Sophia: Revising a Conclusion

Writing the conclusion of an essay can often seem like a superfluous or daunting task. Support your young writers in understanding the various types and purposes of a conclusion paragraph, such as summarizing key points of a paper or...

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.

This video lesson focuses on revising and editing your paper, especially your thesis statement. It outlines a 3-step process in which the writer reads and answers specific questions about the body of the paper, then answers questions...

This tutorial focuses on revision techniques; it offers a video of what to look for when revising, text of 5 steps to revising using teacher notes, a PDF revision checklist, and a slideshow of other revision techniques such as reading...

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...

This video lesson focuses on eliminating wordiness in writing. It offers strategies to make your writing more concise and precise: using precise language, reducing clauses to phrases, removing excess phrasing, and removing words that...

Watch twelve videos and download content to learn more how teachers can use a revision guide to teach students how to revise a literary essay.

This writer's resource provides a checklist for revising your writing.

[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.