1. Reviser’s Toolbox Written and edited by Barry Lane

3. Teacher

4. Taught writing at University of New Hampshire

5. Worked in a Vermont prison teaching

6. Worked in hundreds of elementary and secondary schools

7. Author

8. Many Books

9. WorkshopsPHOTO COURTESY OF NCTE WEBSITE

11. Grades 3-12

12. Practical techniques and exercises to show students how to love revision

13. Workshop teaches educators to:

14. Illustrate the reading/writing connection through revision

15. Meet demands of state assessments

17. Anne Pruitt, Grade 12, KY

18. I’ve never been to a conference that went by so quickly! Within 15 minutes I already had ideas to use in the classroom tomorrow! Even though I have to prepare my students for the MEAP, I can use Barry’s ideas and techniques to improve all types of their writing.

19. Ellen Roggenbuck, Grades 7-8, MI

20. Barry Lane brings writing to life! He adds sparks and ignites a love of writing in all of us! I’m anxious to get back to the classroom and try his exciting ideas!

22. Chapter 2:Using the Binoculars Turning the Knob Before binoculars vs. after binoculars Write Small Verbs and nouns Tips for choosing details

23. Chapter 3:Snapshots and Thoughtshots Sketch People/Sketch Places The Simile Factory Point and Shoot Give a Picture a Thought

24. Chapter 4:Playing with Time Explode a Moment The Writing VCR Snapshot +Thoughtshot+ Dialogue Shrink Poems

26. Voice

27. Personality

28. Myths about Expository Writing

30. Want Ads

31. Truth Telling

32. World’s Thinnest Books

33. _____Ways to look at ________

35. Good Critics

36. Listen

37. Start Positively

38. Praise specifically

39. Ask Curious Questions

41. Personal Letters

42. How to read Newspapers

43. Spelling

44. Punctuation

45. Vocabulary

46. Writing with style

48. Leads

49. Potatoes

50. Endings

51. Point of View

52. Zoom In

53. The Telling Detail and The Returning Detail

54. Snapshot and thoughtshot

56. Resources Lane, Barry. Reviser's Toolbox. Shoreham, VT: Discover Writing Press, 1999. NCTE. 20 Sept. 2011. <http://www.ncte.org/consultants/lane>.