Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Argumentative Essay: Editing and Revising

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

Getting to the final draft takes a keen editorial eye and skillful editing. This demonstrative video uses a highlighting strategy that will help ensure that your rough draft encompasses the important parts.

This resource provides students with the opportunity to edit a sample essay for clarity and coherence.

    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

    ELA21.9.R5

    Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.9.R5

    Vocabulary

    • Writing process
    • Plan
    • Revise
    • Edit
    • Peer-edit
    • Rewrite
    • Focused
    • Organized
    • Coherent
    • Purpose
    • Audience

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The writing process steps are to plan, revise, edit, and rewrite.
    • Editing can be completed by the writer or by a peer.
    • Peer-editing skills.
    • Completed writing projects should be focused, organized, and coherent, and written for a specific purpose and intended audience.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Plan, revise, edit, and rewrite to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
    • Compose a writing piece for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    • Engage in the peer-editing process.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Writing is a process that requires multiple drafts, edits, and versions.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

    ELA21.9.9

    Compose both short and extended narrative, informative/explanatory, and argumentative writings that are clear and coherent, use an appropriate command of language, and demonstrate development, organization, style, and tone that are relevant to task, purpose, and audience.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.9.9

    Vocabulary

    • Short writings
    • Extended writings
    • Narrative writing
    • Argumentative writing
    • Informative/explanatory writing
    • Writing development
    • Writing organization
    • Style
    • Tone
    • Task
    • Purpose
    • Audience
    • Command of language

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Writing pieces can be short, such as a paragraph, or extended, such as constructed responses and essays.
    • A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
    • The purpose of argumentative writing is to convince the reader to take action or adopt a particular position.
    • Informative or explanatory text is a piece of writing that provides factual information that was gathered from multiple research sources.
    • The development, organization, style, and tone of writing will change depending on the writing task, the purpose of the writing, and the intended audience.
    • Formal academic writing should demonstrate an appropriate command of language.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Compose short and extended clear, coherent narrative, argument, and informative/explanatory writings.
    • Identify the writing task, the purpose of writing, and the intended audience in order to appropriately adapt the development, organization, style, and tone of the writing.
    • Demonstrate command of the written language.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There are different genres of writing that serve various purposes.
    • The writing task, purpose, and audience should be considered in the development, organization, style, and tone of the writing.
    • Formal academic writing should display their command of the English language.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 10

    ELA21.10.R5

    Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.10.R5

    Vocabulary

    • Writing process
    • Plan
    • Revise
    • Edit
    • Peer-edit
    • Rewrite
    • Focused
    • Organized
    • Coherent
    • Purpose
    • Audience

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The writing process steps are to plan, revise, edit, and rewrite.
    • Editing can be completed by the writer or by a peer.
    • Peer-editing skills.
    • Completed writing projects should be focused, organized, and coherent, and written for a specific purpose and intended audience.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Plan, revise, edit, and rewrite to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
    • Compose a writing piece for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    • Engage in the peer-editing process.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Writing is a process that requires multiple drafts, edits, and versions.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 10

    ELA21.10.9

    Compose both short and extended narrative, informative/explanatory, and argumentative writings that are clear and coherent, use an appropriate command of language, and demonstrate development, organization, style, and tone that are relevant to task, purpose, and audience.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.10.9

    Vocabulary

    • Short writings
    • Extended writings
    • Narrative writing
    • Argumentative writing
    • Informative/explanatory writing
    • Writing development
    • Writing organization
    • Style
    • Tone
    • Task
    • Purpose
    • Audience
    • Command of language

