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WorksheetsWriting as a process: Plan and Draft
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 9mins
Your teacher has asked you to write a research report on a science topic. What’s the first thing you should do?
You should look at a grammar handbook.
You should start writing a first draft.
You should create an outline.
You should think about science topics that interest you and choose one.
You’ve decided to write a report about how plants turn the sun’s energy into food. What’s the best thing to do while researching?
Write each main idea or important detail on a note card. Include a note about the source of that information.
Don’t worry now about keeping track of your sources. You can go back and find that information later.
Write notes in an outline.
You’re drafting your report about how plants turn the sun’s energy into food. Which of these things should you not do?
Use your planning notes to guide you as you write.
Keep your audience in mind as you write, but let your ideas and writing flow freely.
Check the word photosynthesis and other science terms to make sure you spelled them correctly.
Don’t worry now about varying sentence structure.
You’re drafting your report about how plants turn the sun’s energy into food. You realize that you don’t know about the important role that water plays in the process. What should you do?
You can’t go back to the planning step, so leave that information out of your report.
Choose a new topic and start over.
Go back to the planning step and research that information. Add it to your outline. Then return to the drafting step.
Make your best guess about it and include that in your draft.
What is the planning process?
What is the draft process?
