By: Kristina

Yegoryan

At times students think that writing a paper a night before can be a miracle

What about REVISION and EDITING then?

Writing process is a process that can be compared to the process and steps in baking a cake!

Writing a Paper VS. Baking a Cake

BRAINSTORMING/ MAKING THE LIST OF

INGREDIENTS

REALIZING THE LIST/Shopping

ORGNIZING

DECORATING

1) PREWRITING 2) DRAFTING

3) REVISING

4) EDITING

(PUBLISHING)

The MOST IMPORTANT step in the Writing Process.

This is where your paper goes from being rough to almost complete.

What does revision mean? To See Again

Where does revision take place in the Writing Process?

After drafting and before editing

Why is revision so important? We learn to write by rewriting. Revision

gives us the opportunity to construct the “perfect” piece of communication

GLOBAL- looking at the bigger picture Organization of the paper Thesis statement Topic sentences

LOCAL -looking at a sentence level Word order Sentence structure and sentence variety

THESIS (Argument + A, B, and C supports)

BODY

A

B

C

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

Global Revision:

ORGNIZING The ESSAY

K’s ESSAY MAN

Unity refers to each part of the essay and the larger whole

An unified paper shows a clear relationship between the thesis statement and topic sentences, and between the topic sentences and supporting sentences in the paragraph.

An entire paper focused on supporting a central

point is a unified paper.

A unified essay will have all the elements of an essay including:

1. Introduction paragraph with a thesis statement

2. Body paragraphs with topic sentences connected back to the thesis statement

3. A conclusion paragraph connected back to the thesis statement

Ask yourself…

1.Does this point unmistakably follow from the previous idea?

2. Is this point really clear?

3. Should the ideas be ordered in a different way?

Old New Contract

An effective way to create coherence in your writing is to follow something called the old/new contract. This “contract” asks that as a writer you begin your sentences with something old—something that links to what was previously stated—and then to end with something new.

Adapted from the following book:Ramage, John, John Bean, June Johnson. The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing. New York: Longman, 2003. Print.

REVISING - ORGANIZATION Make sure you have written enough support

for your ideas. If not, add more support or specific examples.

REREAD the prompt if you have to. Make sure you are following the prompt requirements.

Take it to the Writing Center with plenty of time!

Show it to one of your peers in your class (someone you trust).

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1. Prewriting Generate ideas brainstorm, cluster, list, freewrite

2. Drafting: Shape ideas from prewriting by paragraphing.

3. Revision: Improve writing by checking organization, unity, coherence, clarity

4. Editing: Correct ideas by checking grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and spelling

EDITING - DECORATION OF THE PAPER

Looking at the PUNCTUATION and GRAMMAR

Make sure there are no FRAGMENTS

Check your VERB TENSES

Check your MLA FORMAT

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What’s the difference between revising and editing?

•Revision involves making changes to your paper’s organization, structure, and content

•Editing involves making sure your paper follows standard English and is free of grammatical and mechanical errors

Read your paper out loud

Read your paper backwards: start with the last sentence to help you focus on grammar/mechanics as opposed to content

Use an editing checklist

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Did you eliminate comma splices, run-ons, and fragments?

Did you check for subject/verb agreement? Did you check for pronoun agreement? Did you use your apostrophes correctly? Did you use semicolons correctly? Did you punctuate the dependant clauses correctly? Are your verb tenses consistent? Did you avoid writing in the passive voice (unless this

was your intention)? Did you check your spelling? Did you check for proper capitalization? Did you replace “to be” verbs with strong action

verbs?

Ode to my spell checker

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--Anon

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Serve the cake and enjoy!

Turn in the paper and

relax!

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Let’s watch some videos on how technology affects on our writing, spelling, and takes away the time to do proper Revision and Editing!