Revising 101

Revising is not my favorite part of the writing process. Once you have written a piece that you like and believe is written correctly; you find out how many mistakes you really made. In this class I have been taught many good ways to revise on my own, such as Reading it out loud to yourself or others to see which words need to be changed to flow better. Reading your paper from bottom to top can really help in the revising process as well. Also with this class I am much more aware of punctuation. And Punctuation was never something that I was called on throughout my college years.

With going to school to become a secondary education teacher this is something that I really need to focus on. I need to teach my students how to correctly punctuate; that way they are ready for college and not struggling like I am now. I was never called out on my punctuation during high school. I never really thought I was making many mistakes, which I think was very poor on my high school teachers.

Being in college and taking classes that are above 101 and 102, most mistakes are minor such as punctuation. There are so many rules to punctuation and so many can be broken. To one person your sentence is correct but to another it is not. So really knowing which punctuation is used in what kind of sentence is the trick. You know what you want to say just say it so it gives the correct meaning. Punctuation can change what is being said in a sentence, so beware.

 

Some rules to keep in mind during Revision are:

• A colon {:} is used for Emphasis in a sentence
• A comma {,} is used to separate clauses
• A semicolon {;} is used to join big ideas
• A dash {--} is used to add an Idea (minor)