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If you are ready to revise,

sit over here ← and turn in essay

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If you are still writing, sit over here →

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Writing Process

  1. Invention
  2. Planning
  3. Drafting
  4. Revision
  5. Editing

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REVISING

EDITING

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KILL YOUR DARLINGS

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BE OKAY TO CHANGE, �BREAK YOUR WRITING

  • The process of getting to an excellent product takes TIME!

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  • Move, rewrite, break paragraphs
  • Rewrite sentences
  • Check transitions
  • Revise claims (first and last)

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Content Revision

  • Add things
    • claims, stronger evidence, clear reasoning

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  • Remove things
    • doesn’t support thesis
    • not relevant to prompt

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  • Refining
    • Are my claims specific to what I wrote?
    • Selecting more accurate claims, evidence

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  1. What am I trying to do/show?
  2. Does this sentence help support, or lead to support of my purpose?

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OKAY.�WHAT ARE TWO THINGS YOU REMEMBER ABOUT REVISION?

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Structural Revision

  • Sequence of claims as a whole
    • Do paragraphs clearly support main ideas?
  • Sequence of logic within a paragraph
    • Does evidence clearly support TS?
  • What you decide to use in introduction or conclusion? Why? Do they work?
  • Do you effectively transition from one idea to the next?

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Scrutinize word choice

  • Use concrete, clear language
  • Convey to your readers exactly what you think about a subject

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  • How’s your word count? Are you under? over? What could you do to adjust?
  • Are all of your words and phrases necessary? Or are they just taking up space?
  • Are your sentences tight and sharp, or are they loose and dull?
  • Don't say in three sentences what you can say in one, and don't use 14 words where five will do.
  • Is there anywhere you need to cut down? Anywhere you need to add more explanation?

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Alignment to prompt

  • Did I follow directions?
  • Did I answer the prompt?
  • Did I do what I wanted or needed?
  • Have I checked the grading criteria/rubric?
  • What am I trying to do/show?
  • Does this sentence help support, or lead to support of, my purpose?

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Rubric

  • Using the rubric take an honest look at your essay. Make notes on things you need to revise to meet the rubric’s criteria.
  • Highlight areas that need improvement as well as places where you have good evidence of the skills we’re practicing.

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PANIC!

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PAINT LAST

Preparing a text for READER’s expectation of our writing.

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FINAL TOUCHES

  1. MLA FORMAT (listen… or Google it)
  2. Separate paragraphs into individual sentences and evaluate grammar, punctuation, word choice. Then rejoin sentences to paragraphs. Don’t use grammar that you don’t know. (e.g. I don’t get semicolons, so don’t use them!)
  3. PRINT & Read it aloud - “Relative to silent reading, proofreading aloud improved detection of both types of errors [typos and grammatical]“ - American Psychological Association, 2022
  4. RUN THAT SPELL CHECK
  5. Turn in!