Georgia 6.P.EICC.4.g
The Standard
Make changes to the text based on self-evaluation or external feedback, revising the organization, ideas, information, word choices, and craft techniques in order to increase the text’s effectiveness. (C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students reread a draft, find places that may confuse or lose readers, and choose useful feedback. They revise structure, details, wording, and writing techniques to improve the piece.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can identify weak spots in a draft and make changes beyond correcting errors. They can explain how each change improves clarity, flow, support, voice, or impact.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often treat revision as fixing spelling and punctuation or making a neat copy. They may accept every comment, add unrelated details, or choose complicated words that weaken clarity.
How to Assess It
- Give students a weak paragraph and two peer comments. Ask them to revise three places and label how each change helps the reader.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Print a sample draft in paragraph strips; pairs rearrange, cut, or add strips, then explain how the new order helps readers.
Display three feedback comments on one paragraph; students choose which to use first and write a reason for their choice.
Give teams cards labeled add, delete, move, and replace; they draw one and improve a projected draft using that move.
Compare early and final versions of a school announcement; students identify changes that make the directions clearer for families.
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