Don't simply proofread ... revise instead! Revising drafts is the topic of the 17th handout in UNC's Writing the Paper series of 24 lessons. Writers discover the importance of revision, as well as steps to follow during the process.

Some self-paced writing resources are just better than others. This one is great. The 205-page packet includes exercises on every aspect of the writing process, from crafting sentences and paragraphs, to proofreading, revising, and...

Write, edit, and then revise! The fourth lesson plan in a five-part series asks peers to provide feedback on research. Individuals then use the research to edit and revise conclusions and develop their presentations.

Throughout 10 lessons, fourth graders learn how to plan, organize, write, and edit their own personal narratives. In the beginning, young writers come up with ideas of personal experiences and the emotions linked with those experiences....

Even the most inspiring documents in American history had to go through a few drafts before they were ready for publication. Reinforce the importance of the writing process, as well as the collaborative nature of democracy, with an...

Discover the impact and importance of data releases about current economic conditions in the United States. Your class members will learn about data revision and the GDP, and how these figures can alter people's views on the economy.

Are you enjoying the use of all five senses? Imagine that you have to lose one of them; you can choose which one, but it's gone forever. Work through a lesson based on Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis that asks class...

All sodium carbonate may not have the same amount of carbonate, but it should have the same percent. Learners write and balance an equation to predict the chemical reaction between sodium carbonate and zinc acetate. Through the lab...

In this sentences editing instructional activity, students mark sentences as either being grammatically correct or incorrect, then underline mistakes in sentences. A website reference is given for additional resources.

This slideshow lesson focuses on revising using teacher comments. It discusses the advantages of teacher notes on rough drafts, how to use the notes to improve the final, examples from sections of marked student papers, editing and...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to revise your writing for clarity. You will begin by reviewing some major considerations for revision: genre, purpose, and audience. You will...

Evaluate a response to determine how well it meets the expectations of a rubric. Then revise and edit your work based on the model.

This lesson focuses on the writing process including understanding purpose, audience, and tone and the parts of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will review the different types of clauses and sentences. You will also use editing strategies to help you add variety to your sentences. A step-by-step...

Analyze and annotate a model response focusing on support for a claim. Then revise and edit your work based on the model. This will help you develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.

This slideshow lesson focuses on writing a reverse outline as a post writing strategy for assessing your paper for weak or missing aspects. It explains how to create the outline using a rubric if available and provides a skeletal example...

This lesson focuses on providing an overview of contemporary literature and the writing process. It defines contemporary literature and the key terms of the writing process, and provides links to the Contemporary Literature and...

This lesson contains strategies for proofreading your assignments. Use the links on the left for a step-by-step method for proofreading and editing for grammar and mechanics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5

This lesson goes over how to identify and correct sentence fragments. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Correcting Sentence Fragments."

Click through lessons on conventions that can cause problems in an essay including tenses, titles, and names. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1

Analyze and annotate a model response focusing on the claims made in the model. We will then revise and edit our work based on the model. This will help us develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and...

This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct sentences that are choppy. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Choppy Sentences."

This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct a split infinitive. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Correcting Split Infinitives."

This lesson introduces dangling modifiers and explains how to identify them in context. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Dangling Modifiers."