Writing Process Notes

Writing Process

Steps to Writing Success

​What is the writing process?

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• Writing an essay takes time.  That’s why writing is often referred to as a process.

• This includes the STEPS taken to complete a writing ASSIGNMENT. 

Multiple Choice

How many steps are in the writing process?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Step 1: PREWRITING

*Prewriting literally means “before writing.”  

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*Before you actually begin writing your essay, you will need to do the following things:

-Choose a topic to write on

-Consider your audience (who will red or listen to your work).

-Brainstorm or generate your ideas for your topic.

-Create a graphic organizer (or out line) to visually display your ideas.

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When prewriting, you are writing down all of your ideas using (can choose more than one).

• an essay

• an outline

• a graphic organizer

Step 2: DRAFTING

After brainstorming ideas and creating a graphic organizer, it is time to start writing the essay.  

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When you begin writing your rough draft, try to remember the following guidelines:

• Don't worry about writing the "perfect" paper the first time.

• Develop topic sentences and give details to support your ideas.

• Focus on getting sentences and paragraphs down - on on spelling or grammar yet.

Multiple Choice

When drafting, you are organizing your thoughts into complete sentences, but are not yet worried about spelling, capitalization, punctuation, or word choice.

• true

• false

Step 3: REVISING

• After you write your first draft, go back over it and look for ways to improve your essay in content and organization. 

• Use A.R.M.S. as a way to remember what to do when you revise.

​ADD details, words, or sentences.
Is there any other information the reader needs to know?
REMOVE unneeded details, words, or sentences.
Are there any unnecessary detail?
MOVE information for clarity and organization.
Is the information presented in the most logical order?
SUBSTITUTE specific, vivid words for bland ones.
Could I change repeated words to vary my word choice?

Multiple Choice

When revising, you change what your writing SOUNDS like by adding, removing, moving or substituting information. 

• true

• false

Step 4: EDITING

• CAPITALIZATION: must be used for proper nouns, names, titles, beginning of sentences, and "I".

• USAGE: checked to avoid sentence fragments, make sure verb tense is consistent, and check for subject verb agreement

• PUNCTUATION: Ensure you are using correct punctuation marks after opening phrases and clauses, at the end of sentences, and when combining sentences.

• SPELLING: Use your resources to check all words including homophones.

​EDIT your draft for errors in conventions like spelling, grammar,
punctuation, and sentence structure.

Use C.U.P.S. as a way to remember what to do when you EDIT:

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During the Editing step, one should: (can choose more than one)

• look for subject-verb agreement

• correct spelling errors

• check for appropriate captialization and punctuation

Step 5: PUBLISHING

*The last step is turning in your essay to be graded.  

*Follow your teachers guidelines for turning in the final draft of your essay. 

Multiple Choice

Name the part of the writing process that you are in if you are thinking about a topic and what you're going to write about.

• Prewriting

• Drafting

• Revising

• Editing

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During the DRAFTING step you will

• revise what you have written

• create an outline

• write sentences and paragraphs  the introduction, body paragraphs and the closing

• turn it in

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During the REVISING step:

• check for grammatical errors

• turn it in

• write the introduction, body paragraphs, and the closing

• check that the details make sense and are on topic

Multiple Choice

The correct order for the steps of the Writing Process are

• Prewriting, revising, drafting, editing, publishing

• Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing

• Publishing, editing, drafting, revising, prewriting

• publishing, editing, revising, drafting, prewriting

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The part of the writing process in which you correct your spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

• drafting
• prewriting
• revising
• editing

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In this step of the writing process, you are organizing your thoughts into complete sentences AND paragraphs, but are NOT worried about spelling, capitalization, punctuation, or word choice.

• revising
• publishing
• drafting
• editing

Multiple Choice

Name the part of the Writing Process you are in when you are writing a beginning, middle, and end in complete sentences.

• Prewrite
• Drafting

• Editing
• Publishing 

Multiple Choice

Tyler has completed his draft. He has reread it and made corrections. There are not any misspelled words or grammatical errors, and he is ready to share his writing. Which stage of the writing process does it sound like Tyler is in?

• Editing
• Revision
• Publishing
• Drafting

Multiple Choice

This chart can be used in the __ Stage.

• Revise
• Prewriting

• Editing

• Drafting

Multiple Choice

Tyler has finished his writing. He checked it and fixed mistakes in the area of content and organization. What is the next step for him?

• Revising

• Editing

• Prewriting

• Start a new draft

Multiple Choice

In which stage of the writing process would a good writer add more detail?

• editing

• planning

• revising

• prewriting

Multiple Choice

What is the first step of the writing process?

• Writing a rough draft

• Brainstorming/Prewriting

• Revising/Editing

• Writing a final draft/Publish

Multiple Choice

Which is not a stage of the writing process?

• Procrastinating

• Drafting

• Final Draft

• Revising