Revision: The process of re-reading a piece of writing and making changes.
Editing: The process of re-reading to make corrections to a piece of writing.
Revision:
A - add something more to your story - Are all scenes clear? Does your dialogue make sense?
R - Remove something from your story - Are there phrases that are redundant? Phrases/sentences that don't make sense?
M - Move something around - Do sentences, phrases sound better in a different spot?
S - Substitute a stronger word - Make sure to use your Stylistic Techniques here.
Editing:
C - Capitalize all proper nouns, beginning of sentences, and the word I.
U- Usage - Make sure all of your sentences are complete sentences. Use the same tense throughout.
P - Punctuation - commas, end stops
S - spelling - If there is a red line under it - it is spelled incorrectly.
Revision/Editing Checklist:
*Read your story aloud to yourself (quietly)
*Add something more
*Remove what doesn't make sense
*Move ideas around so the story makes more sense
*Substitute a stronger word - Did you use your Stylistic Techniques?
- Sentence Starters - one in every sentence and indicated
- Dress-Ups - one in every sentence - indicated
- Decorations - one in every paragraph - indicated
- Triple extension - one per paragraph - indicated
* Capitalize all proper nouns, first word of sentences, and the pronoun I
* Do you have complete sentences?
*Tense is the same throughout the story
* Punctuation - end stops and commas
* You have corrected all spelling mistakes
* Used dialogue checklist
*Title - underlined, first word capitalized, last word capitalized, and any large words capitalized
*If handwritten: did you double space?
*If completed on a computer: Did you use Times New Roman for your font? Is it size 12?
*Your story has a header with the following: (from left to right) name, title, date
* have a peer read your story and made suggestions for changes or corrections
* meet with Mrs. Watt and discuss any further changes or corrections
* submit to the hand-in-bin or Google Classroom
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