Rieman, Fall 2013 Reading Response Sheet for "Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers,

by Nancy Sommers 1. What are words you use when thinking about the revision process Read through the list !ommers o""ers "rom her research with student writers and see i" you share any o" those terms. #hange words $elete sentences #hange sentences marking out 2. What%s your previous e&perience with revision 'y teachers have always made us do revisions in class or oustside o" class a"ter peer workshops. Revison "or me has been editing my paper . ( would edit and make sure my paper was polished and then would turn it in "or the "inal dra"t. ( "eel like revising is moving your sentences around to make better sense and grammar corrections. 3. What%s the biggest di""erence you think !ommers discovered with her research o" both student and e&perienced writers in how they think about revision What does this di""erence mean to you )he e&perienced writers looked at their writing as whole and the student writers did not and only "i&ed little mistakes. )he e&perienced writers did more reordering and actual structure revising.( should not try to always "it a certain model "or my writing. ( also should consider my audience and look at how ( structure my ideas and sentences. *. What does !ommers mean when she says that the revision process is +discursive, -Read around on page 10.. /ow does this idea o" writing as discursive "it with your understanding o" how you compose (t means to edit the paper to make it better as whole ( need to correct my paper to make it more logical and "low better when revising. 0. 1ist three ideas you got "rom this article that you can apply to the revision work you will be doing with your literacy memoir. Focus on my audience

 Read my papeer through and d(ecide what woulld make it sound better $o ( have too much detail $o ( have to little detail (s my paper clear $on2t stick to a set model 3sk 4uestions when revising about my paper