The Writing Process

When you plan and organize your ideas

• drafting

• prewrite

• editing

• publishing

making changes to improve your writing (ARMS)

• editing

• drafting

• revising

• prewrite

final draft; sharing it with others

• publishing

• editing

• revising

• drafting

proofreading and correcting your writing (CUPS)

• drafting

• prewrite

• revising

• editing

first sample of writing

• prewrite

• drafting

• editing

• publishing

Reorder the following to the correct order of the ARMS strategy

• Remove

• Move

• Add

• Substitute

Reorder the following to the correct order of the CUPS strategy

• Punctuation

• Usage

• Spelling

• Capitalize

Amber has met with her peer reviewer and her teacher concerning her essay. She is now ready to make corrections (Capitalizing, Using correct subject-verb, Punctuation, Spelling-CUPS) based on their feedback. Which stage of the writing process is Amber in? ​ ​ (a)  

• editing
• revising
• publishing
• prewrite
• drafting

Nellie is brainstorming ideas about why women should receive equal pay at work like men. She is using a thinking map to help organize her ideas which will also help her structure her essay. Which stage of the writing process is Nellie in?​ (a)  

• prewrite
• editing
• revising
• publishing
• drafting

Carl is meeting with a peer reviewer and then his teacher to receive feedback on his essay. During his reviews, he will receive feedback about ARMS (adding words, removing words, moving words/sentences, and substituting words/sentences) in order to make his essay better. Which stage of the writing process is Carl in?​ (a)  

• revising
• editing
• publishing
• prewrite
• drafting