Start-Up Activity

Revising is the process of making changes to improve writing. For young writers, adding text is the most natural way to revise, followed by rewording and, perhaps, reordering ideas. It can be challenging for them to delete any ideas.

Read and discuss the introduction to the chapter. Then display the following information in the classroom:

Ways to Revise

• Add new ideas
• Reword unclear ideas
• Reorder misplaced ideas
• Cut unrelated ideas

Tell students these are the four ways that they can make changes in their writing.