The document discusses the steps in the writing process, focusing on editing and revising. It explains that revising involves re-reading work to add information, change order or word choice, and ensure clarity. Editing addresses spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and sentence structure. Students will now use feedback to create a polished draft that also incorporates a visual element.

1. The Revision Process
English I
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2. The Writing Process
O These are the steps in the writing process:
O Pre-Writing
O Drafting
O Editing
O Revising
O Publishing
O Right now, we’re in the Editing/Revising
phase.
O Editing is correcting your draft for spelling and
grammatical errors
O Revising is more about the ideas in your writing

3. Revising How To
O Revising is taking the time to re-read your
original work
O You may want to add more information to
your story, change the order of your
paragraphs, or choose more descriptive
words
O You might want to double check that your
writing is clear and organized.
O Are there gaps in your writing?
O Is anything confusing or left out?

4. Editing
O Editing is about the mechanics of your
writing
O Spelling errors
O Punctuation
O Capitalization errors
O Grammar and sentence structure
O Remember, spell and grammar check
doesn’t catch everything, so it’s vital that
you read your drafts over carefully

5. What’s next?
O You’ve received a lot of input on your
paper throughout this process.
O Now you’ll have a chance to integrate
these notes into a polished draft
O You will also add a visual to your paper,
and add any information you need to
based on that visual