Revision Strategies for Adolescent Writers

"Revision Strategies offers strategies and lesson ideas for helping students re-think and re-envision their drafts and in so doing produce outstanding work. The authors make the hard work of writing well something all students can accomplish. You need this book!" -- Carol Jago, Director, California Reading and Literature Project, UCLA and Past President "Revisions Strategies for Adolescent Writers: Moving in the WRITE Direction is an innovative and engaging writing resource! Its ready-to-use handbook structure is just what teachers need to take a fresh look at the teaching of writing. It will be welcomed by every educator who values writing as a lifelong skill." -- Maureen McLaughlin, Reading Department "From the groundbreaking work of Janet Emig to recent studies of revision in digital composing, researchers of writing processes find that when students understand and practice a rich sense of revision, their writing improves dramatically. Revision Strategies for Adolescent Writers offers a wide-ranging collection of instructional strategies teachers can use to help with this key element to improving student writing." -- Tom Fox, Associate Director, Site Development "This is a practical text for any teacher of writing in Grades K-12, but a rarity in its usefulness of 6-12 applications for revision instruction. I've been teaching English 9-12 for 28 years and found this book to be immediately usable in my classroom." -- Sandra Moore, English Teacher "The greatest struggle of English teachers is finding ways to incorporate meaningful writing assignments into the curriculum, giving effective feedback, and helping students make changes in their writing beyond editing for grammar. The sound theories in this book give teachers strategies to help their students move from editing to true revision." -- Kristina Turner, English Teacher "Finally there are some practical ideas for teaching revision that don't involve gallons of red ink and loaded weapons! I found whole new lessons on every page." -- Earl Squyres, Teacher "This is an important reference for language arts teachers. The strategies give students concrete ways of revising, and for kids who have a hard time verbalizing or explaining their ideas, this book provides techniques for them to expand and describe what they're talking about." -- Sarah Lucci, Middle School English Teacher