Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising Topic Sentences
A nine-slide presentation explaining how to use the acronym MAP (main idea, attitude, preview) to edit and revise a topic sentence.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Sat Writing and Language Test: The Passages
The SAT Writing and Language Test asks you to edit and revise passages written by an anonymous author. You will encounter a variety of passages from four content areas: Careers, History/Social Studies, Science, and Humanities. Each...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Analyze and Annotate a Model Response
Analyze and annotate a model response focusing on support for a claim. Then revise and edit your work based on the model. This will help you develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Stages of the Writing Process [Pdf]
This is a three-page PDF of the "Stages of the Writing Process" including prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading. W.11-12.5 Writing Process
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Lit and Comp: Types of Writing: The Writing Process
This lesson focuses on the writing process including understanding purpose, audience, and tone and the parts of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Revising: Practice 3
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will review the different types of clauses and sentences. You will also use editing strategies to help you add variety to your sentences. A step-by-step...
Other
Berkeley County Schools: 2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Folder
This writing packet includes all final product tasks and writing process resources for all 2nd and 3rd grade students. Lists of transition words, homophones, parts of speech, and more are included.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Glenco: Writer's Choice: Grade 8: Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Two interactive exercises where students retype three short paragraphs while making corrections in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage. When finished, answers can be displayed so students can check the accuracy of...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Collaborative Prewriting and Drafting
A very useful lesson that incorporates the process of collaboration to elementary students. Students brainstorm and use prewriting strategies to write a group story.
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.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Post It Writing Process
Based on Northern Nevada's 6-traits of writing, teachers can use a post-it note as a template for students to check their work throughout the writing process. Links to the 6-traits are included.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Analyze and Annotate a Model Response
Analyze and annotate a model response focusing on the claims made in the model. We will then revise and edit our work based on the model. This will help us develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Communication: The Writing Process
The learner will identify the three steps: prewriting, drafting, revising/editing, in the writing process and the elements in each step. W.9-10.5 Writing Process, W.11-12.5 Writing Process
Education.com
Education.com: W.2.5 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of focusing on a topic and strengthening writing as needed by revising and editing.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Peer Reviews
Bulleted guidelines for conducting a peer review on a draft. Emphasizes knowing the intent of the writer, controlling the content of the review, and maintaining a polite, helpful tone.
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
Other
Write Source: Writing Topics
The best way to write is to write! Here are a variety of writing prompts for grades 1-12. A valuable resource.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Writing an Autobiography Using Pictures
This is a 4-day instructional activity on how to write an autobiography. Students also learn to take digital pictures of themselves and use them in their writing.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision
This lesson contains strategies for proofreading your assignments. Use the links on the left for a step-by-step method for proofreading and editing for grammar and mechanics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Notorious Confusables
Great site! Offers student tons of confusables! Also offers quizzes and a pull-down menu for one "confusable" at a time. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2, L.11-12.2b Spelling, L.11-12.4 Word Meanings
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Corresponding Punctuation Marks [Pdf]
In Robin Pulver's Punctuation Takes a Vacation students will see the value of punctuation and how it is necessary to use in writing. For younger students, use this book as supplemental reading material before beginning this lesson on...
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Unnecessary Words and Phrases
This page explains the need to revise writing to remove unnecessary words and phrases to produce clear, concise writing. Examples are provided.