Editing descriptive writing based on ‘A monster within’
I can edit, revise and rewrite my descriptive writing.
Editing descriptive writing based on ‘A monster within’
I can edit, revise and rewrite my descriptive writing.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Editing is the process of making technical corrections to a piece of writing.
- Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar is essential to help your reader understand your writing.
- Revising is where you look at or consider again a piece of writing in order to correct or improve it.
- Using a variety of sentence starters is important because it can influence the pace, emphasis or cohesion of a sentence.
- You can vary your sentence starters by using adjectives, verbs or adverbs.
Keywords
To edit - to make technical corrections to a piece of writing
To revise - to review a piece of work and identify where it can be improved
Draft - a version of a piece of writing
To rewrite - the process of rewriting sentences, adding, dropping or reframing ideas and choosing more precise words
To enhance - to improve the quality or clarity of something
Common misconception
Students often think that once they have written their first draft, the piece is finished.
Writing is a process that involves several drafts of the same piece. Each time, editing and rewriting the draft makes the piece of writing better.
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