Transcript Writing is Like Baking a Cake

Agenda for August 23, 2010
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On Desk: PN Planning Sheet & Composition Book
Round-robin practice
Y.A. List of Transitions
PPT with notes: Writing Is Like…
Inner Circle: Complete PN Planning Sheet
Outer Circle: Organizational Review sheet with
partner.
• Ticket out the Door
• HW: Develop an original analogy, comic strip, or
sketch to represent the writing process.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
Easy Steps for Following the
Writing Process
By Melodye Li
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• The writing process consists of the
following stages:
• ___PREWRITING___________
• ___DRAFTING_____________
• ___REVISING and EDITING__
• ___PROOFREADING_______
• ___PUBLISHING___________
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• When you bake a cake, you first have to
decide WHAT KIND, FOR WHOM, FOR
WHAT OCCASION you are baking, and
maybe even HOW YOU FEEL about
having to bake it.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• In the pre-writing stage, you have to begin by
determining:
• WHAT you are going to write, known as
__CONTEXT_
• WHOM you are going to write for, known as
__AUDIENCE_
• WHY you are writing (what you want to happen),
known as __PURPOSE__
• Your ATTITUDE toward your topic, known as
___TONE__
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• After you decide what kind of cake you are
going to bake, you must gather your
ingredients.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• For pre-writing, you can begin by
• __RESEARCHING_ your topic,
• __INTERVIEWING_ an expert, or
• __BRAINSTORMING __ideas.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• For baking your cake, you next measure
out and arrange your ingredients.
• For pre-writing, you then you can organize
your information using a _GRAPHIC ____
__ORGANIZER__ such as a cluster map
or outline.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• For baking your cake, you next follow
your recipe to mix all of the ingredients in
a specific order, then place it in the oven
to bake.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• For drafting, you follow your
__ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN__to begin
writing your ideas out in sentences and
paragraphs, arranged in a specific order,
until you have a complete first draft.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• For baking, you cool your cake and ice it.
• For__REVISING__ and __EDITING__,
you review and improve, review and
improve, review and improve your writing
____MULTIPLE__TIMES____, until you
are satisfied with your ideas, language,
organization, and sentence flow.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• For baking, you decorate your cake to
make sure it is perfect.
• For proofreading, you check to eliminate
any errors in ___GRAMMAR, USAGE,
and MECHANICS___.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• For baking, you present your delicious and
beautiful cake to grateful guests.
• For publishing, you submit your paper to
for your _AUDIENCE_ to read and enjoy.
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
• FORTUNATELY, YOUR MASTERPIECE
IN WRITING WILL LAST MUCH LONGER
THAN A CAKE!
Writing is Like Baking a Cake
Writing is Like Baking a Cake