Editing and Revising

NeSA-W

Why is it important to edit/revise?

Think

Pair

Share

Would you play an untuned instrument for an audience?

Editing vs. Revising Both serve to help the reader read along

more smoothly

Both improve the quality of writing

Editing Changing letters to CAPITAL or lowercase

(especially the word “I” and the first letter of a sentence)

Correcting misspelled words

Adding, deleting, or changing punctuation

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Indenting paragraphs

Revising Adding, changing, or deleting parts of the

piece to help the writing flow

Turning worn out words into vivid words (cold to HOT)

Coming up with an interesting lead that hooks the reader and a conclusion that sums things up

Adding specific details, descriptions, and explanations

Organizing ideas in an order that makes sense

Revision Strategies Look for

Unity

Does everything refer back to main point?

Does each topic sentence refer to the thesis?

Does each sentence in each body paragraph refer back to the topic sentence?

Detail and support

Does each body paragraph contain at least two examples?

Is each example followed by at least one supporting detail?

Coherence

Are all points connect to form a whole?

Are transitions used to move from one idea to the next?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCoFCK0hX6Q

Practice Turn to page 49 in your NeSA-W books.

Use this check-list to edit and revise the essay on page 50

Do not check anything off the list until you are certain you have corrected all errors for that item on the list.

Practice Use your editing and revising strategies to

improve your NYC descriptive paragraph.