This lesson focuses on revising your drafts to create your final paper. It includes a revision checklist, getting feedback from someone you trust, responding and redrafting, revising and proofreading, and how to write the final copy.

Here you can read the draft that Jefferson submitted to Congress. Changes made by Adams and Jefferson are marked to indicate Jefferson's words and then the final wording that was adopted.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn to use the Modern Language Association (MLA) style manual to help you format the final draft of your research paper, including headings and graphics if needed.

In this project, students select one poetic device from each of the four sections of the chart: Devices of Meaning, Sound Devices, Stucture, and Purpose. They then write an original poem of 20 lines or more incorporating the use of the...

Essay covers from the Articles of Confederation and the problems of disunity of the new states after the Revolutionary War, internally as well as externally, to the Constitutional Convention, an attempt to address the Articles' problems....

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...

Develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.

The Sports Network is a truly comprehensive sports-centered website. Covering sports throughout the world, content includes the latest headlines and scores, as well as focused looks at all major (and minor) professional sports, college...

Click here at the Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum to hear an audio clip or read the full text of President Ford's address to participants in the 1975 OSCE Helsinki Summit, during which the Helsinki Final Act was drafted.

Write It Memoir offers a complete writing workshop to develop your personal story. Search your memory through the brainstorming activities to launch your piece. Draft a map of the memories along with reading other models. As the process...

Learn how your computer can help you write a book report, from the outline to the final draft.

Background information about the literary traditions of the pre-Colonial and Colonial period. Includes information about Native American oral traditions and Native American cultures. Follow the links to the Early American era and to...

This lesson plan focuses on the how to approach the analysis of poetry. It provides a series of student activities such as having students read and compare a draft and the final version of William Blake's "Tyger" which is followed by a...

These scripts (the first of two drafts) describe the events in World War II in the Pacific Theater.

Review expectations and then draft a final product for the application unit.

In this lesson plan, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for to highlight the trait of idea development. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight what topics cannot do. Students generate a list of...

This is a great math writing assignment. First, students learn about the patterns and shapes of polynomial equations and their inverses by making their bodies imitate mathematical concepts, using popular disco & 80's dance moves....

This workshop launches will launch students into the writing process. Read advice from Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nigel Jaquiss, and read work from other students. The Sandwich Critique is an excellent way to peer review. Finally,...

After reading A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon the writer will plan an original story where an unusual affliction affects a character and is eventually solved. The students will use strong and memorable details as they convey their...

In this lesson, students will experience different types of publishing in order to strengthen their motivation and cultivate pride in their work. After utilizing the writing process, students will type out their writing on a computer....

Second grade students at Discovery Charter School created this map as the final product for an expedition titled "Discovering Discovery." This expedition was an opportunity for students to explore maps and map-making through the lens of...

Franklin, as the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention, recognized the arguments against the proposed new government and the strength of the Federalists. The essay gives insight into Franklin's views on the drafted...

Read about the difference it made when the United States finally entered World War I. Find out about the impact of the American Expeditionary Force, and the major battles in which they fought.

In these activities, learners will focus on a wealth of drafting material and writer's notebooks to reveal how Angela Carter created her final comic novel, "Wise Children". They will closely examine fascinating source documents and...