Step 1: Prewriting

Exploring topics

Brainstorming

Free writing

Consider your purpose

Consider your audience

Choosing the topic

Gathering details

Organizing those details

Outline, mapping, graphic organizer

Writing Process

Step 1: Prewriting

About ONE FOURTH

(1/4) of your time will be

spent in this step

Write this down on your green sheet!

Writing Process

Step 2: Drafting Getting your details down on paper in a

ROUGH format

“Rough Draft” or a “Sloppy Copy”

Do write in paragraph form, but don’t stop the flow of ideas to correct spelling or mechanical errors

Focus on the FORM of your writing

Are you writing a story? -- a narrative

Are you giving directions?

Are you sharing an opinion? -- editorial, review

Pull the readers in with an enticing lead

Provide elaboration (details, explanation)

Writing Process

Step 2: Drafting

About ONE HALF (1/2)

of your time will be spent

in this step

Writing Process

Write this down on your green sheet!

What are steps 1 & 2?

Step 1:

Prewriting

Step 2:

Drafting

Step 3: Revising

Correcting any MAJOR errors

Improving the content and form

Switching sentences around to improve

organization

Highlighting sentence starters to look for too

much repetition

Removing information that really doesn’t

add to the piece

Adding information where more explanation

is needed

Have a friend read it over for suggestions.

Writing Process

What are steps 1, 2, & 3?

Step 1?

prewriting

Step 2?

drafting

Step 3?

revising

Step 4: Editing & Proofreading Focus on Proofreading

Check spelling

Examine capitalization & punctuation

Follow grammar rules

Check your facts

Confirm that it is legible

Making it look as good as it sounds

Fixing all the details

Writing Process

What are steps 1, 2, 3, & 4?

Step 1?

prewriting

Step 2?

drafting

Step 3?

revising

Step 4?

editing

Writing Process

Step 5: Publishing & Presenting

Build your portfolio

Reflect on your writing

Assess your writing

What are your strengths?

What writing goals do you have for this year?

Share your writing

With your teacher

With your parents

With your friends

Say the steps together.

1. Prewriting

2. Drafting

3. Revising

4. Editing

5. Publishing and Presenting

Green sheet

Which step of the process? a. Correcting errors in grammar and spelling

b. Exploring and choosing topics, gathering details

c. Sharing your writing

d. Improving the writing’s form and content

Check your green sheet answers!

e. Getting your ideas down in a rough format

f. Jotting down ideas in a chart or list format

g. Your sloppy copy

h. Changing some words and improving them

i. Sketching out an outline to follow while writing

3. Can any of the steps be skipped?

NO!!

4. Can any of the writing steps be repeated?

YES!!

What is the purpose of this type of writing?

A. Narrative:

Tell a story

B. Editorials and reviews:

Persuade the reader

C. How-to writing

Shows the steps for completing a

process or procedure

PIE=persuade, inform, entertain

For Monday:

WS 26/27

DOL 3 (1-5)

You will have a short quiz

over the Writing Process

Monday!

BY TUESDAY: Writing Traits

QUIZ RETAKES!!