Pre-Writing Stage of the Writing Process

The Writing

Process

Prewriting: When a
writer decides what to
write about, collects
ideas and details and
makes a plan.

Prewriting Examples

Prewriting Examples

Open Ended

What do you do in the pre-writing stage?

Drafting: Writing down your
ideas as sentences and
paragraphs. DO NOT
WORRY ABOUT
SPELLING. JUST WRITE!

Draft Examples

Your draft doesnt have to be
perfect just make sure it has a
beginning, middle and end.

Multiple Choice

True or False: In the drafting stage you are writing down your ideas in complete sentences making sure your writing has a beginning, middle and end. It does not have to be perfect because you can make many changes to your draft.

• True

• False

Revising:Making sure
the story sounds good
and is in the correct
order. This is the step
where you make sure
your ideas are organized
and arranged properly
and sound complete.

Multiple Choice

Choose the student who is revising their writing.

• Muhsin is thinking of a topic and writing all of his ideas down so he can choose what he wants to write about.

• Hassan already knows he wants to write about his cat. He is writing about the time his cat tore up his homework.

• Saaliha wrote about going swimming last summer. Now she is adding in explanations and changing words around to make sure everything sounds just right.

• Haamid wrote about his favorite food. He is making sure he spelled all the words correctly.

Editing: Checking for
spelling, grammar and
punctuation.

Multiple Choice

What do you do in the editing step?

• Brainstorm ideas and choose a topic

• Check spelling, grammar and punctuation

• Re-arrange sentences and add or take out words to make everything sound right

• Write all your ideas on paper in order in full sentences

Match

Match the correct stages of the writing process.

• Match with C

• Changing words and sentences to make sure your writing sounds the way you want it to.

• Fixing spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes.

C

Revising

Editing

• C

• Revising

• Editing

Publishing:Putting the
final touches on your
writing so that it is ready
to share with your
readers.

Multiple Choice

True or False: When you are ready to publish your writing, It should be organized the way you want it and already checked for mistakes.

• True

• False

Match

Match the steps of the writing process correctly.

• Brainstorming ideas and choosing your topic

• Writing your ideas on paper in full sentences and in order

• Making changes to your writing to make it sound and look the way you want it to.

• Correcting punctuation, grammar and spelling mistakes.

• Sharing your final, corrected, copy of writing with others.

Pre-writing

Drafting

Revising

Editing

Publishing

• Pre-writing

• Drafting

• Revising

• Editing

• Publishing

Audio Response

Name all of the steps of the writing process.

Open Audio Recorder

Open Ended

Which stage of the writing process do you like the most?

Match

Match the steps of the writing process correctly.

• Brainstorming ideas and choosing your topic

• Writing your ideas on paper in full sentences and in order

• Making changes to your writing to make it sound and look the way you want it to.

• Correcting punctuation, grammar and spelling mistakes.

• Sharing your final, corrected, copy of writing with others.

Pre-writing

Drafting

Revising

Editing

Publishing

• Pre-writing

• Drafting

• Revising

• Editing

• Publishing

The Writing

Process