Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Sorcerer's Binocular Revision
Take students through the revision process with this prompt and lesson.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Focusing on Facial Expressions
Students will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Thinking About What Bugs You
Students will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.
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Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Corresponding Punctuation Marks [Pdf]
In Robin Pulver's Punctuation Takes a Vacation students will see the value of punctuation and how it is necessary to use in writing. For younger students, use this book as supplemental reading material before beginning this lesson on...
Other
Sjrc Writing Center: Parallel Structure Lesson
This site explains the topic of parallel structure. Numerous examples of sentences with parallel structure are provided.
Other
Dena Harrison: Narrative Self Editing Questions [Pdf]
A printable PDF providing eleven questions young writers can ask themselves as they edit their narrative pieces.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Global Revisions
This page focuses on how to do global revisions, reading and rereading drafts for content and quality, before editing for errors.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Motivating Middle School Students to Revise and Edit [Pdf]
This article explores the idea of authentic audiences and student publication for motivating student writers.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Essay Writing Tips
All you want to know about writing essays, from prewriting to editing. Click on the tip-o-matic and find tips on anything dealing with grammar or writing.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Capitalization Worksheets
This learning module provides remediation with capitalizing nouns. Practice with capitalizing nouns is provided with through worksheets, an online site, and a video tutorial [2:21]
TES Global
Tes: Writing Task Sheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource includes a collection of ten different task sheets for independent work on particular writing skills. Each worksheet provides practice for one aspect that will help improve student writing.
TES Global
Tes: Travel Writing Sow
[Free Registration/Login Required] A 100-slide PowerPoint presentation will guide students through a descriptive writing task. Students will be write extensive pieces about a travel experience.
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: Writing @ Csu Writing Guides
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....
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Commas After Introductory Phrases
This Grammarly Handbook resource explains how to use commas after introductory phrases in sentences.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Facts
An eight-slide presentation discussing why revision is important to the writing process and explaining steps that can be taken to begin revision.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revision Techniques: Using a Checklist
An eleven-slide presentation explaining how checklists can be used through the revision step of the writing process.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Revision Checklists [Pdf]
Walk your students through the writing process with this revision checklist. Students review their idea development, organization, sentence fluency and word choice. Click on appropriate grade-levels to get the desired checklists....
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Peer Revision [Pdf]
Students can help their peers with these revision sheets focused on idea development, word choice, voice and grammatical conventions.
Other
Daily Grammar Archive
This site includes over 440 daily grammar lessons that are grouped into sections that cover the eight parts of speech, sentence structure, and mechanics. Quizzes are also included and are sorted according to the grammatical topic being...
Other
Learning at the Primary Pond: 3 Effective Strategies for Teaching Revising
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.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Revising for Organization for Purpose, Audience, and Context
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies for evaluating and revising the organization of an essay appropriate to purpose, audience, and context. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.5 Develop and strengthen...
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Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: 6+1 Traits
This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.
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Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: 6+1 Traits
This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Process: Revising
This lesson focuses on revising your drafts to create your final paper. It includes a revision checklist, getting feedback from someone you trust, responding and redrafting, revising and proofreading, and how to write the final copy.