Self-Revising Helps Students Succeed

Unit 9: Expository Writing
Lesson 16 of 21

Objective: SWBAT self-revise for specific criteria to prepare for peer revision by checking essays against a requirement list.

Big Idea: Know your own work first--self-revise to help yourself and others.

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Standards:

W.11-12.5

Subject(s):

English / Language Arts, revision (Writing Process), Writing, Writing Process, essay (Literary Criticism), Self

45 minutes

Leah Braman

138 Lessons

Do Now: Do You Have...?

5 min

I begin the class by posting a check-list on the board. I ask students to verify that they have all our focus elements in their literary analysis essays:

introduction
conclusion
appropriate tone
transitions
dash
headings
media

While I take attendance, students haul out their essays and compare their work to the list, identifying missing elements or elements needing improvement.

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Self-Revising the Literary Analysis Essay

40 min

Accountability:

With a list of elements missing or needing improvement, I take my class to the computer lab to revise their work. While I don't normally take this step until after peer revision, I have a special purpose today: