WRITING PROCESS

STEPS OF THE

THE FIRST STEP IS PREWRITING PURPOSE—WHY

FORM—HOW AUDIENCE—WHO IDEAS—WHAT

WITHIN THIS PREWRITING STEP ARE 4 REQUIREMENTS.

EACH OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY.

WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THESE FOUR ELEMENTS:

1. IDENTIFY THE PURPOSE—THE WHY. THERE ARE 4—CAN YOU NAME THEM?

INFORM

PERSUADE

ENTERTAIN

EXPRESS SELF

2. IDENTIFY THE FORM—HOWFROM CEREAL BOXES TO TEXTBOOKS, ALL WRITING FORMS “FIT” INTO ONE OF THESE FOUR PURPOSES: LET’S TRY…INFORM PERSUADEENTERTAIN EXPRESS

SELF

3. IDENTIFY THE AUDIENCE—WHO

FOR WHOM DO YOU USUALLY WRITE? YOU MUST

CONSIDER AGE. THIS WILL

DETERMINE LANGUAGE USAGE.

YOU MUST ALSO CONSIDER THE LEVEL OF EXISTING KNOWLEDGE.

THIS WILL DETERMINE TERMINOLOGY

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES PREWRITING ACTUALLY MAKE?

LET’S SAY YOUR SCIENCE TEACHER HAS GIVEN YOU AN ASSIGNMENT TO WRITE A PAPER ABOUT A BUG…ANY BUG

NOW, YOU COULD WRITE A COUPLE OF BORING PARAGRAPHS…OR…

4. IDENTIFY IDEAS--WHAT YOU MAY DO

THIS USING A VARIETY OF METHODS TO GENERATE IDEAS

LETS PRACTICE A FEW OF THE MORE COMMON METHODS.

BRAINSTORMING NO WRONG

ANSWERS. USEFUL FOR

COMING UP WITH NEW IDEAS

WRITE DOWN WORDS OR PHRASES

A LIST DOWN THE PAGE

DO NOT TAKE THE TIME TO EVALUATE

LABEL A SHEET OF PAPER WITH YOUR NAME, THE DATE, YOUR CLASS PERIOD, AND “BRAINSTORMING”YOUR TOPIC IS:

MOVIE TITLES

NEXT LET’S TRY FREEWRITING—LABEL YOUR PAPER SPELLING AND

GRAMMAR DO NOT COUNT

USEFUL FOR GETTING THOUGHTS FLOWING

MUST KEEP PEN MOVING AT ALL TIMES

WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU RUN OUT OF THINGS TO SAY?

YOU WILL BE WRITING FOR 3 MINUTES

WITHOUT STOPPING ON THE FOLLOWING TOPIC:

FRIDAY

CLUSTERING/WEBBING/MAPPING—LABEL AGAIN, PLEASE.

VERY USEFUL WHEN TRYING TO ORGANIZE AN IDEA THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY CHOSEN.

HELPS YOU COME UP WITH DETAILS

WE ARE GOING TO DO ONE OF THESE TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

OUR TOPIC IS “FADS.” WHAT IS A FAD?

FADS

NOW LET’S APPLY THIS TO YOUR WRITING

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS DOES NOT NEED TO BE A “NEGATIVE” SCAR. I AM TALKING ABOUT ANY EVENT THAT MAKES YOU WHO YOU ARE.

ON A SHEET OF PAPER, BRAINSTORM ANY “SCARS” YOU HAVE. PLEASE DO NOT LIMIT YOURSELF TO THE OBVIOUS, PHYSICAL SCARS.

THINK ABOUT THE VIDEOS FROM LAST WEEK. DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH“SCARS”?

LOOKING AT YOUR BRAINSTORMED LIST, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND CHOOSE ONE SCAR THAT YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE EFFECTIVELY ABOUT.

CHOOSE JUST ONE

USE A WEB/MAP TO ORGANIZE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR SCARS.

PLACE A CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PAPER. WRITE YOUR CHOSEN “SCAR” IN THE MIDDLE.

NOW MAKE SOME WEBS FROM THE CENTER. TALK ABOUT THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND EMOTIONAL RESULTS OF THIS SCAR.

