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Univ. Of Kansas: The Wonderful World of Editing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a graphically pleasing site with an absolute ton of information about words, how we use them and how we abuse them. Reading this is nearly as much fun as writing it seems to have been for the author, William Allen White, School...
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Hemingway Editor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you have ever struggled to write clearly and succinctly, the Hemingway Editor may be just what you need. Paste your writing onto the website and Hemingway will highlight parts that may need some clarity and score your text on its...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing Effective Letters to the Editor

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that teach students how to write letters to the editor, including what one is, a review of persuasive writing and letter format, and the importance of writing many drafts. In addition to objectives and...
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: News Writing: Interviews

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A variety of news writing interviews from professionals in the field. Some examples of the professionals include Andy Rooney, Kurt Loder, and Joyce Davis.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Once Upon a Fairy Tale Teaching Revision as a Concept

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that teach the difference between revision and editing using fractured fairy tales. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Handout
Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Reviewing and Revising an Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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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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Activity
Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Editing and Proofreading Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A detailed source for professional editing and proofreading strategies. Links on the right offer several pages of text for both editing and proofreading, including guidelines and samples for each.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Reorganizing Drafts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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....
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Unit Plan
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
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Revise and Revisit: Butterflies

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will take a previously created paragraph and edit it to make it better by adding details, definitions, a topic sentence, or a closure to an informational paragraph. Resources include a PowerPoint presentation and pictures and...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Prewriting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on prewriting using graphic organizers to fit the type of paper required. The video discusses the following graphic organizers: chain of events, cycle charts, looking at both sides of an issue, sequence ladder, Venn...
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Other

Oslis: Research Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent site outlining each step for Internet research for grades 6-12. This site focuses on writing a research paper from selecting a topic through to the final paper. Click on Cite My Sources to get the electronic citation machines....
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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...
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Pic lits.com: Inspired Picture Writing

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This innovative resource offers a wide selection of photographs and words to stimulate writing in an interactive format.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Conferencing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Editing is a step that can often be overlooked in Kindergarten; however, it is crucial that our students understand how and why to go back and fix their writing! In this lesson, students will take suggestions from the teacher and their...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of students engaged in the lesson are provided, along with a...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of the lesson in action are provided, along with a teacher's grading...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing Day 4 Honeybees

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
You mean I have to write my story again, have someone check to make sure it's right, and fix my mistakes? In this lesson, students will peer edit each other's writing. They will use their five-star checklists (included) to make sure they...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Teaching Revising & Editing: Making Revising & Editing a Priority

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explores strategies for teaching students how to revise and edit content area writing. It contains original content from the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies: Focus on Writing professional development. Download and print...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about editing their writing in four mini-lessons: Introduction, Avoiding Coma Catastrophes, Placing Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Em Dashes Like a Pro, and and Putting It All Together.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about editing their writing in four mini-lessons: Introduction, To Be or Not to Be in Capitals. That Is the Question, How Do You Spell It: Shakesspere, Shakysper, Shaxpeer, or Shakespeare?, and...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about editing strategies in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Spelling Spectacularly, Capitalizing Confidently, Punctuating Perfectly, and Putting It All Together.