Of all the stages of the writing process, doesn't it feel like revising often gets the short end of the stick? One of the obstacles that always seems to be in the way is the simple logistics of where to do it. Students write their rough drafts in their composition notebooks, filling the lines, front and back, eventually "finishing," and we move them into the revising stage. Okay, make it better, we say. And students caret in a few adjectives. Maybe they even cross out a sentence or arrow one into a better place. They notice a capital letter to fix and a word they repeated accidentally, and ultimately, the revising stage begins to look very similar to the editing stage: a little fix here and a little fix there. The piece as a whole looks basically the same as it did prior to revising. And that's a bummer because the potential of that piece is a lot higher than where it stands, and the revising stage is meant to be a time to close that gap. But where ......

Common Core Standard:  W.3.5, W.4.5, W.5.5, W.6.5 W.3.3c, W.4.3.c,  W.5.3.c, W.6.3.c W.3.3d, W.4.3.d,  W.5.3.d, W.6.3.d W.4.3.e, W.5.3.e, W.6.3.e Do your students like to copy rough drafts to their final drafts without revising?  I think that is how most upper elementary students think about writing.  Get it done and be done with it.  Or as some of us say in the south: My name is Pam Olivieri from Rockin Resources and I love writing with my students!  Last year, our test scores rocked  and my students developed a love for writing.  Are you wondering how to have the same results?  The key is to teach mini lessons in the order they are needed in writing and be excited about writing!  They will want to imitate your enthusiasm!  Then practice, practice, practice and keep them accountable for all the lessons previously introduced.  One of the steps of the writing process is revising.  The following 8 steps wi......