Step # 1   Go to your digital portfolio at www.turnitin.com and download a copy of the SCORED paper you wish to revise. NOTE: Essay tests cannot be revised.

Your scored copy has been filled with hyperlinks to offer you in-depth guidance and direction as you complete your revision process. For this reason, it's best to use the computer to complete your revision. Print-out a hard copy of your scored paper. You will need this later.

Step # 2   Carefully read through comments and traits rubric score.

Keep in mind that Mrs. Juster's job is to respond to your paper as a reader. She is not your editor. When she identifies an error in conventions or any other trait, it is your job to look beyond the inserted comments for similar errors throughout the paper and fix every one. 

Step # 3   Save Every Version  

Be very careful to save each version as your paper as a unique file with a unique name. Careless saving will result in lost work. Be precise with file names – such as: Book Review- Revision # 1. 

Step # 4   Revise Heading & Title

 On your revision, be sure to:

• Change the date in the MLA heading to reflect the date the revision is due.
• Change the title so it includes the original title but also indicates which revision this is.

Step # 5   Delete Comments AND Highlight Changes

As you revise your paper, feel free to delete comments. Before you submit your revision, however, you must use the highlight feature in word (or go "old-school" and use a highlilghter on the hard copy of the revision) to reflect all the changes included in your revision. 

Step # 6   Meet with Mrs. Juster for an individual writer's conference. (There will be some class time set aside for this but you may need to stay after school for a conference.) 

Mrs. Juster will score your revision at this conference. Bring a hard copy of your original final draft (including comments & rubrics) to this conference. 

If this is your second revision, bring a hard copy of your original final draft (including comments & rubrics) as well as all previously scored revisions to this conference. 

NOTE: You must have this 1:1 conference in order to receive a new score.

Your revision will not be scored and your grade will not improve if every part of every step is not followed.

If you need additional revisions, just follow all of the steps above and have the conference (in-class or out of class) before deadline posted on your class syllabus.