Revision What is Revision Revision means improving your

Revision

What is Revision? • Revision means improving your writing in big ways. – Adding more information (supporting details) – Answering unanswered questions – Replacing ordinary, boring words with sizzling vocabulary • Revision is NOT correcting spelling, neatness, or adding punctuation.

How do I revise? • After you’ve written your rough draft, read and reread it several times. – Look for areas that need explanation or improvement. – Don’t be afraid to mark, cross out, or add words to the margins. – Reread out loud. – Have a friend or parent read to see if it makes sense.

Example of Revision

Before Revision Note: Revision takes our original thoughts and makes them better.

After Revision Note: The writer made his piece stronger by combining some of his thoughts into longer, more meaningful sentences. He amplified his writing and gave better supporting details. Now his piece is much more convincing and easier to read.

Editing

What is Editing? • Editing means checking and correcting – – spelling grammar punctuation left-out words

Tips • Read your paper silently, slowly and critically. Look for mistakes. • Read your paper aloud. Listen for leftout or repeated words. • Use the spell checker on the computer. • Look for beginning and ending punctuation. • Ask two or more writers to read your paper for errors.