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

Lesson in which young scholars engage in an entire-group revising process, using a story which has already been written by the group. An excellent follow-up lesson to the "prewriting and drafting" lesson.

After students are given time to think about the topic -"Alone Time with an Adult I Care about," they are given ten to fifteen minutes to write between five and ten sentences on the topic. They ten are told they will revise their...

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....

This article provides detailed information about revising drafts including what it means to revise, why it's important, and the entire process. Much more than checking for errors.

In this lesson, Ralph Fletcher's writing style is introduced to student writers. Young scholars 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...

In this instructional activity, students will engage in revising their writings to incorporate sensory images. Students will brainstorm topics of places, away from their home, that are special. Then students will choose and then write a...

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.

Based on Northern Nevada's 6-traits of writing, use this hands-on activity to help students revise their rough drafts. [PDF]

Help your students learn to revise a rough draft with a little help from this lesson. [PDF]

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 online activity invites students to plan, draft, revise, and publish a book review. Important writing tips and a professional writing model, provided by the author Rodman Philbrick, are included. Plus, enjoy the online library of...

This lesson introduces the importance of revision in the writing process. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.

This workshop helps students increase their skills in descriptive writing by following tips and suggestions from writer Virginia Hamilton. After reading about Hamilton, students write their descriptive pieces and publish them online. A...

By incorporating properly used conventions of grammar, students will begin writing a narrative based on an interjection and a name.

Write It Memoir offers a complete writing workshop to develop your personal story. Search your memory through the brainstorming activities to launch your piece. Draft a map of the memories along with reading other models. As the process...

An eight-slide presentation discussing why revision is important to the writing process and explaining steps that can be taken to begin revision.

This lesson is a workshop for writers. This idea was taken from the Ralph Fletcher book: What a Writer Needs. Students create a character, either real or fictional, and place that character in a scene in order to write about their...

Learn about process analysis, writing procedurals texts, the steps of the writing process, and cause and effect in this unit. Also, examine patterns of organization in writing. A handy chart shows common organizational patterns which...

Since students often need to write about what they read, this site offers strategies to use while reading that will make the writing much easier. These include not only reading strategies but note-taking and planning strategies as well.

A literacy specialist shares three effective strategies for teaching students revising techniques. These include providing students with specific criteria and peer revision. Examples of resources used in a classroom lesson are pictured.

Set the class up for reading a primary source of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States in 1787. This lesson plan demonstrates the value of identifying and drafting documents the process to achieve the final document.

A very useful lesson that incorporates the process of collaboration to elementary students. Students brainstorm and use prewriting strategies to write a group story.