Revising and Editing

Universitas Siswa Bangsa

International
Week 6 - 2014
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Feel the object
 What are revising and editing?
Revising and editing are two distinct processes.

Revising is intentionally looking at ways of

improving your essay. Revision is an opportunity
to revisit and rethink your or someone elses
assignment or topic, who the intended reader or
audience is, and the purpose or thesis.

Editing is correcting the mechanics of your

essay like sentence structure, grammar,
punctuation, and spelling.
 Self-Editing
Self-editing covers several elements in
reviewing an academic writing such as:
1. A strong thesis statement
2. Clear topic sentences
3. Specific supporting details
4. Coherence
5. Effective conclusion
6. Checking grammar and spelling errors
 Peer-Editing
Peer editing is an interactive process
of reading and commenting on a
classmates writing. Here, you will
exchange your first draft with a
classmate, read each others work, and
make suggestion for improvement.
 Peer feedback vs Teacher
feedback
Feedback enhances student achievement by
highlighting progress rather than deficiency.
Informal teacher feedback
Check-ups and check-ins are used to see how
students are progressing, answer questions or help
with ideas
Formal teacher feedback
Teacher can provide suggestions and comments along
with individualized goal setting
Peer to peer feedback
With the use of structured peer feedback, students
give and receive feedback on their current work.
How should I give peer-feedback?

1. Understand the concept of essay writing.

2. Read your friends essay thoroughly.
3. Understand types of feedback, such as
direct and indirect feedback, and
metalinguistic feedback.
4. Able to give corrective comments by
circling words, underlying sentences, or
writing some notes.
5. Able to explain all the suggested
feedbacks.
 What to review?
1. Tell your partner the general and clear
ideas about your essay.
2. Identify and write down the main idea
of your partners essay.
3. Did you find any idea in the paper
difficult to understand?
4. Underline any idea you feel not clear.
5. What ideas for revision could you
suggest to your partner?
 Some acceptable
expressions for peer-
editing
1. Do you think _______ is important/ necessary/
relevant.
2. I dont quite understand your meaning here.
3. Could you please explain this point a little more?
4. I think an example would help here.
5. This part seems confusing.
6. I think this part should go at the end / at the
beginning / after XYZ.
7. May be you dont need this _____ word/
sentence/ part.
 2nd Assignment
Peer Corrective Feedback

To be submitted in EDMODO by Sunday

week 5 (October 5th 2014)