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Writing Skill 8

“I re-read, reflect, revise and edit.”

Good writers consistently read over their written work and look for ways to make it better, which may include changing, adding, deleting, rephrasing and rearranging words, sentences and ideas. The focus is to make meaning clear for the reader. After all aspects of communication of meaning are addressed, then conventions of writing (spelling, punctuation, capitals and grammar) are corrected as a text is carried through the writing process to publication.

Header-Writing-Activities

  • Collaborative Character Sketch
  • Gallery Tour
  • Gallery Walk
  • Research Report
  • Serendipity Writing
  • What’s in a List?
  • Write Like a Writer
Header-Reading-Writing-Connect-Activities-2Primary
  • Bats at the Library
  • Frisson l’écureuil
  • Le Zloukch
  • One Is a Snail Ten Is a Crab
Intermediate
  • The New Kid on the Block
Secondary
  • The Emperor of All Maladies
  • The Trouble with Testosterone

coaching phrases
"Don't be afraid to make changes."

"Read your writing like a reader."

"Does it play like a movie in your head?"

"Find a peer to read your work and ask them for constructive feedback."

"What is the focus of your editing?"

"What is good here that you can build on?"

"What is not so good that you can fix?"

assessment
Look for revisions made in relation to the focus of instruction.

Look for a variety of revisions made to different aspects of the writing.

Look for students' willingness to revise.

Look for students' ability to be critical of their own and others' work while respecting the author's voice and ownership.

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