Revisit and Revise

Which is a task you should do during the revision stage of the writing process?

• Reorganize your ideas by moving paragraphs around.

• Correct spelling and capitalization mistakes.

• Change the topic of your research report.

Which is a question you should ask yourself before you begin revising?

• Is my report better or worse than my peer's report?

• Does my report say what I want it to say?

• Is my report long enough?

Which of these belongs in your revision plan?

• details you can add to make your report more interesting

• other topics you would like to learn about

• words you have misspelled or left out

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the best way to make your point or argument stronger?

• Use all capital letters and exclamation points.

• Add more evidence to your report.

• Repeat your claim in each paragraph.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which of these should you be sure to have in your introduction paragraph?

• the claim that your report will prove or explain

• the reasons that support your claim

• your most convincing evidence

Which of these phrases can be used as a transition between sentences or paragraphs?

• In the forest

• As a result

• Until it rains

When does a sentence have parallel structure?

• when the sentence’s two parts start with the same part of speech

• when the sentence contains a conjunction like and or but

• when the sentence contains two parts

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

What can you do to improve the style of your report?

• Rearrange the main ideas in your report.

• Combine simple sentences to have more sentence variety.

• Add more reasons to support your main claim.