Watch twelve videos and download content to learn more how teachers can use a revision guide to teach students how to revise a literary essay.

Persuades the reader of the importance of revision, and outlines the process of good revision: language, tone, organization, and correctness.

Take students through the revision process with this prompt and lesson.

Based on Northern Nevada's 6-traits of writing, this lesson focuses on teaching students how to revise a rough draft. Links to the 6-traits are included.

Take your learners step by step through the revision process of with this prompt and guide.

Students will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.

Students will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.

This lesson focuses on evaluating the structure of paragraphs and revising them.

In this lesson, Ralph Fletcher's writing style is introduced to student writers. Students will write a rough draft about a time they ate, or a time when they saw someone else eat, something unusual. Then students will read and analyze...

One step you might want to take in revising a draft is to examine the organization of your paper and decide if and how the organization needs to be adjusted. This handout offers five strategies for examining and reorganizing your draft....

For this lesson, Ralph Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams is used as a mentor text. Learners will write stories about an important friendship in their life. Then students will revise and attempt to make sure their writings have stayed on...

An excellent guide to help the writer review a composition to see if their position has been fully supported by evidence and to analyze the perspective of the anticipated audience. Follow the links on the right to access all of the...

As part of a revision and close reading section of BBC Bitesize, this site presents a one-page synopsis of autobiographical writing. The site examines an extract from an autobiography, then examines key features located within the extract.

Students will compare and contrast the written form of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" to a live reading of the poem by an actress. Follow-up activities provided.

Watch two videos and download content to learn more about using rubrics for both evaluation and instruction in the classroom.

Learn how the sense organs are structured and how they function to provide you with five senses.

As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site goes over several tips of general advice to keep in mind when writing about observations (as part of descriptive writing).

Tips from the University of Toronto on using word processing features as aids in composing and revising papers. W.9-10.6 Technology, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6, W.11-12.6 Technology

[Free Registration/Login Required] This Power Point interactive presentation is a review over William Shakespeare's Macbeth through a game of "Connect Four."

As part of a review and close reading section of BBC Bitesize, this site presents an overview of various purposes of reading, including a five-bullet point explanation of reading purposes. Click the Next button for more information.

This site goes over several tips involved in writing a particular point of view, or narrative perspective, including first person and third person.

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.

The National Center for Technology Planning is a clearinghouse for the exchange of many types of information related to technology planning. Documents available for browsing include technology plans for K-12 schools, as well as related...

This website focuses on how to write a descriptive essay including identifying subject, purpose, incorporating sensory images, and quick tips for planning, drafting, and revising the essay. It also provides links to related articles.