Reminder: For next class, please bring any item that is special to you or is linked to a memory. This will need to be taped into your notebook so it can be a picture of an item.
Please write a brief reflection about the article "Welcome to Writer's Workshop." Feel free to comment on other reflections.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Revising your work
Post a sentence that you have revised. Label the before and after version. Feel free to comment on posts!
Editing: What it is and what it isn't!
What is editing?
What isn't editing?
- Peer editing: Discussing writing in class
- Looking at an author's writing as a mentor text: Actively using a mentor text
- Students editing their own work
- Students editing their work for changes THEY want to make
- Helping a writer create their voice
- This is what I understand from your paper, is it what you intended?
- Sharing the correct way to write using peer writing
What isn't editing?
- Handing back a paper with red marks, but no explanation. How can we learn from our mistakes?
- Editing worksheets
- Teachers rewording students' work
- Daily Morning Edits
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