Draft

When you draft, you begin writing. Use the words you gathered to draft your poem.

Revise

When you revise a draft, you make your writing better. First, you need to know what a reader thinks of your work. Jana read her paper to a partner.

Then Jana knew she needed to make a change.

Now follow these steps to revise your poem.

• 1 DECIDE WHAT TO CHANGE

  Read to a partner. Ask your partner to check the rules for a diamante poem. Do you need to make any changes?

• 2 MARK YOUR CHANGES

  If you need to replace text, use this mark: .