Using Guess, Check and Revise

Your essay writers can make sure all of their mechanics are in order by checking off each point on this list. Pupils read through their work and revise sentences, paragraphs, spelling, and grammar if necessary.

Help your young writers pay close attention to their conventions and move toward revision with a straightforward chart. Learners can analyze 11 sentences on this page by noting down the first letter in each, the first of words in each,...

Tap into the imaginative minds of young learners with a creative writing activity. After reading the myth Giants and Mosquitoes, this student guide supports young writers as they brainstorm and develop their very own creation myths....

The importance of revising writing is the focus of a short reading comprehension worksheet that asks readers to respond to a series of questions based on the article.

Let's get to the point. The final lesson in this persuasive writing series helps learners revise their essays by clarifying how supporting details prove their theses. This activity would best be completed in pairs, allowing peer feedback...

Poetry can be a powerful, visual experience when authors use details that fully depict the scene. Young poets modify their drafts to include more effective details after viewing an instructive video and slideshow. The narrator starts out...

Learners answer coin related math questions using the guess, check and revise process for problem solving. The class solves the problem: How many different combinations of the coins (nickels, dimes and quarters) can make 50 cents? You...

Stories are much more interesting to read when they involve realistic characters. The sixth lesson of this writing series helps learners add details to enhance the characters in their personal narratives. This revision process involves...

What better way to conclude a reading of George Washington's Socks than by writing original historical fiction narratives. After choosing interesting events from the past, young writers perform research to gather key facts to include in...

What is the difference between revision and editing? Provide your class with a couple of acronyms to help them remember: ARMS and CUPS. This resource includes three printable references pages in various colors that provide the acronyms...