Revision means literally "seeing again," developing a new perspective on the writing task. Just correcting the original work based on my comments or your own observations will not be accepted as revision; instead, you'll have to rewrite the document significantly. Some revisions can raise your grade (see below); all revisions should help you learn more about writing well. I’m happy to help you to revise: I highly recommend that you check in with me at some point before you submit a revised assignment so I can help you focus on the most important areas, brainstorm options, assess your progress, and otherwise assist you to improve. Revision meetings can count toward your required consultation for the semester (see syllabus).

Revisions of two assignments can be submitted for re-grading. No risk is involved (you cannot receive a lower grade than the one originally assigned) but neither do you have a guarantee of earning a higher grade for your effort. In order to insure that you work hard on your initial assignments, revision grades will not be more than one full grade higher than the original grade. Revision grades replace the original grades rather than being averaged with them.

The original document containing my comments and grade must accompany the revision, along with old and new background material: audience and purpose notes, etc.

You may submit a revised assignment at any time during the semester; all revisions are due by the last day of class—no exceptions. Students often find it useful to delay revision until later in the semester for the following reasons:

• They can apply the additional course material to improve their writing
• They learn by practicing their writing skills in other assignments
• They gain perspective by putting the work away for a time
• They have more assignments to consider for revision, so they can choose the ones that will count most toward their course grade

Let me know how I can help. It's useful to check with me before you begin to revise so I can help you judge which assignments are appropriate, what you need to do, what strategies are most important, etc.