ReThinking: Editing
It's been almost three months since my last post. I've written hundreds in my head but none of them made it to the website. So, I'm starting with rethinking editing . In my experience, editing is one of the least preferred activities for students. Many students believe since they've written it and used pre-writing strategies such as outlines or graphic organizers, then it must be good enough. Or, they've put so much energy into the first draft, they have nothing left for the revision process. Too often, they fail to see the value of editing to improve the quality of their written work. How are you teaching the editing process? Have you incorporated technology as part of your instruction? Technology allows new editing methods and strategies . Here's one I've been working on for some time. Technology Editing Method : a) Disable spell and grammar check when the student is writing their initial draft so as not to interrupt the flow of ideas. Save the initi...