Planning, Revising and Editing Writing · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Revising and Editing Your Writing

English · Writing Composition · ages 11-14
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. What does revising mean?

    • Making big changes to ideas, paragraphs, and structure
    • Fixing spelling mistakes only
    • Copying the draft over neatly

  2. This shows the writing process. Which step comes right after Revise?

    DraftReviseEditProofread
    • Draft
    • Edit
    • Proofread

  3. Editing focuses on sentence-level issues like word choice, grammar, and punctuation.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Marcus finds a sentence that says "The dog run fast." What kind of fix does this need?

    • An editing fix, changing 'run' to 'runs'
    • A revising fix, deleting the whole paragraph
    • No fix, it's correct

  5. Zara's paragraph has two ideas that don't connect, and her reader gets confused. What should Zara do first?

    • Check her spelling
    • Reorganize or add a sentence that connects the two ideas
    • Print the paper and stop working on it

  6. Bo is writing a story for younger kids but used a lot of hard vocabulary. What should Bo do while revising?

    • Replace hard words with simpler ones his young readers will understand
    • Keep the hard words because they make the writing sound smart
    • Ignore the audience and focus only on spelling

  7. Diego wrote a formal report for his teacher, but he used slang words like 'gonna' and 'kinda'. While revising, what should Diego consider?

    • How many pages the report has
    • Whether the report is printed or typed
    • Whether his word choice fits his audience and purpose

  8. Ellie proofread her essay for spelling first, then never reread it for confusing paragraphs. What is Ellie's mistake?

    • She skipped revising for structure and ideas before proofreading
    • She proofread her essay more than once
    • She used a dictionary to check her spelling
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Revising and Editing Your Writing W1-mt_av-uRBrhwT-s1

  1. Making big changes to ideas, paragraphs, and structure · Revising is about the big picture: whether your ideas connect and your paragraphs are in the right order.
  2. Edit · After revising the ideas and structure, writers move on to editing sentences and words.
  3. True · Editing works at the sentence level, after the bigger structural changes from revising are done.
  4. An editing fix, changing 'run' to 'runs' · A grammar mistake inside one sentence is exactly what editing is for.
  5. Reorganize or add a sentence that connects the two ideas · A confusing connection between ideas is a structure problem, so it needs revising, not just a spelling check.
  6. Replace hard words with simpler ones his young readers will understand · Good revising checks whether the writing fits the people who will actually read it.
  7. Whether his word choice fits his audience and purpose · Slang doesn't fit a formal report for a teacher, so Diego needs to adjust his words for his audience and purpose.
  8. She skipped revising for structure and ideas before proofreading · Proofreading catches small errors last. Skipping revision means the bigger structural problems never get fixed.
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