Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revision Techniques: Using a Professor's Notes
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...
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Editing and Proofreading Strategies
A detailed source for professional editing and proofreading strategies. Links on the right offer several pages of text for both editing and proofreading, including guidelines and samples for each.
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Stages of the Writing Process [Pdf]
This is a three-page PDF of the "Stages of the Writing Process" including prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading. W.11-12.5 Writing Process
University of North Carolina
North Carolina University: Writing Center: Revising Drafts
This article provides detailed information about revising drafts including what it means to revise, why it's important, and the entire process. Much more than checking for errors.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Revision Strategies: Evaluating and Revising a Thesis: Practice 1
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to evaluate a thesis statement and how to identify the problems that might call for revision.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Teaching Revising & Editing: Making Revising & Editing a Priority
This resource explores strategies for teaching students how to revise and edit content area writing. It contains original content from the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies: Focus on Writing professional development. Download and print...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 3
A learning module that teaches students about editing their writing in four mini-lessons: Introduction, Avoiding Coma Catastrophes, Placing Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Em Dashes Like a Pro, and and Putting It All Together.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 2
A learning module that teaches students about editing their writing in four mini-lessons: Introduction, To Be or Not to Be in Capitals. That Is the Question, How Do You Spell It: Shakesspere, Shakysper, Shaxpeer, or Shakespeare?, and...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 1
A learning module that teaches students about editing strategies in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Spelling Spectacularly, Capitalizing Confidently, Punctuating Perfectly, and Putting It All Together.
Joe Landsberger
Organizing and Pre Writing: Seven Stages of Writing Assignments
This research-based site provides step-by-step directions needed to complete an extended writing piece.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson
Based on Northern Nevada's 6-traits of writing, this lesson focuses on teaching students how to revise a rough draft. Links to the 6-traits are included.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Zooming in on a Prompt About Friendship
Take your students step by step through the revision process of with this prompt and guide.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Sorcerer's Binocular Revision
Take students through the revision process with this prompt and instructional activity.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Focusing on Facial Expressions
Young scholars will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Thinking About What Bugs You
Students will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Keeping the Writing Going
A list of seven writing ideas designed to inspire students to continue writing in Writers Workshop even after they have finished working on a specific piece.
Harold D. Underdown
Publishing: Importance of the First Page of a Manuscript
Site discusses the importance of "hooking" an editor with the first page of a manuscript. Gives examples of how to use a "hook," especially when attempting to get your work published.
Harold D. Underdown
How to Make Self Editing Easy
Provides several strategies for easing the difficult process of editing your work (site pertains to writing children's literature). Includes mainly electronic methods of making self-editing easy.
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Evaluating Your Work
An excellent tip sheet on how to evaluate and edit a completed draft of a research paper. Includes in-depth information and examples.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Planning
Tips for planning an essay. Links to additional information on the topics Assess the Situation, Think about Writing Ideas, How to Write a Thesis Statement, and How to Write an Outline are provided.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Writing a Draft
This page focuses on writing a first draft including getting all the information down in an organized manner without worrying about the grammar and mechanics. It discusses the advantages of using word processing programs which make it...
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Unnecessary Words and Phrases
This page explains the need to revise writing to remove unnecessary words and phrases to produce clear, concise writing. Examples are provided.