Writing Focus – Revising

Once you have successfully collected your thoughts and presented them on paper, it is time to work with your draft. This step is essential to creating a thoughtful and concise piece of writing. Revision is an opportunity to review your focus, your audience, and your purpose for writing. Have you developed a convincing argument based on research? Is your writing coherent and unified? Are your ideas logical and clear? Taking the time to rethink your approach may encourage you to make necessary changes in the content and structure of your work. In this topic, you will examine some helpful tips for revising your paper before making preliminary revisions to your own draft. You will also have an opportunity to practice peer reviewing a classmate's work and after exploring how to use technology tools to facilitate the revising step of the writing process.

Essential Questions

• Why is revision an important part of the writing process?
• How can you use technology to provide feedback on and make changes to a paper?