1. Revision No More “Once and Done!” Dr. Melissa Knous 6 June 2013

2. Writing Process Model 4 Episodes Gillespie & Lerner Planning Drafting Revising Editing

3. Planning Task analysis Reading List-making Other generative or invention strategies

4. Drafting The actual writing Getting the content down on paper/screen (trying not to self-censor) May revisit Planning episode as needed

5. Revising Higher-order concerns? Content Organization Rhetorical soundness – Audience – Purpose – Context

6. Editing Later-order concerns Not “lower-order” just to maintain parallel structure with “higher-order” of Revising Grammar Mechanics Other surface features

7. 4 Episodes Planning Drafting Revising Editing WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

8. What constitutes “Revising”? Re-seeing, re-examining, looking again Taking steps to improve papers Making changes that affect the overall paper

9. STAR: 4 Major Ways to Revise Substitute Take out Add Rearrange

10. Revision Strategies 1.Check for assignment fulfillment. 2.Check for rhetorical soundness. 3.Imagine an intended reader by reading aloud to yourself.

11. 4. Read to a captive/volunteer. 5. Gloss key words of each paragraph (inverted outline). 6. Seek out a real reader.

12. 7. Plan an intentional break between writing and revision.

13. Students begin to incorporate revision strategies that work for them into their individual writing processes.

14. Resources Ballenger, Bruce. The Curious Writer. 3 rd ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2010. Gallagher, Kelly. Teaching Adolescent Writers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers, 2006. Print. Gillespie, Paula and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. 2 nd ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004. Print. Kennedy, X. J., et. al. The Bedford Guide for College Writers with Reader, Research Manual, and Handbook. 6 th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2002. Print.