Revising and Editing

Revise vs Edit

Revisevs Edit

Remember…this is the basis for

understanding the difference

between revising & editing.

ARMS

Substitute: - trade words or sentences for others

Move: - change a sentence or word placement

Remove: - unneeded words/sentences

Add : - sentences - words

You don’t necessarily have to read the passage to edit

You are not reading for comprehension so it doesn’t matter what the passage is about.

• Reread• Check for capitals• Check end punctuation• Check commas, colons, semi-colons,

apostrophes, quotation marks• Highlights any words that MIGHT be

misspelled. Look the word up in the dictionary • Check you paragraph indentions• Can YOU read it

Spelling: check all words – use the dictionary

CUPS Capitalization: - Proper Nouns (Names, Places) - Titles - Months - I Usage: - subject/verb agreement Punctuation: periods question marks exclamation points commas quotes colon semi-colon

Remember, you don’t necessarily have to read the passage to revise

Understand that you are not reading for comprehension. “I don’t care what the passage is about.”

When revising you might need to read the sentence before and the sentence after to understand the context

Reread Stop and think about your writing

Change sentences – add words by using more interesting vocabulary Replace information that’s unclear Take out sentences Delete unrelated informationAdd in sentences New information or ideas Think about your writing outloud

Remember – these strategies work on the paper that that you are writing…

Not just on the revising and editing section

Revising Expanded

1. Reread the draft and choose ways to make it better2. Add, remove, rearrange, and replace 3. Elaborate upon ideas4. Reconsider and clarify the structure and/or sequence of events5. Check sentence structure and word choice6. Go back to step 1 and redo until you are satisfied.

Things to think about…• It is the answers on the revising and

editing that you want to study – not the questions.

• The answers will give you the lessons that you need to focus on and not the questions. So, knowing what wrong answers you’ve chosen helps identify your weaknesses or gaps in learning