Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Revising With A Lens


Today in class we discussed how to reread and revise our stories, focusing on one thing at a time. We compared this focused revision to wearing glasses with different lenses - we read through many times, each time looking for something different. Writers, what is one lens you used today to reread and revise your story? Post your responses in the comments section!

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Today, I reread my story, looking for what my story was really about. I wanted to make sure it was really about Marie's struggle to balance her job with her family.

Also, I read with a "Cardboard Character Alert" lens, checking to make sure that my characters seemed real, and not like paper dolls.

-Mrs. Lee

Anonymous said...

today I re-read my story with a cardboard character alert lens.It`s so much fun revising drafts! I also re-read my story with the soundcheck lens.

Anonymous said...

Today I looked at my story by looking over it while I am Revising it.

I also looked over my story making sure that my character seemed like it was real.

Anonymous said...

The above post is Blake.

Anonymous said...

today,I re-read my story. and then i re-checked my story to check if i need to rerite.



ben

Anonymous said...

i re read my story today and tomorrow i will revise and edit my story.



Julia

Anonymous said...

writing ficton stories is so fun you get to make a character choose there best friend,there hobbie and what they like to do and a lot more i think it is really fun!



Julia

Anonymous said...

I wasn't done yet, but right in the middle of my story, I just decided to revise a little by making sure my character was waering my pants.




-Elias

Anonymous said...

I was in the climax of my story when I revised. Today,I was looking with a "looking for places to add small things" lens.


-Maria

Anonymous said...

I have started reading my story through different lenses.Suyash

Anonymous said...

To day I read my sroy and all the mostak I did I fist them Elijah

Anonymous said...

To day I read my sroy and all the mostak I did I fist them Elijah

Anonymous said...

I'm not done with my draft but I'm in the mitl of it.My story is about a boys fort that terns in to a majikl wirld it's ficshon.

Anonymous said...

Today,I write about Luca and Chrition Luca need ipod.

Luca wanted all the time.Crition tlak to Luca.


_Akari

Anonymous said...

The pots abuv is from Zach

Anonymous said...

Today I wrote a fiction story that was about two boys going to a scary park, because someone dared them to!
My lens that i'm trying to say is that these two boys, don't want everybody to think they are scared.

Anonymous said...

Today I wrote a fiction story that was about two boys going to a scary park, because someone dared them to!
My lens that i'm trying to say is that these two boys, don't want everybody to think they are scared.

Anonymous said...

The one on top is Deon's blog

Anonymous said...

Today I read my story to
someone else and asked if I needed to add something to my story to make my story sound better. She said it sounded great,so I added a little more to my storyand the time was up for readers workshop.

-Baylee

Anonymous said...

This is such a cool idea! It's very interesting to see all the comments from the students. Thank you for sharing this with us parents.
- Sanjay (Aleya's Dad)

Anonymous said...

the blog under mrs.lee is Cole.

Anonymous said...

I have so much fun writing fiction stories they are so much fun to write. You guys should try it too.

-Emilia

Anonymous said...

Today I was looking through my revising lens and i edited millions and millions of mistakes so looking through lenses is a good way to see if you make some obvious mistakes.

-Elias

Anonymous said...

Elias, I liked your idea about looking through an editing lens! You could even look through a punctuation lens, a spelling lens, or a word choice lens! I'm going to share your idea with the class tomorrow during Writer's Workshop (if you don't mind!).

-Mrs. Lee

Anonymous said...

yesterday i got done revising and editing my story but i think i'm going to keep checking it to make sure it is perfect.



Julia

Anonymous said...

i finally looked through all the glasses i needed to use.

Anonymous said...

I loved putting all the glasses.








Anna