ORGANIZE YOUR THOUGHTS

NARROWING YOUR TOPIC THIS IS WHERE MOST WRITERS MAKE

THEIR BIGGEST MISTAKES…BEFORE THEY EVEN BEGIN TO WRITE.

ONCE YOU HAVE BRAINSTORMED, MAPPED, ETC…TO IDENTIFY YOUR IDEAS, THEN YOU NEED TO NARROW IT DOWN TO SOMETHING YOU CAN HANDLE IN 5 PARAGRAPHS

LET’S SAY THAT YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT SPORTS…YOU BRAINSTORM DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPORTS AND DECIDE TO WRITE ON “SOCCER”

SOCCER IS TOO LARGE OF A TOPIC

COMPLETE BOOKS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT SOCCER, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COVER IT IN A FEW PARAGRAPHS?

WE NEED TO NARROW IT DOWN TO SOMETHING WE CAN MANAGE IN A FEW PARAGRAPHS!

SO…USING SOCCER AS OUR TOPIC

SOCCER

SKILLS NEEDED TO

BE A GOALIE

POSITIONS ON A SOCCER

TEAM

NOW WE HAVE A MANAGEABLE TOPIC…

“SKILLS NEEDED TO BE A GOALIE” IS OUR MAIN IDEA

IN WRITING A 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY WE KNOW WE HAVE: 1. AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH 2, 3, AND 4. ARE THE BODY OF THE

PAPER 5. IS THE CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH

SO HOW MANY “KEY POINTS” CAN WE COVER IN A 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY?

RIGHT….3. THE SAME NUMBER AS THE NUMBER OF PARAGRAPHS IN THE BODY.

LET’S GO BACK TO OUR NARROWED TOPIC OF “SKILLS NEEDED TO BE A GOALIE”

WE CAN NOW DEVELOP OUR 3 KEY POINTS

NOTICE WE ARE STILL IN THE PREWRITING STEP!!

WE NOW NAME THE 3 KEY POINTS THAT WE WANT TO COVER IN OUR ESSAY ABOUT THE SKILLS NEEDED TO BE A GOALIE.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE SKILLS?

YOUR KEY POINTS

LOOK AT YOUR COMPOSITION NOTEBOOKS AND THE PLACE WHERE YOU DID A MAP OF THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF YOUR “EVENT”

CHOOSE THE THREE KEY POINTS YOU WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR ESSAY.

WELL, WE ARE FINALLY READY TO WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT!!

WE COMBINE OUR MAIN IDEA WITH OUR 3 KEY POINTS…

THREE IMPORTANT SKILLS NEEDED TO BE A GOOD GOALIE ARE “A”, “B”, AND “C”.

YIPPEE NOW I HAVE A THESIS STATEMENT.

LET’S PRACTICE A FEW…

I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A TOPIC. YOU ARE GOING TO NARROW IT

DOWN. THEN YOU WILL COME UP WITH 3

KEY POINTS TO WRITE ABOUT THEN YOU WILL WRITE A THESIS

STATEMENT.

HERE ARE YOUR TOPICS…AND REMEMBER….

NARROW IT DOWN (this becomes your main idea), COME UP WITH 3 KEY POINTS, WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT.

HOMEWORK PARENTS TELEVISION BIRTHDAYS CAMPING

NOW FOR YOUR THESIS STATEMENT USE YOUR INFORMATION FROM YOUR

COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK… WHAT IS YOUR MAIN IDEA? WHAT ARE YOUR THREE CHOSEN KEY

POINTS? WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT. YOU

CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE IT LATER. FOR NOW, WRITE ONE IN YOUR COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK.

ONE FINAL STEP!!!

THE PREWRITING PLAN…DRUMROLL PLEASE.

IF YOU COMPLETE A PREWRITING PLAN MOST OF YOUR WORK IS DONE…THE REST IS EASY…REALLY IT IS…

NOW I AM JUST TAKING UP SPACE SO I CAN GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I JUST DIDN’T WANT THIS SLIDE TO SEEM EMPTY.

PREWRITING PLAN5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY

Topic: _____________________Thesis Statement (INCLUDE 3 MAIN POINTS): ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.Supporting Paragraphs (Body):BODY PARAGRAPH 1 TOPIC SENTENCE: __________________________________________________________________________________.

SUPPORTING DETAILS: ___________________________________________________________________________________

BODY PARAGRAPH 2 TOPIC SENTENCE:______________________________________________________________________________________________.

