Revision Strategies for Adolescent Writers

Moving Students in the Write Direction
Jolene A. Borgese
Richard E. Heyler
Stephanie A. Romano
Revision Strategies for Adolescent Writers
November 2011 | 152 pages | Corwin
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Enlarge your repertoire of revision strategies!

For many secondary students, writing effectively is the most elusive of the critical literacy skills needed for college and career readiness. And for many teachers, revision is the most difficult part of the writing process to tackle. How can adolescent writers be guided to revisit their work, to identify the weaknesses in their writing drafts, and revise—making their pieces stronger and more effective? The Common Core State Standards advocate strengthening students' writing through revision—a skill different from either drafting or editing—and using technology for creating and collaborating with others. This instructional guide, with its more than 30 flexible, classroom-tested strategies, demonstrates these practices and more:

  • Frontloading (planning, rehearsing, and conversing before writing)
  • Peer conferencing as part of a writers' workshop
  • Using technology to write, collaborate, and revise in and out of the classroom
  • Modeling effective revision techniques as writers and teachers of writing

Teachers will turn again and again to this easy-to-use resource, with its clear explanations of strategies correlated to the 6 Traits of Effective Writing, examples of "before-and-after" student work, and thoughtful quotes from published writers about their own writing and revision processes. These authors and experienced teachers of writing have provided a handbook that can be used immediately to scaffold students' revision and help them become more fluent, confident, and independent writers.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Foreword

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction: The Need for Revision Strategies

Introduction: The Need for Revision Strategies

Revision Throughout the Writing Process

Revision Throughout the Writing Process

Part I. Think from the Start: Begin with Frontloading Activities

  • 1. Code the Text
  • 2. Cut, Slash, and Burn
  • 3. Create a Character Sketch
  • 4. Create an Argument
  • 5. Write an Effective Speech

Part II. Focus on Ideas

  • 6. Use Anecdotes
  • 7. Expand the Memory, Expand the Text
  • 8. Guided Revising
  • 9. Search for Details: The Hunt
  • 10. Read and Rewrite
  • 11. Add Specifics

Part III. Focus on Organization

  • 12. A B C Revision
  • 13. Organize a Feature Article
  • 14. Try a Different Genre
  • 15. Snip 'n' Clip
  • 16. Tally Up

Part IV. Focus on Voice, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency

  • 17. Create Authentic Voice
  • 18. Write Less, Write More
  • 19. Wordle
  • 20. Sentence Fluency
  • 21. Verbs! Get Some

Part V. Two Heads Are Better Than One: Peer Conference

  • 22. SMART
  • 23. Draw as a Way to Think and Revise
  • 24. Marathon Writing
  • 25. Pointing

Part VI. The Reading-Writing Connection: Consult Quality Literature

  • 26. Once Upon a Time
  • 27. And They Lived Happily Ever After
  • 28. What Did You Say?
  • 29. Paint a Picture with Words
  • 30. Personification in Poetry
  • 31. Write from Another Point of View

Part VII. Digital Communication by Nanci Werner-Burke

  • 32. Vocabulary Exploration
  • 33. Talk Before You Leap
  • 34. All Together Now!
  • 35. Give Me the Highlights
  • 36. Picture This

List of Literature Cited

List of Literature Cited

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

Enlarge your repertoire of revision strategies!

For many secondary students, writing effectively is the most elusive of the critical literacy skills needed for college and career readiness. And for many teachers, revision is the most difficult part of the writing process to tackle. How can adolescent writers be guided to revisit their work, to identify the weaknesses in their writing drafts, and revise—making their pieces stronger and more effective? The Common Core State Standards advocate strengthening students' writing through revision—a skill different from either drafting or editing—and using technology for creating and collaborating with others. This instructional guide, with its more than 30 flexible, classroom-tested strategies, demonstrates these practices and more:

  • Frontloading (planning, rehearsing, and conversing before writing)
  • Peer conferencing as part of a writers' workshop
  • Using technology to write, collaborate, and revise in and out of the classroom
  • Modeling effective revision techniques as writers and teachers of writing

Teachers will turn again and again to this easy-to-use resource, with its clear explanations of strategies correlated to the 6 Traits of Effective Writing, examples of "before-and-after" student work, and thoughtful quotes from published writers about their own writing and revision processes. These authors and experienced teachers of writing have provided a handbook that can be used immediately to scaffold students' revision and help them become more fluent, confident, and independent writers.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Foreword

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction: The Need for Revision Strategies

Introduction: The Need for Revision Strategies

Revision Throughout the Writing Process

Revision Throughout the Writing Process

Part I. Think from the Start: Begin with Frontloading Activities

  • 1. Code the Text
  • 2. Cut, Slash, and Burn
  • 3. Create a Character Sketch
  • 4. Create an Argument
  • 5. Write an Effective Speech

Part II. Focus on Ideas

  • 6. Use Anecdotes
  • 7. Expand the Memory, Expand the Text
  • 8. Guided Revising
  • 9. Search for Details: The Hunt
  • 10. Read and Rewrite
  • 11. Add Specifics

Part III. Focus on Organization

  • 12. A B C Revision
  • 13. Organize a Feature Article
  • 14. Try a Different Genre
  • 15. Snip 'n' Clip
  • 16. Tally Up

Part IV. Focus on Voice, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency

