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Hello all! Just wondering if anyone has any good ideas for
teaching revision. I've tried starting with teaching the
traits and having the kids rate and critique sample papers
for different traits. However, how do you get the kids to
transfer that to their own writing or their partners
writing? They have an opinion about everything else (6th
grade), but when it comes to writing, everything is always
rosy and wonderful. Thanks. Liz/AK
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Debbie /blockquote>

I just found a bunch of great new-to-me revision resources
at this site, which a friend sent to me:

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--Debbie

On 12/27/07, Liz/AK wrote:
> Hello all! Just wondering if anyone has any good ideas for
> teaching revision. I've tried starting with teaching the
> tr...See More
Jan 15, 2008
Phil /blockquote>

I just found some great new-to-me revision materials at this
website:

[link removed]

I hope that helps.

--Phillip Banks

On 12/27/07, Liz/AK wrote:
> Hello all! Just wondering if anyone has any good ideas for
> teaching revision. I've tried starting with teaching the
&g...See More
Feb 20, 2008
Heidi /blockquote>

I recently came across "rainbow revisions" which is a way to
help students revise for sentence fluency. Google rainbow
revisions and click the first link. Students use colored
pencils to underline sentences that start with nouns or The...
or adjectives etc. If the student has many sentences
underlined in...See More
Feb 22, 2008
cjf The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques That Work by Georgia Heard is an excellent resourse. When students put a piece of writing away for a few days(weeks), they are able to look at it more critically when they revisit the piece. At the time they write the original draft they've go so much energy invested it is difficult to look at the piece cri...See More
Jun 27, 2008
cjf On 6/27/08, cjf wrote: > The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques That Work by > Georgia Heard is an excellent resourse. When students put a > piece of writing away for a few days(weeks), they are able > to look at it more critically when they revisit the piece. > At the time they write the original draft they've go so much > ene...See More
Jun 27, 2008


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