“But teacher, I added a period!” Middle Scholers Learn to Revise

The distinction between revising and editing is a hard one for middle schoolers to grasp. Bruce Saddler knows that students must understand that writing means making meaning, and making meaning requires revision. Internalizing that concept and the steps that help achieve it requires a process characterized by peer conferencing, revision guides (provided), whole–class revising, and reflective pauses.