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Revising
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Things to look for when revising
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Style: Does my use of language and tone match the message?
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Voice: Are my words reflecing the most effective attitude?
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Content: Am I accurate? Logical? Clear? Precise?
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Have I chosen the right word?
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Editing
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Things to look for when editing
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Spelling, Punctuation, grammar, formatting & readability
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Revising is reading through writing and improving the style, voice, and content of the message.
Editing is correcting mistakes. It is also known as proofreading.

WTSOA Online Apps & Student Resources
This page updated: 07/23/2019
Ideas—the main message
Organization—the internal structure of the piece
Style (Voice)—the personal tone and flavor of the author's message
Word Choice—the vocabulary a writer chooses to convey meaning
Sentence Structure/Variety—the rhythm and flow of the language
Conventions— punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and other mechanics.
A "Plus 1" trait is often added to round out the writing process
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Presentation—how the writing actually looks on the page
Parts of Speech Resources - Grammar
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Parts of Speech allow us to create complete thoughts that make sense to the reader. A complete thought is a sentence.
The Parts of Speech are
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Nouns
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Pronouns
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Determiner or Modifier
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Verbs
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Adjectives
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Adverbs
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Conjunctions
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Interjections
Understanding Parts of Speech and knowing how to use them is sometimes confusing.
When you understand grammar rules, effective writing becomes easier.
Basic Paragraphs - Parts of a Paragraph, Types
Summary
Paragraph
Basic paragraphs include a topic sentence, supporting sentences and a conclusion/clincher sentence.
Expanded (Adv) Paragraphs - Parts of Expanded Paragraphs, Advanced Types
Intro Paragraph
Body Paragraph
Expanded paragraphs contain all the parts of a basic paragraph, but are more detailed to improve accuracy and impact.
An expanded paragraph includes
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A hook and/or topic sentence
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Supporting sentences that include
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Evidence, examples, definitions, citations/quotes, descriptions
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A conclusion/clincher sentence with a closing hook
Put In Your Own Words - ways to summarize
Basic Summary Paragraph
Paraphrase
Advanced Summary Paragraph
Precis
Using someone else's words as your own and not giving credit is called plagiarism.
Nobody REALLY wants to plagiarize, but it's a challenge to say something in your own words!
Here are three methods/scaffolds to help summarize what you've read.
These techniques help you you give credit to your sources.
Put It In Your Own Words
Basic Essays - Purpose, Type, Parts of a Basic Essay
Basic Essay
Intro Paragraph

Conclusion Paragraph
Interactive Essay App
Basic Essays use expanded paragraphs as the body and add an intro and conclusion paragraph. Sometimes the body of an essay can be many paragraphs long.
Basic Essays include
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A simple introductory paragraph with a
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Hook
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Thesis and points
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Body paragraph, and
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A conclusion paragraph with a
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Restatement of thesis
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One highlight that is the best proof, and
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A closing hook
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Advanced Essays - Purpose, Audience, Type, Parts of an Adv Essay
Advanced Essay
References Cited Page
Advanced Essays use the Basic Essay idea, but expand all sections to improve impact. Body paragraph-types will change, depending upon the type of advanced essay one chooses to write. They are usually long and contain cited sources, quotes, and other advanced supporting detail.
Advanced Essays include
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An advanced introductory paragraph
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Multiple body paragraphs, which include
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Evidence, descriptions, examples, citations
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Writing devices & strategies that effectively engage/convince the reader
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An advanced conclusion paragraph
Multimedia Scaffolds - Prewrite/Organize, Draft, Present
Know what Speaker Notes are in Google Slides? Check this out!
If you are comfortable with Google Slides, add some advanced features.
Want to make a video? Here's a great video that helps you organize.
Multimedia Scaffolds - Prewrite/Organize, Draft, Present
Notetaking

Load TurboNote as a Chrome extension.