Revision #1: Ideas
The best writers revise. And they revise again. Then they revise yet again. So, given that professional writers revise, it would be wise for beginning and intermediate writers to revise, too. One Professor, when asked how students could improve their writing, said these three words: "Revise, revise, revise." It's such a common mantra for writers and artists that a recent online search came up with over 16,000 hits for the phrase! Revision means, literally, to see again. There are several stages to revision. We will only go through three of them for this letter.
The first thing to consider is the goal of revision: Writing to communicate your ideas. What does this mean? For this assignment, it means your letter clearly explains HOW the book changed your thinking.
Assignment
Step 1: Below are a few guiding questions I want you to think about to make sure your ideas are effective. After you have read them carefully, go back to your rough draft and make changes (in red) to ensure you have answered at least two of these (one "connections" question and one "changed me" question). Do not try to answer all of them! However, it is important you have explained how you connected with your book and how the book changed your thinking.
Step 2: After you have made revisions in red, share your draft (via Gmail with ONE of your peers at your table). That person will give you three specific pieces of advice or questions (in comment boxes) to help you revise for IDEAS. Make any additional changes in red.
Connections - how you personally connected with the book:
1) How do you connect with the main character(s) of your chosen book?
2) How do you connect with the main conflict of your chosen book?
3) What lessons (themes) did you learn from your chosen book?
Changed Me - how the book changed you:
1) How to do you see yourself differently after reading this book?
2) How do you see others differently after reading this book?
3) How do you see the world differently after reading this book?
The first thing to consider is the goal of revision: Writing to communicate your ideas. What does this mean? For this assignment, it means your letter clearly explains HOW the book changed your thinking.
Assignment
Step 1: Below are a few guiding questions I want you to think about to make sure your ideas are effective. After you have read them carefully, go back to your rough draft and make changes (in red) to ensure you have answered at least two of these (one "connections" question and one "changed me" question). Do not try to answer all of them! However, it is important you have explained how you connected with your book and how the book changed your thinking.
Step 2: After you have made revisions in red, share your draft (via Gmail with ONE of your peers at your table). That person will give you three specific pieces of advice or questions (in comment boxes) to help you revise for IDEAS. Make any additional changes in red.
Connections - how you personally connected with the book:
1) How do you connect with the main character(s) of your chosen book?
2) How do you connect with the main conflict of your chosen book?
3) What lessons (themes) did you learn from your chosen book?
Changed Me - how the book changed you:
1) How to do you see yourself differently after reading this book?
2) How do you see others differently after reading this book?
3) How do you see the world differently after reading this book?