Revising and editing non-fiction writing
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use effective editing strategies to revise and rewrite a response.
Key learning points
- Revising and editing written work is a great way to improve our writing skills overall.
- Improving vocabulary choices and language devices can help inform future decisions in your writing.
- Structural features and sentences can be improved to make your writing more cohesive and varied.
- Using a success criteria can help you to create specific feedback.
Keywords
Squander - to waste something in a reckless and foolish way
Revise - to look at a piece of work closely and make any corrections or amendments
Elevate - when thinking about writing, this means to make improvements and make it even better
Credible - believable or trustworthy
Common misconception
Rewriting and improving responses is a waste of time.
How does the process of revising and rewriting develop vocabulary use? How does rewriting support the writing of future responses?
Teacher tip
The focus of the editing can be changed to suit class and individual targets. This lesson could be delivered using both self and peer assessment.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What word beginning with 'V' means it is absolutely essential or critically important?
Q2.What is the subject of this task? 'You purchased a faulty phone. Write a letter of complaint to the phone company detailing the issues you have encountered.'
Q3.Who is the audience of this task? 'Write an article about school uniform for a broadsheet newspaper titled: 'It's time to bin the uniform'.'
Q4.Which devices are good ways to open your non-fiction writing?
Q5.Which of these does not belong in the success criteria for supporting detail in a single paragraph outline?
Q6.Which of these can be found in the success criteria for a website or a piece of informative writing?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.If something is credible it is ...
Q2.Which word matches this definition: 'to waste something in a reckless and foolish way.'?
Q3.Which of these is a good example of a topic sentence?
Q4.Which of these is not a discourse marker?
Q5.Which of these is a good example of a simile?
Q6.Match the sentence starter to the sentence.
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