SUPPORTING DETAILS: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

BODY PARAGRAPH 3 TOPIC SENTENCE: ____________________________________________________________________________________________.

SUPPORTING DETAILS: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

I will provide the thesis statement and the topic sentences for the body paragraphs…you provide the supporting details…

PREWRITING PLAN5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY

Topic: ______SOCCER____________Thesis Statement (INCLUDE 3 MAIN POINTS): _____The most important qualities in a good goalie are to be fearless of the ball, have a good vertical jump, and possess good hand-eye coordination.______________________________________________.Supporting Paragraphs (Body):BODY PARAGRAPH 1 TOPIC SENTENCE: _________A good goalie must be fearless._______________.

SUPPORTING DETAILS: ___________________________________________________________________________________

BODY PARAGRAPH 2 TOPIC SENTENCE:_______A good vertical jump is essential to successfully stopping the ball.

SUPPORTING DETAILS: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

BODY PARAGRAPH 3 TOPIC SENTENCE: __________Finally, an effective goalie must have good hand-eye coordination to make the important plays.

SUPPORTING DETAILS: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Can you see that our paper is almost written now?

WRITING THE PREWRITING PLAN IDENTIFY YOUR FORM: 5 paragraph essay Audience: Mrs. Zielke Purpose: ? Ideas… Narrow your topic, identify 3 key points, then write your

thesis statement. Topics:

Movies Fridays Fads HOMEWORK PARENTS TELEVISION BIRTHDAYS CAMPING

“HERE I AM”

USING THE PROCESS TO WRITE A PERSONAL NARRATIVE.

Here I Am

Now we are going to put this to work. Our first writing is going to be a personal narrative.

Let’s go ahead and do some prewriting.

Your narrative is going to be called “Here I Am.”

Here I Am

Carly Patterson sings a song called “Here I Am”—follow the lyrics as she sings.

Here I Am Now think about your life… Have you ever had to overcome a

fear? An obstacle? What do you feel passionate about?

How has that passion affected your life?

“Sitting on the Edge”

Most of us have found ourselves “sitting on the edge” of something in our lives. You are on the edge of beginning high school…driving…jobs…

Let’s do some prewriting to find things to say in a narrative entitled “Here I Am.”

1. Fears that you have overcome

2. Obstacles that you have conquered

3. Things you are passionate about. Talk about how that passion has influenced your life.

4. Things that you are on the “edge” of. What have you felt that way about in the past?

5. Characteristics that make you who you are.

6. Think about the “What Would You Do” videos…what in those really struck you as important?

7. Think about some of the other videos we have watched…did they make you think?

1. Susan Boyle’s audition? 4. Under Armor Ad

2. The World’s Ugliest Woman 5. Colby Caleit “Try”3. Dove Portraits 6. Softball

Player Carried

So…here is what I want you to write about:

FORM—SORRY, FOR THIS ONE IT HAS TO BE A 5-PARAGRAPH ESSAY

AUDIENCE—THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW YOU. YOU WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND YOU. IT IS YOUR ONE SHOT TO EXPLAIN WHO YOU REALLY ARE.

PURPOSE—TO EXPRESS SELF

NOW WE NEED TO START IDENTIFYING OUR IDEAS…

AUDIENCE, PURPOSE, FORM

LOOK AT THE BRAINSTORMING YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE…WHERE YOU JUST WROTE EVERYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF ABOUT YOURSELF.

REMEMBER OUR ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHO DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR?

NOW START NARROWING YOUR THOUGHTS DOWN TO THREE “STORIES” OR QUALITIES TO DISCUSS IN YOUR ESSAY.

THREE THINGS THAT REALLY SUM UP WHO YOU ARE. EACH OF THESE WILL HAVE A PARAGRAPH, SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT EACH OF THEM..

IDEAS

LET’S GO AHEAD AND FILL OUT THE PREWRITING PLAN. YOU WILL BE TURNING THIS IN FOR ME TO GRADE.

Main Idea—Who do I see in the mirror?

Thesis Statement: When I look in the mirror, I see ___________, ____________, and _____________.

WHILE I AM DOING THAT…YOU WILL START TAKING NOTES ON WRITING A ROUGH DRAFT.

FUN, FUN, FUN…

PREWRITING PLAN