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Revision and Editing

Revision and Editing . Revision. “…we can learn to teach revision…as a way of composing if we consider it analogous to acts of mind whereby we make sense of the world.” --Ann E. Berthoff . Revision is about making (and shaping/ reshaping) meanings. Four Key Revision Strategies

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Revision and Editing

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  1. Revision and Editing

  2. Revision “…we can learn to teach revision…as a way of composing if we consider it analogous to acts of mind whereby we make sense of the world.” --Ann E. Berthoff

  3. Revision is about making (and shaping/ reshaping) meanings.

  4. Four Key Revision Strategies Reordering Substitution Addition Subtraction

  5. In order to revise, writers need to distance themselves from their own words. The dog ate my homework! (Tsujimoto’s “memory revison”) Partner revision Cut and paste revision

  6. 5 W’s, H, and a question mark: a partner questioning heuristic that helps students find portions of a text that need further embellishment. (Have multiple readers, each reading for one or two specifics.)

  7. Editing Andrea Lunsford and Robert Connors found that only TWENTY mistakes comprise 91.5% of all errors in student texts.

  8. A Key Principle • Research shows that if students are not asked to do something with their corrected work, there is NO improvement.

  9. Teaching Self Editing Pattern Analysis Repair Strategies Targeted Attack

  10. Pattern Analysis • Composition Folder • Goof Box Card • Spelling Demon List • Correction IN CLASS

  11. Repair Strategies • Remember: INSTRUCTION, not instruction(s)! • Mini lessons • HOW do I identify the problem • What do I DO to correct it? • Student Editors

  12. Targeted Attack • Students CHOOSE one or two conventions to edit for on next piece of writing • “Easy” ones first

  13. Targeted Attack • One or two spelling demons until they have mastered the words • Environmental sticky notes

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