Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Revising and Editing the Draft

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tips for revising and editing a rough draft. Links to additional information on Global Revisions, Editing Sentences, and Proofreading is provided.
Unit Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Develop Work: Revise and Edit

For Students 9th Standards
Evaluate a response to determine how well it meets the expectations of a rubric. Then revise and edit your work based on the model.
eBook
Other

3 D Issues: Revising & Editing by Les Parsons Intro Section

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Intro section (front material, Chapter 1, etc.) of the book Revising & Editing by Les Parsons.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Revise Your Writing

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to revise your writing for clarity. You will begin by reviewing some major considerations for revision: genre, purpose, and audience. You will...
Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Editing Checklist

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: 6 Trait Post It Notes for Revision and Editing [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a printable PDF template page for 6 Trait Post-it Notes for Revision and Editing for descriptive and narrative writing.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Revising Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: 6 Traits Post It Notes for Revision and Editing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a printable page of checklists that students can use during revision and editing of descriptive and narrative writing.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Revision Techniques: Using a Professor's Notes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on revising using teacher comments. It discusses the advantages of teacher notes on rough drafts, how to use the notes to improve the final, examples from sections of marked student papers, editing and...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Collaborative Prewriting and Drafting

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A very useful lesson that incorporates the process of collaboration to elementary students. Students brainstorm and use prewriting strategies to write a group story.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Lit and Comp: Types of Writing: The Writing Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Stages of the Writing Process [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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
Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Writing an Autobiography Using Pictures

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This is a 4-day lesson plan on how to write an autobiography. Students also learn to take digital pictures of themselves and use them in their writing.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Global Revisions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on how to do global revisions, reading and rereading drafts for content and quality, before editing for errors.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Writing and Language Test: Expression of Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
On the SAT Writing and Language Test, you will encounter a variety of questions that will ask you to revise and edit passages in different ways. This article gives tips and details about the expression of ideas part of the writing and...
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Other

Learning at the Primary Pond: 3 Effective Strategies for Teaching Revising

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Shifts in Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Five areas to edit for shifts in writing: Consistent Point of View, Consistent Verb Tenses, Verbs Consistent in Mood and Voice, Shifts from Indirect to Direct Questions/Quotations, and Shifts from British to American English. Each area...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Revising Thesis and Topic Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on revising the thesis and topic sentences using two videos and two slideshows. The first video discusses a 3-step revising process for making sure the thesis fits the paper; the second video focuses on what...
Activity
Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Introduction to Resume Writing

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Editing Techniques: Writing a Reverse Outline

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on writing a reverse outline as a post writing strategy for assessing your paper for weak or missing aspects. It explains how to create the outline using a rubric if available and provides a skeletal example...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Strategies for Revising: Practice 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[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...
Unit Plan
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Communication: The Writing Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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
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Colorado State University

Colorado State University: Writing @ Csu Writing Guides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a fairly sophisticated series of writing guides. It assumes that users already have a solid grasp of spelling, grammar and mechanics, so it focuses more on organization and types of presentation than on more basic skills....
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Other

Write Source: Writing Topics

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
The best way to write is to write! Here are a variety of writing prompts for grades 1-12. A valuable resource.