Brave Writer® 102: Learning to Revise provides instruction in the revision process in writing. Students work with parent coaching to revise personal narrative writing. Participants focus on identifying strengths in writing, writing appropriately to audience, fleshing out incomplete paragraphs, strategic editing, and using the element of surprise in writing to effect.
The Brave Writer® writing coach partners with the adult at home to teach how to give effective feedback and grow the writing without crushing the writer’s enthusiasm. The writing process and coaching method presented in this class are meant to be used again and again for a myriad of writing projects outside the realm of the class itself.
Syllabus
Week One
You’ll partner with your child to rethink the role of revision in writing. Spoiler alert: Revision is the favorite part of the process for most writers! We’ll prime the pump with a series of freewrites to revise later.
Week Two
We surprise young writers with an activity that gives them permission to lie! It’s about understanding the power of seeing your original writing through a challenging lens.
Week Three
Students move beyond the realm of words to bring visuals into the revision process as they work on our unique re-vision board activity all week.
Week Four
Families build on the popular "Snip and Pin" practice learned in Brave Writer® 101. Includes five strategies for revision that take a freewrite from dull to compelling to read. Students leave class with a roadmap on where to take revision from here.
Common Core and Academic Standards Support
What follows is a word bank and set of skills associated with this class. Use them to craft your own learning narrative for use in year-end evaluations, charter school reports, or any other accountability source.
Word Bank
- Accuracy
- Alliteration
- Audience
- Editing
- Figurative language
- Freewriting
- Narration
- Narrowing and expanding
- Opening hook
- Observation
- Revision
- Simile
- Vivid detail
- Voice
Core Skills
- Edit writing for standard English usage
- Expand writing to provide clarity and detail
- Generate topics for narrative writing
- Maintain distinct writer’s voice
- Narrate a personal experience
- Narrow writing to provide focus on a topic
- Open writing with a compelling hook
- Reconceive writing to add surprise and interest
- Revise writing for clarity, flow, order, interest, and economy of language
- Utilize figurative language to connect with readers
- Write detailed, organized, structured original narratives
- Write for a particular audience
- Write in stream-of-consciousness style
