Name____________________________
Revision Cover Sheet

1.	Use a highlighter on your final draft and draw a line in the margin alongside any new writing of more than one line which you added to the revision.  Ideally, you should have a total of a page of new writing.

2.	What strategies did you use in your revision process?  Check all that apply.
	Strategies	Rate the helpfulness of the strategy
1    2    3    4    5
(not)            (very)	
	Photocopy the graded essay, enlarge it, and underline and make notes on the instructor’s comments	1    2    3    4    5
	
	Brainstorm ideas for improving the essay on a separate piece of paper 	1    2    3    4    5
	
	Discuss the revisions with friends or family 	1    2    3    4    5	
	Reread the text  on which the essay is based  	1    2    3    4    5	
	Work with a reading tutor to better understand the text 	1    2    3    4    5	
	Visit the Writing Lab early in the revision process to work on content	1    2    3    4    5	
	Visit the Writing Lab late in the revision process to go over grammar	1    2    3    4    5
	
	Make an appointment with the instructor	1    2    3    4    5	
	Use Write OutLoud in Cyberia or the Reading Lab or ReadPlease.com software at home to listen to the essay and find errors	1    2    3    4    5
	
	Read your paper out loud to yourself or to a friend.	1    2    3    4    5	
	Read your paper backwards sentence by sentence to do a final grammar proofread.	1    2    3    4    5	
	Other______________________________________	1    2    3    4    5	
	Other______________________________________	1    2    3    4    5	

3.	Which of the above strategies were most important to your success with this revision?

4.	Look at your completed error log. What are the main grammar mistakes you have improved on so far this semester?

5.	What types of errors do you still have trouble with?

6.	Overall, what are you most proud of in this revision?  

7.	What do you think you need to focus on in the future in order to improve as a writer?