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                  REVISE AND EDIT                                                            Review your draft.

               The revision and editing steps give you a chance to look carefully at your

               writing and make changes. Work with a partner to determine whether you

               have explained your ideas clearly to readers. Use these questions to help
               you evaluate and improve your editorial.




                      PURPOSE/            ORGANIZATION            EVIDENCE              LANGUAGE/            CONVENTIONS
                        FOCUS                                                          VOCABULARY
                 … … Do I state my      … … Are the reasons   … … Did I use         … … Did I use linking   … … Have I used
                    opinion and why       presented in an        evidence from         words and             capital letters
                    it’s important?       order that makes       the texts to          phrases, such as      correctly?
                                          sense?                 support my            for example, to
                 … … Do my reasons                               reasons?              explain my         … … Have I used
                    clearly connect     … … Does the ending                            reasons?              correct end
                    to my opinion?        restate my                                                         marks?
                                          opinion?                                  … … Did I use strong
                                                                                       action verbs?      … … Did I use verb
                                                                                                             tenses correctly?






                  PUBLISH                                                                     Share your work.


               Create a Finished Copy  Make a final copy. You may want to include a
               photo or illustration. Consider these options to share your editorial:


                   1  Collect all your class’s editorials and bind them together. Give your
                       book a title such as, “Do Sports Belong in School?”


                   2  Present your editorial to others. Use expression and gestures to
                       help show the importance of your opinion and reasons.


                   3  Post your editorial on a school or class website. Invite comments
                       from your readers.



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