We are in the last week of October! The widespread enthusiasm for and participation in last week’s National Day on Writing was wonderful! Let鈥檚 close out this month together, looking at steps in the writing process, supported by resources from and .听
After revising, what are some techniques that can be used to edit or polish writing?
- Student Printout 鈥�鈥濃�擳his helpful tool will give your students the opportunity to edit their own writing and then observe as their peers edit the same work.
- Lesson Plan 鈥�鈥濃�擲tudents take a fresh look at the revision process and help one another polish their written work through a peer-editing strategy that is simple, systematic, and constructive.
- Activity Plan 鈥�鈥濃�擮nce a piece of writing has been revised and major changes have been made, writers edit to make certain that readers won’t be confused or distracted by unintentional errors. Read on to learn how to begin editing a piece of writing!
- Activity Plan 鈥�鈥濃�擧elp children make the most of their writing by teaching them about revising and editing, two important parts of the writing process.
- Minilesson 鈥�鈥濃�擳his minilesson guides students in using the PQP technique鈥擯raise, Question, Polish鈥攖o offer concrete and useful peer review feedback.
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