Transcript The Writing Process

The Writing
Process
7-2 Communication Arts,
Ms. Silk
What is the writing process?
 The
Writing Process is the steps you
take to write an essay, story,
personal narrative, or any type of
writing.
What is the Writing Process?
It
consists of 5 steps:
 Pre-Writing
 Drafting
 Revising
 Editing
 Publishing
Step 1: Pre-Writing
 This
is the 1st step in the writing process
and can be the most important!
 This is when you:
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organize your thoughts,
decide on a topic,
determine your audience,
gather information,
plan how you will write.
Pre-Writing Techniques
 Listing
 Brainstorming
 Webs
 Graphs
 Venn
Diagrams
 Free-Writing
 Stream of
Consciousness
Writing
 Outlining
Step 2: Drafting
 This
is when you take your pre-writing work
and turn it into an essay, paragraph, story,
etc.
 Do not focus on spelling and grammar at
this point—just focus on the content (your
ideas)!
Step 2: Drafting
 Your
rough draft(s) do not have to be
typed!
 You can have as many rough drafts as
you need to polish your paper!
Step 3: Revising
 This
is the third step in the writing process.
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Organization of ideas
Structural concerns
General content concerns
Step 3: Revising
 This
step focuses on higher concerns
(ones that take longer to fix).
Step 4: Editing
 This
is the fourth step in the writing
process.
 Focus on correcting mechanical
errors (spelling, punctuation, and
grammar)
Step 4: Editing
 These
are lower order concerns and
should be corrected last since they
take less time to fix.
Step 5: Publishing
 This
is the final step in the writing process.
 After you have completed all the previous
steps, and if you feel your paper is ready,
you turn in the final, polished draft.
Writing Prompt
What
is publishing?
Describe it.
Think for 1 minute. Write for
5 minutes.
Self-Reflection
 What
have I learned?
 What was the most challenging step in
the writing process?
 What was the easiest?
 How has my writing changed?