Revising and Editing
What does the acronym ARMS stand for?
(HINT: Used for revising)
A- Add
Should another sentence be added?
R- Remove
Which sentence should be removed?
M-Move
Can a sentence move to a different spot?
S- Substitute
Do we need to replace this word/sentence?
What is the acronym we use when writing a SCR?
What does each letter represent?
RACE
R- Restate
A- Answer
C- Cite evidence
E- Explain
What is a summary?
A summary is a retelling of the main events (key details) from the story in your own words.
What does the acronym CUPS stand for?
(HINT: Used for editing)
C- Capitalization
Which words in this sentence need to be capitalized?
U- Usage/Understanding
Does this sentence make sense? Which is the best word to use in this sentence (Ex: is or are)
P- Punctuations
Do I need to add or remove a comma?
S- Spelling
Are all the words in this sentence spelled correctly?
What is the acronym we use when writing an ECR?
What does each letter represent?
RACER
R- Restate
A- Answer
C- Cite evidence
E- Explain
R- Restate
What is text structure?
The way the author organizes information within a text.
What needs to be changed in this sentence?
my aunt lives in houston, texas.
Which editing skill do we need to use here? (CUPS)
My aunt lives in Houston, Texas.
C- Capitalization
About how many sentences are in a SCR response?
About how many sentences are in an ECR response?
SCR- 3 to 4
ECR- 12-14 (4 paragraphs, about 3-4 sentences for each paragraph)
An inference is a smart guess you make based on clues from the text and what you already know.
It’s like being a detective—using evidence from the story and your own thinking to figure something out that the author doesn’t say directly.
Use clues from the text plus what you know to make inferences. (Text evidence + background knowledge= understanding)
What needs to be changed in this sentence?
She was nervous. She was nervous because she had never spoken in public before.
Which revising skill do we need to use? (ARMS)
Remove the first sentence.
She was nervous because she had never spoken in public before.
R- Remove
Prompt: Write a well-organized response using specific evidence from the text to explain how the author develops the idea of courage.
Student Response:
The author talks about courage. The person in the story was brave and did something hard. It was scary but they did it anyway. This shows courage because they didn’t give up. The author wants us to know that courage is good
What needs to be done to improve this SCR response?
- Add specific text evidence
- Use clearer explanations of how the evidence supports the idea of courage
- Organize ideas (use restate, answer, cite, explain)
- Use academic language (Ex: "The author develops the idea of courage by...")
What are the 5 different types of text structure?
- Cause and Effect
- Compare and Contrast
- Problem and Solution
- Sequence/ Chronological Order
- Description
What change(s) need to be made to this sentence?
Their going too the museum tomorrow.
Which editing skill(s) do we need to use here? (CUPS)
Change "their" to "they're". Change "too" to "to".
They're going to the museum tomorrow.
U- Usage/Understanding
S- Spelling
What is a thesis statement
(HINT: Used in ECRs)
A thesis statement is a concise, one or two-sentence statement that presents the main argument, purpose, or central idea of an essay, research paper, or other academic writing.
(Show example)
Provide a definition of each type of text structure.
Cause and Effect
➤ This structure explains why something happened (the cause) and what happened as a result (the effect).
🧠 Look for clue words like “because,” “so,” “as a result,” or “therefore.”
Compare and Contrast
➤ This structure shows how two or more things are alike and how they are different.
🧠 Look for clue words like “similar,” “different,” “both,” “however,” or “on the other hand.”
Problem and Solution
➤ This structure presents a problem and then explains how it was solved.
🧠 Look for clue words like “problem,” “solution,” “solve,” or “answer.”
Sequence / Chronological Order
➤ This structure tells events in the order they happened or gives steps in a process.
🧠 Look for clue words like “first,” “next,” “then,” “finally,” or dates and times.
Description
➤ This structure gives details about a topic to help the reader picture or understand it better.
🧠 Look for clue words like “for example,” “such as,” “including,” or lots of adjectives and facts.