Helping Students Revise Their Writing Practical Strategies, Models, and Mini-Lessons That Motivate Students to Become Better Writers

by Tully, Marianne

• ISBN13: 9780590865654
• ISBN10: 059086565X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

This essential guide includes revision conferences, models, strategies, mini-lessons, and assessment ideas. Loaded with revision charts, checklists, forms and graphic organizers. For use with Grades 2-6.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	5	(1)
Preface	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(2)
The Writing Process: An Overview	9	(6)
What writing is	9	(1)
Prewriting strategies	10	(2)
Writing strategies	12	(1)
Rewriting strategies	12	(1)
The teacher as writer	13	(2)
Create a Supportive Environment	15	(8)
How to create the right climate	15	(5)
Plan classroom space	20	(1)
Prepare writers' materials	21	(1)
Stick to routines	22	(1)
Start with the Conference	23	(6)
Key ideas	23	(1)
The writing conference	24	(1)
How to conduct a writers' conference with students	25	(2)
Questions to ask during a conference	27	(2)
Teach How to Revise	29	(16)
Model what revision looks like	30	(2)
Show and evaluate the difference between drafts	32	(2)
Help students apply revision skills to their own writing	34	(1)
Practice revision	35	(4)
Build motivation	39	(4)
Real-life motivators	43	(1)
Models of writing as motivators	44	(1)
Summing up	44	(1)
Compare Models of Revision	45	(8)
How to use models	45	(1)
How to find models	46	(1)
How to create models	47	(6)
A Selection of Mini-Lessons for Revision	53	(20)
Create an opening that grabs attention	55	(1)
Add details	56	(2)
Change some verbs to action verbs	58	(3)
Use dialogue	61	(1)
Show how characters feel	62	(3)
Organize your paragraphs	65	(3)
Use figurative language	68	(5)
Use Fun Strategies to Get Kids to Revise	73	(10)
Goldfish bowl conference	74	(1)
Role-playing	75	(1)
Use of props	76	(2)
Create a character	78	(1)
Videotape a conference	79	(1)
Audiotape a conference	79	(1)
Allow a piece to age	79	(1)
Peer teaching	80	(1)
Peer revisers	81	(2)
When and How to Polish and Edit	83	(6)
What is editing?	83	(1)
Questions and answers about editing	83	(6)
Portfolios That Record and Celebrate the Revision Process	89	(6)
Contents of the writing portfolio	90	(2)
The revision and assessment connection	92	(1)
Celebrating the writing process	93	(2)
My Reflections	95	(2)
Appendix	97	(15)
Revision Charts	98	(8)
Worksheets	106	(6)
A Selected Bibliography	112