The document outlines the various stages of the writing process including getting ideas, planning, drafting, and revising. It discusses different planning methods like outlining main points and sub-questions to organize writing. Various graphic organizers are presented to help writers develop ideas and structure for academic writing assignments.

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s-XHuue6vM

3. •What exactly do we do when we compose a piece of writing?
•What kind of behavior, what stages, what activities do writers
become involved in before and during writing?
• What causes the “blocks” that most of us have experienced at
times when trying to write?

4. Being
motivated to
write
Getting ideas
together
Planning and
outlining
Making
notes
Making a
first draft
Revising
Planning
Redrafting
Editing and
getting ready
for publication

5. What is the purpose of this piece of writing?
 Function
Who am I writing this for?
Audience

7. Isn’t planning time-consuming, messy and
unnecessary?
•Yes, planning does take time – and it can be ‘messy’.
•Academic writing is not a smooth, trouble-free
process.
•Writing and planning CAN be enjoyable – just don’t
expect miracles!
Source: http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/howtostudy/academicwriting/unit5/

8. Write down all the ideas that come to your head
about the subject. Some ideas are connected.
Writing whatever comes to mind without worrying
about spelling, grammar, punctuation, or complete
sentences.

9.  Begin with the title: analyze it carefully
 Consider areas of focus by drawing out sub-questions from the
title.
Example:
Main question:
‘In Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the prince mad?’
Sub-questions:
What is meant by ‘mad’?
Who has written what on this topic?
Is there a generally agreed response to this question?
If not, how and why do critics differ?

10. Think about what you already know that might be
relevant (it will probably be more than you
think)Write this down.
Generate ideas through speaking to fellow
students, brainstorming ideas together, freewriting
(writing continuously for five minutes or so – not
stopping at all; if you can’t think of what to say just
repeat the last phrase you wrote and carry on).

11. Look at what you’ve written down and decide what
is relevant to the title, discard the rest.
Eventually you must be clear about the order of
things. There is a time for spanning outwards
(playing with ideas, pulling on threads) and a time
to focus things (bring things back together, unify).
Put all your points in order and number them (is
there one that would seem to go first or one that
would seem to go last? Are there any two that are
closely linked?).

18. Task 1
a. Watch the following video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOHvMz7dl2A
a. Use any of the previous organizers to
plan a paragraph reacting to its
content.
b. Write your paragraph and bring it
next class.

19. A clear indication of which areas you will be
covering, why they are important and how they
relate to the question.
 A clear indication of how your argument is
going to unfold
Each point you’re going to be making (write
down each point in a single sentence).
 How each point is going to be developed (jot
down the ‘skeleton structure’ of the paragraph).

20. If there is any danger of you straying from the
question, include a sentence saying how each point
you’re going to make relates to the question. (If you
can’t see how it relates to the title, cross it out: it’s a
waste of space.)
 Which texts you’re going to refer to (jot down
titles, authors, page numbers and possibly
bibliographical information).
 The order in which each point is to come (number
them).
 A few notes to get you started with the
introduction and conclusion (do these last: you can’t
know how you’re going to introduce or conclude
something until you’re clear about what you’re going
to say).

22. Universityof Roehamoton. Student Zone.How to study. (n.d.). Retrieved from Unit 5: Essay
Planning:
http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/howtostudy/academicwriting/unit5/
Braine G. & May C. (1996). Writing from Sources. Mountain View: Mayfield
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West Virginia Departament of Education. Retrieved from Graphic Organizers for
Writing.:
https://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/GraphicOrganizersforWriting.html