The Fire Builder - 6th Grade Writing Process

Using a word processor and the 'Save As' option, this teacher walks kids through the writing process.  They create their first summary, first session in the lab, save it.  The next session they open the summary and rename the file with a tag on it like  rev2, or version 2 etc.  They then add/edit whatever the teacher wanted them to do. Ex: Find all the verbs and replace them with more descriptive action verbs, or add descriptors to the nouns.  They continue this process until the final document is detailed.  The student can then look back on all the revisions.

The First Draft:

The Student's folder as each revision is saved.

The Final Draft: