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Improving our Writing

Improving our Writing. Revising and Editing. Focus/Ideas Organization Development Voice Word Choice Sentences Conventions. What is the difference between REVISING and EDITING?. Do YOU know?. Revising - rewriting to improve the meaning and flow of the piece. Editing

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Improving our Writing

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  1. Improving our Writing Revising and Editing

  2. Focus/IdeasOrganizationDevelopmentVoiceWord ChoiceSentencesConventions

  3. What is the difference between REVISING and EDITING? Do YOU know?

  4. Revising - rewriting to improve the meaning and flow of the piece Editing - fix conventional errors Capital letters Punctuation Grammar Paragraphs • Add and delete details • Word choice • Organization • “Hook” and closing • Voice

  5. Idea Development

  6. Organization

  7. Word Choice

  8. How can we improve the ordinary verbs in this writing? I went to Russia during summer break. I was very happy when we were there because I got to see my family. When we were at my grandparents’ house I went outside to my friend’s house because she called me. After I went to my friend’s house I came home and took a nap.

  9. Sentence Fluency

  10. How to use ParagraphingandPunctuationto improveour dialogue

  11. Carrie sat down, opened the sugar packet and sprinkled it in her tea and then stirred it. “I went to the show the other day." “Really?" Sophie took a long sip of her coffee. “Was it any good?" Carrie shrugged. “Not bad. The dogs were cute but the cows were too noisy." She poured milk into her tea. Sophie put her coffee cup down and leant forward, eyes sparkling. “Speaking of dogs, I was talking to George the other day..." Paragraphing Start a new paragraph when a new person is speaking

  12. Voice

  13. Conventions

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