The Writing Process

(CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3)

The Writing Process

Students will understand that planning, revising, editing, and publishing are needed to create a good story.

Planning/Prewriting starts with gathering your thoughts and putting them together.

• Brainstorming/webbing

• Talking with peers

• Outline

• Notes

• Graphic organizer

Rough Draft

The draft is to put what you completed during the rewriting process into your own sentences. It is not your final project and mistakes are allowed.

Revision

• Check for a series of events

• Are all of your sentences complete?

• Do your details support the specific topic sentence of the paragraph?

• Check to see if you are using different types of words and not repeating verbs.

• Look up synonyms of a word if you use it too much

• Have a fun introduction

Time to Edit

• Grammar- use words to combine sentences 

• Capitalization- Make sure titles, names, and the Beginning of sentences have uppercase letters.

• Spelling- Use a dictionary

• Punctuation- Use appropriate commas and periods.

• Sentence structure- Be sure that each sentence has two parts, including a who or what, and then what is happening.

My Short Story Example- What needs to be revised and edited?

On one sunny afternoon my father took our family to an amusement park. I love riding rides. i am excited to have fun all day long. We went to go on the swaying dragon because it is my favorite. My brother was way to scared to ride it I held his hand. Once we got as high as the rollercoaster could go I put my hands in the air and screamed. We ate alot of funnel cakes and hotdogs that day. It was one of the best days ever.

As a class, we will revise this paragraph the proper way.

Fixed Short Story as a Class

> On one sunny afternoon, my father took our family to an amusement park. I love riding rollercoasters. I am excited to have fun all day long.

> We went to go on the Swaying Dragon because it is my favorite. My brother was way too scared to ride it, so I held his hand. Once we got as high as the rollercoaster could go, I put my hands in the air and screamed. The ride lasted a few minutes and then we went on to the next rollercoaster. After a couple of hours passed by, we ate a tasty lunch.

> We ate fluffy funnel cakes and grilled hotdogs. We were stuffed and ready to go home and take a big nap. It was one of the best times I have ever spent with my family.

Final Draft

Once you have gone through all of the correct steps you will write your final draft on paper and then type it in a google doc and print it out.

Multiple Choice

What is the first step of the writing process?

• Revising

• Editing

• Prewriting

• Rough Draft

Multiple Choice

What are examples of prewriting?

• Brainstorming, graphic organizer, notes, outlining.

• writingyour rough draft

• Telling the teacher what you are writing about.

Multiple Choice

Is fixing your spelling and grammar a part of editing or revising?

• Editing

• Revising

Multiple Choice

What do you do after you have completed your rough draft?

• I will type the paper into a google doc.

• I will check the paper for complete sentences, supporting details, and a good introduction.

• I will fix any grammar punctuation issues.

• I will make a graphic organizer.

Multiple Choice

How will you turn in your paper?

• I will write it and give it to the teacher.

• I will hand it to a friend.

• I will give the rough draft to the teacher.

• I will write my final draft on paper and then type it on a google doc and submit it.