This document discusses the writing process and provides guidance on how to write effectively. It begins by asking readers to reflect on when and why they write in their native language. It then outlines the typical steps in the writing process - getting ideas, organizing ideas, writing a draft, revising, and editing. Readers are asked to order these steps correctly and consider which steps they use for different types of writing. The purpose is to demonstrate that effective writing involves a process of preparation, drafting, and refinement in order to produce high-quality written work.

1. D THINKING ABOUT WRITING
A Reasons for writing
1 Think about writing in your native language. When do you write? Do you take
notes, e-mail your friends, or make a list for the grocery store? Write your answers
in the chart in your native language, not in English.
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Why do you write?
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2 With your class, talk about your answers. Together, make a list of when people in
your class write and why they write.
B Thoughts about writing
Answer these questions on a separate piece of paper. Then talk about your answers
with a partner or with your class.
1 Is writing easy or hard for you? Do you love it or hate it? Why?
2 Do you only write when you have to, or do you sometimes write for fun?
3 What will help you become a better writer?
2 Writers at Work: The Paragraph

2. III THE WRITING PROCESS
A Steps for writing
THE WRITING PROCESS
Most people agree that writing well is difficult in any language. But you can make
writing easier if you use the writing process. In any process, you do steps in a
certain order. First, you do one thing. Then, you do another thing, and after that,
you do something else. Writing also follows a process. Good writers follow the
steps of the writing process when they write.
Look at these pictures. They show the steps that good writers use when they write a
paragraph or short composition, but they are not in the correct order. Number the
pictures to show the correct order.
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revise orgamze write edit (check get ideas
(check ideas) ideas and grammar)
plan writing
B Using the writing process
Answer these questions on a piece of paper. Then talk about your answers with a
partner or with your class.
1 Do you use any of these steps. when you write something for a class? Which steps
do you use?
2 Good writers do not use the writing process for every kind of writing. For example,
. if you write a phone message, you do not revise and edit. What other kinds of
writing do not need the writing process? Give several examples.
Are you ready to begin?
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