Effective Revision

1. Attendance

2. Papers in and out...

3. Last minute presentations?

4. Journal

What are your revision and editing strategies?  What do you do?  How does it seem to work?

5. Discussion and list...tps

6. Self editing.  Read aloud.  Changes.

7. SE#2.  Backwards. Changes.

8. Groups and editing questions.

A. Is there a beginning, middle, and end?
B. Does it begin in the middle of the action?
C. Does the introduction make you want to read more?
D. Would you retell this story to someone else?
E. Will you remember this story?
F. What's the topic?
G. What's the purpose?
H. Were there so many mistakes that you couldn't follow the story?
I. Was the writer interesting?
J. Does the writer use cool words?
K.  Summarize the story in 3 sentences.
L. Is this an "A" essay?

9. HOMEWORK:  return with a revised draft.