Revision Activity

Much of what we know about revision comes from studies of cognition and writing, in which researchers investigated the thinking processes of individual writers when composing and planning revisions.

Other studies, advocating a “knowledge-building approach,” have revealed the importance of reflection by asking students to be conscious about their process and deliberate in their decision-making. When we combine these two perspectives, we see that it is key for learners to make revision visible and explicit.

The work of Linda Flower, for instance, provides us with three revision moves:

1. Detect - the ability to recognize that something is wrong or short of where a writer needs to be with regard to goals or purpose (giving and receiving feedback helps improve our ability to detect).
2. Diagnose - the ability to recognize what, precisely, is wrong or short of where a writer needs to be with regard to goals or purpose.
3. Strategize - the ability to name how to fix problems or meet goals.

These three moves should be seen as a recursive cycle. This cycle leads to what is sometimes known as “deep revision.”

For tonight's HW assignment, I'd like to complete one or more revision strategies below and use them to make further changes to your paper before bringing it to class tomorrow for peer review.

AT HOME ACTIVITY:  Pick one or more revision activities to complete tonight! 

1.  Complete one or more activities from this handout! https://vanderbilt.edu/writing/wp-content/uploads/sites/164/2013/08/Revision-Activities-Handout.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

2. Complete a reverse outline!  See https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/ReverseOutlines.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. or https://www.trentu.ca/academicskills/documents/RevisingandReverseOutline.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. 

3. Complete revisions based on past peer review feedback.  Here is a paper to guide you: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RcRXHZC29EPvtjdntov-Ya2hy968y9p_PNr81p3zaoI/edit?usp=sharing (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

NEXT STEP:  Submit a revison plan! See this handout for a detailed how-to guide and examples.

https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/sweetland-assets/sweetland-documents/teachingresources/SequencingandScaffoldingAssignments/Supplement3_HowtoWriteaRevisionPlan.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 

What to Submit to Earn Full Credit on This Assignment:

-- A copy of the revision activity you completed last night for homework

-- Your revision plan (please follow the model in the handout linked above)

dut at 10 hrs ltr