A senior writing worksheet on the difference between revising (improving ideas, structure and voice) and editing (correcting expression, grammar and punctuation). Students diagnose problems in an original student draft, including repetition, filler phrases, telling rather than showing and an off-topic tangent, apply a three-level revision process, rewrite the paragraph and reflect on their changes. A model revision and rubric are provided.
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Completed: Revising and Editing a Draft: From First Attempt to Final Copy
Year 13 students (typically ages 17–18) working on writing. It is pitched at level 3 · challenge.
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Revise from the biggest problems down to the smallest. Editing comes last.
Revising is re-seeing a draft: improving its ideas, structure and voice. Editing is correcting its surface: grammar, punctuation, spelling and word choice. Circle the best answer.
Read the draft, then work through three levels of revision: ideas and structure, the paragraph, and sentences.
Student draft paragraph (from a reflective piece on the topic "Belonging")
Belonging is a very important thing in life and everyone wants to belong. In my opinion I think that belonging is something that everyone needs. When I started at a new school in the middle of the year I didn't know anyone and it was really hard and I felt like I didn't belong at all. I sat by myself at lunch for weeks. Then I joined the choir. In the choir I met people who liked the same things as me. Belonging can also be about family and culture and also about places. I now feel like I belong at my school. So in conclusion belonging is very important.
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