]
This is a printable PDF template page for 6 Trait Post-it Notes for Revision and Editing for descriptive and narrative writing.
Other
Sweet Briar College: Common Writing Errors
This list from the Sweet Briar College of sixteen common writing errors makes an effective proofreading checklist. Examples of errors and corrections included when appropriate.