  • 17. Create Authentic Voice
  • 18. Write Less, Write More
  • 19. Wordle
  • 20. Sentence Fluency
  • 21. Verbs! Get Some

Part V. Two Heads Are Better Than One: Peer Conference

  • 22. SMART
  • 23. Draw as a Way to Think and Revise
  • 24. Marathon Writing
  • 25. Pointing

Part VI. The Reading-Writing Connection: Consult Quality Literature

  • 26. Once Upon a Time
  • 27. And They Lived Happily Ever After
  • 28. What Did You Say?
  • 29. Paint a Picture with Words
  • 30. Personification in Poetry
  • 31. Write from Another Point of View

Part VII. Digital Communication by Nanci Werner-Burke

  • 32. Vocabulary Exploration
  • 33. Talk Before You Leap
  • 34. All Together Now!
  • 35. Give Me the Highlights
  • 36. Picture This

List of Literature Cited

List of Literature Cited

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

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Enlarge your repertoire of revision strategies!

For many secondary students, writing effectively is the most elusive of the critical literacy skills needed for college and career readiness. And for many teachers, revision is the most difficult part of the writing process to tackle. How can adolescent writers be guided to revisit their work, to identify the weaknesses in their writing drafts, and revise—making their pieces stronger and more effective? The Common Core State Standards advocate strengthening students' writing through revision—a skill different from either drafting or editing—and using technology for creating and collaborating with others. This instructional guide, with its more than 30 flexible, classroom-tested strategies, demonstrates these practices and more:

  • Frontloading (planning, rehearsing, and conversing before writing)
  • Peer conferencing as part of a writers' workshop
  • Using technology to write, collaborate, and revise in and out of the classroom
  • Modeling effective revision techniques as writers and teachers of writing

Teachers will turn again and again to this easy-to-use resource, with its clear explanations of strategies correlated to the 6 Traits of Effective Writing, examples of "before-and-after" student work, and thoughtful quotes from published writers about their own writing and revision processes. These authors and experienced teachers of writing have provided a handbook that can be used immediately to scaffold students' revision and help them become more fluent, confident, and independent writers.


Table Of Contents:

  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction: The Need for Revision Strategies
  • Revision Throughout the Writing Process
  • Part I. Think from the Start: Begin with Frontloading Activities
  • 1. Code the Text
  • 2. Cut, Slash, and Burn
  • 3. Create a Character Sketch
  • 4. Create an Argument
  • 5. Write an Effective Speech
  • Part II. Focus on Ideas
  • 6. Use Anecdotes
  • 7. Expand the Memory, Expand the Text
  • 8. Guided Revising
  • 9. Search for Details: The Hunt
  • 10. Read and Rewrite
  • 11. Add Specifics
  • Part III. Focus on Organization
  • 12. A B C Revision
  • 13. Organize a Feature Article
  • 14. Try a Different Genre
  • 15. Snip 'n' Clip
  • 16. Tally Up
  • Part IV. Focus on Voice, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency
  • 17. Create Authentic Voice
  • 18. Write Less, Write More
  • 19. Wordle
  • 20. Sentence Fluency
  • 21. Verbs! Get Some
  • Part V. Two Heads Are Better Than One: Peer Conference
  • 22. SMART
  • 23. Draw as a Way to Think and Revise
  • 24. Marathon Writing
  • 25. Pointing
  • Part VI. The Reading-Writing Connection: Consult Quality Literature
  • 26. Once Upon a Time
  • 27. And They Lived Happily Ever After
  • 28. What Did You Say?
  • 29. Paint a Picture with Words
  • 30. Personification in Poetry
  • 31. Write from Another Point of View
  • Part VII. Digital Communication by Nanci Werner-Burke
  • 32. Vocabulary Exploration
  • 33. Talk Before You Leap
  • 34. All Together Now!
  • 35. Give Me the Highlights
  • 36. Picture This
  • List of Literature Cited
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

"From the groundbreaking work of Janet Emig to recent studies of revision in digital composing, researchers of writing processes find that when students understand and practice a rich sense of revision, their writing improves dramatically. Revision Strategies for Adolescent Writers offers a wide-ranging collection of instructional strategies teachers can use to help with this key element to improving student writing."
Tom Fox, Associate Director, Site Development, National Writing Project
"Revision Strategies offers strategies and lesson ideas for helping students re-think and re-envision their drafts and in so doing produce outstanding work. The authors make the hard work of writing well something all students can accomplish. You need this book!"
Carol Jago, Director, California Reading and Literature Project, UCLA and Past President, National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL
"Revisions Strategies for Adolescent Writers: Moving in the WRITE Direction is an innovative and engaging writing resource! Its ready-to-use handbook structure is just what teachers need to take a fresh look at the teaching of writing. It will be welcomed by every educator who values writing as a lifelong skill."
Maureen McLaughlin, Reading Department, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
"This is an important reference for language arts teachers. The strategies give students concrete ways of revising, and for kids who have a hard time verbalizing or explaining their ideas, this book provides techniques for them to expand and describe what they're talking about."
Sarah Lucci, Middle School English Teacher, Allentown School District, PA
“This is a practical text for any teacher of writing in Grades K-12, but a rarity in its usefulness of 6-12 applications for revision instruction. I’ve been teaching English 9-12 for 28 years and found this book to be immediately usable in my classroom.”
Sandra Moore, English Teacher, Coupeville High School, WA

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