Supporting students to edit and revise their writing

Editing writing is challenging, even for experienced writers.

There are 2 components of editing that need to be explicitly taught:

1. Editing or proofreading — regularly checking writing for accuracy in spelling, punctuation, grammar and meaning.
2. Recrafting or revising — improving the content of writing in relation to the success criteria.

In this workshop, we will cover:

• The editing process and the skills we need to explicitly teach students.
• How guided practice can support students to transfer these skills to their own writing.
• How to embed editing and revising throughout writing lessons, giving students multiple opportunities to learn and practise these skills and improve their writing.