The revision process for writers can be defined as re-thinking  about what you wrote. For students and teachers alike revision is seen as difficult. As a student revision is challenging because they do not know what they are doing or really where to start. During this writing workshop teachers shared their personal experiences and how to manage writing revisions in their classrooms.

Mary Catherine uses the technique of moving from desk to check on each students’ individual piece. In her class the students were writing memoirs, and she believes that when students are writing about themselves they are really passionate about what they are writing. When the students are passionate about their writing topic they have a better understanding of what direction they are going in. Mary Catherine generates the students’ thought processes by asking them questions, her reason behind this is so the students can get an idea of what they want get a across to their reader. I am a huge fan of this method and Mary Catherine’s students seemed to flourish and have a better understand with their writing.

In order to have productive writing workshops in the classroom, as a teacher, it is important to incorporate as many revision lessons as possible. These lessons could deal with techniques such as peer review or self-evaluation. As students get more comfortable with revision they will determine which technique works for them. In Jack’s classroom he shares that when students understand revision they eventually look at their writings in a different light. When they look at their writings in a different light they realize that there is so much more that they can do for their entire paper. The goal as I see it, is that at the end of the day as students get a better understanding of writing they will come closer to clear writing.