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Writing pieces can be short, such as a paragraph, or extended, such as constructed responses and essays.
    • A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
    • The purpose of argumentative writing is to convince the reader to take action or adopt a particular position.
    • Informative or explanatory text is a piece of writing that provides factual information that was gathered from multiple research sources.
    • The development, organization, style, and tone of writing will change depending on the writing task, the purpose of the writing, and the intended audience.
    • Formal academic writing should demonstrate an appropriate command of language.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Compose short and extended clear, coherent narrative, argument, and informative/explanatory writings.
    • Identify the writing task, the purpose of writing, and the intended audience in order to appropriately adapt the development, organization, style, and tone of the writing.
    • Demonstrate command of the written language.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There are different genres of writing that serve various purposes.
    • The writing task, purpose, and audience should be considered in the development, organization, style, and tone of the writing.
    • Formal academic writing should display their command of the English language.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

    ELA21.11.R5

    Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.11.R5

    Vocabulary

    • Writing process
    • Plan
    • Revise
    • Edit
    • Peer-edit
    • Rewrite
    • Focused
    • Organized
    • Coherent
    • Purpose
    • Audience

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The writing process steps are to plan, revise, edit, and rewrite.
    • Editing can be completed by the writer or by a peer.
    • Peer-editing skills.
    • Completed writing projects should be focused, organized, and coherent, and written for a specific purpose and intended audience.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Plan, revise, edit, and rewrite to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
    • Compose a writing piece for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    • Engage in the peer-editing process.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Writing is a process that requires multiple drafts, edits, and versions.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

    ELA21.11.11

    Compose and edit both short and extended products in which the development and organization are relevant and suitable to task, purpose, and audience, using an appropriate command of language.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.11.11

    Vocabulary

    • Compose
    • Edit
    • Short products
    • Extended products
    • Writing development
    • Writing organization
    • Task
    • Purpose
    • Audience
    • Command of language

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Writing products can be short, such as a paragraph, or extended, such as constructed responses and essays.
    • The skills required by the writing process.
    • The development and organization of writing will change depending on the writing task, the purpose of the writing, and the intended audience.
    • Formal academic writing should demonstrate an appropriate command of language.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Compose short and extended writing products.
    • Identify the writing task, the purpose of writing, and the intended audience in order to appropriately adapt the development and organization of the writing.
    • Demonstrate command of the written language.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There are different genres of writing that serve various purposes.
    • The writing task, purpose, and audience should be considered in the development and organization of the writing.
    • Formal academic writing should display their command of the English language.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

    ELA21.12.R5

    Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.12.R5

    Vocabulary

    • Writing process
    • Plan
    • Revise
    • Edit
    • Peer-edit
    • Rewrite
    • Focused
    • Organized
    • Coherent
    • Purpose
    • Audience

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The writing process steps are to plan, revise, edit, and rewrite.
    • Editing can be completed by the writer or by a peer.
    • Peer-editing skills.
    • Completed writing projects should be focused, organized, and coherent, and written for a specific purpose and intended audience.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Plan, revise, edit, and rewrite to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
    • Compose a writing piece for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    • Engage in the peer-editing process.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Writing is a process that requires multiple drafts, edits, and versions.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

    ELA21.12.11

    Compose, edit, and revise both short and extended products in which the development, organization, and style are relevant and suitable to task, purpose, and audience, using an appropriate command of language.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.12.11

    Vocabulary

    • Compose
    • Edit
    • Revise
    • Short products
    • Extended products
    • Writing development
    • Writing organization
    • Writing style
    • Task
    • Purpose
    • Audience
    • Command of language

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Writing products can be short, such as a paragraph, or extended, such as constructed responses and essays.
    • The skills required by the writing process.
    • The development, organization, and style of writing will change depending on the writing task, the purpose of the writing, and the intended audience.
    • Formal academic writing should demonstrate an appropriate command of language.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Compose, edit, and revise short and extended writing products.
    • Identify the writing task, the purpose of writing, and the intended audience in order to appropriately adapt the development, organization, and style of the writing.
    • Demonstrate command of the written language.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There are different genres of writing that serve various purposes.
    • The writing process is a series of steps that improve writing over time.
    • The writing task, purpose, and audience should be considered in the development, organization, and style of the writing.
    • Formal academic writing should display their command of the English language.
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