Draft

When you draft, you begin writing. Use the ideas you gathered into your chart to begin your draft.

Facts About Whooping CranesMy Opinions
1. endangered1. save the whooping cranes
photograph of a whooping crane

Revise

When you revise a draft, you make your writing better. First you need to know what a reader thinks of your work. Carter read his article to a partner.

Then Carter knew he needed to make a change.

Now follow these steps to revise your article.

  • 1 DECIDE WHAT TO CHANGE

    When you revise a draft, you make your writing better. First you need to know what a reader thinks of your work. Carter read his article to a partner.

  • 2 MARK YOUR CHANGES

    If you need to add words, use this mark: illustration of caret insertion mark that looks like an upside down V.