The Writing Process: Brainstorming

Writing Process

Steps to Writing Success

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:

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How many steps are in the writing process?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

​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.

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

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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

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:

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

• true

• false

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:

• Adding 

• Removing 

• Moving 

• Substituting

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

• true

• false

EDITING

After you revise for content  and organization, begin editing your draft for mistakes in conventions like spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure errors.

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Use C.U.P.S. as a way to

remember what to do when you

EDIT:

• Capitalize

• Usage 

• Punctuation 

• Spelling

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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

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. 

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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

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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

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The basic essay typically has this many paragraphs.

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6

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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 

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Once written, can a paper be changed?

• yes

• no