The first lesson I teach on the “shitty first draft,” is this one, Anne Lamott vs. ChatGPT.
If you’re not interested in the above lesson but want to do a “says/does” analysis of Lamott’s piece, you may find an answer key for that here.
The below slideshow reminds students what we mean when we ask them for revisions, as opposed to superficial edits. The quotes in this dialectical notebook exercise do the same.
