Revising...

Make final revisions to your writing

In the revising process the author will make any final changes he or she wishes to make before proceeding to publication. The goal at the end of the revising process is to tighten up the overall tone of the the manuscript so that it is ready for publication. You are strongly encouraged to meet with your stduent once they feel the revision process is complete, to spot check their work. Below are several helpful Web-based resources on empowering students in making revisions.

Further Reading:

Writing Assessment: An NCTE Position Statement
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/assess/107610.htm

Powerful Writers: Creative Collaboration by Anne Mulherkar
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/literacy/mulherkar.htm

Revision in the Writing Process
http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-1/writing.htm

Responding to Student Writing
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~lbrady/response.html

Responding to Student Writing
http://mwp01.mwp.hawaii.edu/resources/wm2.htm

Teaching Students to Make Meaningful Revisions
http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~WAC/page.jsp?id=27&c_type=article&c_id=4

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