Students seem to struggle when it comes to the writing prompt. One of the areas they need to spend more time in is the Revising and Editing stages of the Writing Process.
Revising is where students improve what they wrote in their First Draft, where as Editing is where students correct the mistakes made in their First Draft.
This week, students worked with a partner to completely Revise their last Writing Prompt assignment. For those needing extra help, I am providing you a helpful Revising Checklist that students can use while writing that will help them improve what they wrote.
Questions for Revising
1. Read your piece to yourself several times.
2. Have a writing conference with yourself. This means answering the following questions about your own writing.
> You do not need to write down the answers to the questions.
> Check off each question after you have answered it to yourself and made any necessary changes.
o What is the most important thing I am telling my reader about? Are there enough details about this?
o Is there anything that doesn’t seem to fit with the topic?
o Is there any place I can add description so my reader can visualize (picture) what is happening?
o Are my events in logical order?
o Have I used any words too much?
o Do a lot of my sentences start in the same way? How can I make them sound different from each other?
o Do I have a beginning, middle, and end?
o Does my ending end too quickly or does it go on and on?
o Is my title appropriate? Does it catch the reader’s attention and interest?
o Is my lead catchy?
o Have I used strong, specific words?
o What is my favorite part of my story?
