LESSON 5: USING POST – WRITING STRATEGIES  Do I have enough credibility to speak on my

chosen subject? Can I back up all of my

Objective:
To apply the process of revision on your own paper.
WARM UP
Donald Murray, a renowned writing teacher, once said
that “ All writing is rewriting”. How do you understand
his words, and is this related to revision? Write a
paragraph explaining your answer below.
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Defining Revision and Editing
Revision is the general process of going back through
your whole draft, from start to end, and improving on
or clarifying your writing subject’s meaning. This can
include adding in, taking out moving around and
polishing certain parts of your draft to make it much
more understandable and easier for reading. Revision
focuses on the bigger picture of your draft so you can
resolve any significant issues on content that may have
otherwise been hidden while you were writing.
Editing, sometimes known as proofreading, is the more
meticulous process of clarifying meaning by revising
each word and line of your draft. This includes you
working on grammatical principles such as subject verb
– agreement, verb tense, noun and pronoun usage,
preposition, sentence transitions and verb tense; and
typographical matters .
discussion on the subject with confidence and
sufficient knowledge?
 Does my draft make a central point? Have I
defined the limits of my draft well, so that only
essential information is included? Is the context
of my draft established?
 What form of writing does my draft take? Is it
the best venue for my ideas to be expressed?
 Does the beginning of my draft draw the reader
in? Does it introduce my subject to the reader
well?
 Do my succeeding points support my beginning
statements? Does each idea connect to the
next one? Do all the sections of my draft move
my discussion on the subject forward, toward
the conclusion?
 Does the conclusion make the reader think?
Does it answer all the reader’s questions on my
subject?
 Is the pace of my draft just right? Is it slow
enough so the reader is not left behind by my
discussions? Is it fast enough so the reader’s
interest still with me?
 Does the draft read smoothly and coherently
overall?
 What are the strength of my draft? How can I
make these stands out more?
 What are the weaknesses of my draft? How can
I improve on these?
COMMON EDITING SYMBOLS

Essay Revision checklist

Still lost on how and where to start revising? Below is a

handy, constructive checklist you can refer to in the
meantime. It is likely that a lot of the questions you will
see below, you have already answered in the initial
writing of your draft. This checklist is just here to help
you weed out any remaining problems you may have
missed out on.

 Do I have a big idea I want to express, an

important message to send out? Do I have an
audience who will listen to me? Who is my
audience?
 What is my purpose for writing? Have I
achieved it? Activity
 What language and tone do I take in my
Proofreading’s Editing Mask
writing? What point of view and voice? Are all
these appropriate to my purpose for writing, 1. Buy it now. If you wait.......
and the audience I am speaking to?
2. I love Touch System class

3. Todayis the first day of school.

4. Cathc up quickly. We will hopefully win. Common Proofreading Abbreviations

5. That teacher is really really nice.

6. Please ask question.

7. She screamed “Help!”

8. Mix the s auce.

9. He need twobooks.

10. Why can’t I go? She cried

B. Use editing marks to make corrections to the article

below.

Gail wakes up everty day at seven am. She eats

breakfast feeds her cat, gets her things together for
school. Then she walks down the block where she catch
the tricycle. At school Gail is Mrs. Lario 11th grade class.
Her favorit subject is Reading and Wreting. After school
Gail takes the a tricycle home. She plays with her cat
does her homeworks and eats dinner. She watches
television or palys on her iPad until is it time to go to
bed. The next day, he gets up and does it all again!

C. Use editing marks to make corrections to the article

below

Students entering college who are not sure what to

study should consider preparing themselves to enter a
STEM field. STEM, that stands for science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics, is one of the fastest –
growing industries. Some predict that over 8.5 milion
jobs will become available in STEM fields in the next Application

two years. A. Create a 3 paragraph essay. Use the questions given in this lesson
to guide your revisions. Make sure that you provide answers to the
“We live in an increasing technology world,”says questions. Afterward, summarize your draft’s progress using the
professor Martin Clar at the University of amaha. “It following categories:
only makes sense that we are going to need more and
1. Content and meaning
more people who understand this world who can keep
it moving forward, and who can help the rest of us to 2. Structure
navigate it. 3. Grammar and mechanics

B. Exchange drafts with a partner. Using the same questions that

Think your not interested in STEM subjects? Think
again. STEM subjects include exciting and cutting edge
things like robotics and video game design, computer
software design, and medical engineering. In short,
you answered in evaluating your draft, go over your classmate’s
draft and answer the questions. Suggest points for improvement in
your classmate’s work. Afterward, get back your paper and go over
his/her comments on your work.

STEM is the hall mark of innovation. Start taking classes C. Write a revised version of your essay using your insights and the
in STEM subjects today, and be on the cutting edge of suggestions your classmate has given.
history.
Evaluation

In your experience of revising your work, what do you think is the

most important benefit of revision? What aspect of revision do you
think you can improve on, and how do you plan to achieve that?
Answer these questions in a short paragraph below.

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