University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Audience
Identifying and then writing appropriately for a specific audience is one of the most difficult writing tasks for many student writers. This handout explains how to address these two challenges and gives some concrete suggestions to help...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How to Approach Sentence Addition/deletion Questions
A step-by-step approach to a common question type on the SAT Writing and Language Test: adding or deleting sentences.
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Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Revision of Word Choice [Pdf]
Helping students revise their rough drafts can be a difficult process. Make it a little easier with this 3-step lesson regarding revision of word choice.
Other
If I Were a Carpenter: The Tools of the Writer
Twenty tips for writers, slanted toward fiction, from the director of the National Writers' Workshop. Tips are divided into four areas: sentences and paragraphs, language, effects, and structure.
Other
Public Relations Writing: How I Grade a Press Release.
Specialized but useful rubric geared towards examining journalistic style writing. Provides evaluation guidelines that one teacher uses, with a rubric to evaluate.
Other
Sharp Points: Ideas and Style Guide by a Copy Editor
Unusual page that focuses on a copy editor's ideas, techniques, and guidelines for journalistic writing and editing. Decent source for ideas.
Other
Writing for Business and Pleasure: Eliminate Wordiness to Write With Power
This how-to site gives writing tips for business writing. Brief explanations are provided for how to revise writing to ensure that redundant pairs, redundant modifiers, redundance categories, meaningless modifiers, and wordy expressions...
Other
After the Deadline
Editing and proofreading opportunities are provided on this site. Students can type text on this site and will be guided to ways to fix their writing's errors in style, grammar, and style. Students can also paste into the text box and...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: 6 Traits Post It Notes for Revision and Editing [Pdf]
This is a printable page of checklists that students can use during revision and editing of descriptive and narrative writing.
English Club
English Club: Peer Editing
This EnglishClub learning module explains the peer editing process. Resources for peer editors and proofreaders are provided, along with an opportunity for students to engage in an editing challenge.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Global Editing
This lesson introduces the concept of global editing. Students learn to edit for big picture ideas like organization, strategy, and effectiveness. W.9-10.5 Writing Process, W.11-12.5 Writing Process
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Anticipating a Reader's Questions: Lesson 2
This lesson discusses how to anticipate and address a reader's questions.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revision Techniques: Using a Professor's Notes: Lesson 1
This lesson discusses how to revise a paper based on a teacher's comments. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Revision Techniques: Using a Professor's Notes."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rewriting Nominalizations: Lesson 2
This lesson goes over how to rewrite sentences including nominalizations. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Rewriting Nominalizations."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Goals of Revision: Adding Flavor
This lesson introduces the importance of revision in the writing process. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising a Body Paragraph
This lesson discusses improve a body paragraph through revision.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revision Techniques: Eliminating Excess
This lesson discusses how to revise a paper to remove extraneous information.
University of Richmond
University of Richmond/peer Editing Strategies
Under the heading "Peer Editing Strategies," you'll find two links, "Do's and Don't of Written Commentary." and "Peer Editing Guide." The first emphasizes being helpful and considerate. The second lists questions to consider when...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Editing Checklist
An editing/proofreading checklist is often helpful when you read your own work, or someone else's. This site helps you edit for capitalization, sentence fragments, verb tense, and punctuation. Included is a brief video about sentence...
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: How Thesis Is Related to Purpose
This table shows the progression from topic to purpose to thesis, as well as explaining the role of the thesis statement. Use the links on the right to get to the specific information you are interested in including forms to fit purpose...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Revision Dice [Pdf]
Revision can be a difficult process for students. With a roll of the dice, students are reminded of the steps they can take to improve their writing. Includes templates for four types of dice that focus on ideas, organization, voice, and...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision
This lesson contains strategies for proofreading your assignments. Use the links on the left for a step-by-step method for proofreading and editing for grammar and mechanics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5