Student school Experience
THE WRITING PROCESS
ELEMENTS OF A WRITING SITUATION
1. Topic
2. Purpose of Writing
3. Audience
4. Role
5. Context
6. Special Requirements
STEPS OF THE WRITING PROCESS
Planning – What are you going to write about?
Shaping – organizing your information
Drafting – writing the information into sentences and paragraphs
Revising – evaluation, moving and changing what you have written
Editing – checking for grammar, spelling, and punctuation conventions
Proofreading – evaluating the final copy for any errors
PLANNING – WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE ABOUT?
Freewrite – You will have five minutes to write whatever comes to your mind. From this, you will choose one of the above topics.
Tell me a story about a school experience you have had.
Goals
What do you want to write?
Paragraph
Multi-paragraph
Essay (3 paragraphs)
Longer Essay
SHAPING – ORGANIZING YOUR INFORMATION
Pick what you will write about
Organize your information into a simple outline
Your Writing Sample
Begin writing your paragraph or your essay
This is a rough draft.
Errors can be fixed.
KEEP WRITING…
Now, you will write three body paragraphs.
Use the details and information you have and write these into complete sentences and paragraphs
ALMOST DONE WRITING…
Lastly, write a concluding paragraph to sum up the information in your essay.
Time to revise!
Read back through your essay, change or add words, move sentences and check to see if your essay flows smoothly.
EDITING
Next, read back through your essay one more time to check for grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes. Correct any that you find.
FINALLY – THE FINAL COPY
Create a clean copy of your draft.
Submit your response.