WO+April+27,+2009

Mini-lessons on revising, using the revision symbols. Students go over their own work and revise it, then have a partner go over it.

1. You need to add more to this chapter. 2. Are you sure this is accurate? Check the page where you found it. (Talk about how if you got the information from a picture, how can you be sure it's true? Talk about what it means if you say "all foxes..." versus "some foxes." 3. You said this already. Only say each fact one time. 4. This doesn't make sense. Re-read it. 5. Try to make this sound more like a real book. Make the sentences different from each other. Make some longer and some shorter. Use different words. Make it interesting!

Use the Revision checklist: student uses it and then revises; partner goes over it and then they revise; teacher goes over it and they do final draft.