A PowerPoint game created for students to assess their knowledge of the writing process.

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By Mary Del Vecchio-Floro
Credits American College of Education, 2011
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2. Teacher Resource Page:
This PowerPoint game was created to help students
review the concepts of the five step writing process
of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and
publishing. Students should have a good grasp of
this process before playing this game. Teachers
have the option of how to form teams. When
teams get the answer correct they can earn points
and the team with the most points wins.
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3. Credits:
All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will
at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
• Adapted from “The Traveling Book Seller” by Drew Polly, UNC-
Charlotte, 2006
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4. Questions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11
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5. That’s Correct!
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6. Sorry, that’s not
correct!
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7. 1) Explain how writing can be a
powerful means of communication?
A. Drafting is the most important step.
B. Writing is perfected through the five step
writing process.
C. It allows ALL people to communicate, even
the hearing and visually impaired (visually
impaired through the use of Braille).
D. Both B and C are correct.
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8. 2) What influence will understanding
how to pre-write have on our lives?
A. Pre-writing provides us the opportunity
to plan out our thoughts and ideas.
B. Pre-writing is the step that helps us see
where the misspelled words are.
C. Understanding how to create and use
graphic organizers will help the planning
process.
• Both the 1st and 3rd choices
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9. 3) Why is it important to know how
to write correctly?
A. It is an important way to communicate.
B. Writing is apart of our every day life.
C. Understanding the writing process helps a
person become a strong reader.
D. All of the above.
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10. 4) In the writing process, what happens
after the revise step?
A. Drafting
B. Revise
C. Publish
D. Edit
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11. 5) In the writing process, what happens
after the drafting step?
A. Drafting
B. Revise
C. Publish
D. Edit
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12. 6) How many steps are there in the
writing process?
A. Four
B. Three
C. Five
D. One
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13. 7) Can you name the five steps of writing
process?
A. Writing, planning, thinking, talking, editi
ng.
B. Pre-
writing, drafting, editing, revising, publis
hing.
C. Brainstorming, drafting, planning, editing
, publishing.
D. Pre-
writing, drafting, planning, correcting, pu
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14. 8) Can you explain why we skip lines
during the drafting, revising, and editing
stages of the writing process?
A. So our writing looks sloppier.
B. So there is space available when we make
changes to our writing.
C. So our writing looks neater.
D. Because our teacher says to do it.
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15. 9) Can you explain why we skip lines
during the drafting, revising, and editing
stages of the writing process?
A. So our writing looks sloppier.
B. So there is space available when we make
changes to our writing.
C. So our writing looks neater.
D. Because our teacher says to do it.
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16. 10) What can be the consequences of
poor pre-writing?
A. Your writing may be confusing and not
have proper character development.
B. Your writing will look sloppy.
C. Your writing may leave the reader asking
many questions.
D. Both A and C.
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17. 11) Can you explain what must happen
during the drafting stage?
A. Begin to write using the graphic
organizer.
B. Skip lines during this step.
C. Watch for spelling errors and
punctuation errors.
D. Both A and B.
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