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1. The Writing Process
Steps in the Writing Process

2. Steps are:
1 Prewriting
2 Drafting
3 Revising
4 Editing
5 Proofreading

3. Prewriting
> Topic
> Audience
> Content

4. Prewriting
Topic
Brainstorming words, ideas
Bright Ideas Book
Audience
Content

5. Prewriting
Topic
Audience - Will you be writing for
class
newspaper
hall bulletin board
Content

6. Prewriting
Topic
Audience
Content
What is the most important
part of the composition that needs
to be stressed?

7. Prewriting
Help students organize their thoughts.
Issue Issue
Issue Issue
Issue Issue
Story Frame
Beginning
Middle
End

8. Drafting
> “Getting It Down”
> Rough Draft
SLOPPY/dirty/ clumsy
COPY

9. Draft Copy
Use computer at this stage.
Let them compose
at the keyboard.

10. Teachers need to model writing
especially the rough draft copy.
We were just finishing up eating and
T
the phone call was just what we wanted
to
A family with young children were
hear. Someone was anxious to have a
new puppy and we had three puppies.

11. Revising
> Conferencing
> Refine Content
> Sequence
> Strong/ Weak Points

12. Revising
> Conferencing:
to assess how writing is progressing
Writer reads composition to:
the Teacher & /or
Peers

13. Revising
> Refine Content
Students may be making
changes as they read the
composition.
Student may ask opinion.

14. Revising
> Strong/ Weak Points
Use the sandwich approach
Be specific
Teach do not preach
Ask questions rather than spout / emit/ expel/
erupt / eject rules

15. Strong/ Weak Points
Questions like:
> If you would draw three pictures of your story, what
would they be and what would happen first,
second, and third?
> When you picture this story in your mind. What
colors do you see, or size, or whatever?
> What do you think is the most important fact in your
essay?
> What happened between paragraph 2 and
paragraph 3?
> What do you like about your story?
> How did you select this topic?

16. Editing
> Punctuation
> Spelling
> Complete Sentences

17. Editing:
Strategy
C Capitals
O Overall Appearance
P Punctuation
S Spelling
COPS
COPS
COPS
COPS

18. Proofreading
Proofread again your
piece of writing for
COPS

19. Step are …. But
1 Prewriting
2 Drafting
3 Revising
4 Editing
5 Proofreading
Recursive/ repeatedly
The Writing
Process is
Recursive.