The Writing Process

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The Writing Process

• Ms. Barralls Sixth Grade English
• Period 4

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1. Prewriting

• Researching and organizing thoughts
• Brainstorming
• Generate ideas and list possibilities
• Freewriting
• Writing everything that comes to mind about your
  topic
• Clustering
• Create a graphic to organize and connect your
  thoughts

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1. Prewriting

• Determine the Purpose
• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade
• State an opinion
• Make a point
• Compare and contrast
• Narrative
• Descriptive

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1. Prewriting

• Determine your audience
• Who will enjoy your writing
• Who will benefit
• Use appropriate vocabulary, language, details,
  examples, samples, supplements, information that
  best suites your audience.

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1. Prewriting

• Gather information and organize notes
• Research for information network, interview,
  create lists and charts
• Number your notes in order
• Create an outline

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2. Drafting

• Put your ideas on paper and create a rough copy
• Collect your ideas and put into words
• Refer to your prewriting notes
• Stick to your main topic
• Keep your audience and purpose in mind
• Be flexible
• Review and add more information if needed

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3. Revising

• The process of making sense of your rough draft
• Use check lists, editing symbols, peer editing,
  use a writing partner
• Some editing symbols
• /
  
• Insert Make Lower Case Transpose

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4. Proofreading

• Checking for grammar errors, and making a clean
  copy
• Make necessary corrections
• Refer to dictionary, thesaurus, and text book

Final Copy
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5. Publish

• Sharing your work with others
• Read it allowed to class
• Make copies for family members
• Display on bulletin board
• Create a book
• Submit to school newspaper

Compare your work to other students at
www.Flashkidsbooks.com
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Grading Rubric
Lacks required expectations Logical and
appropriate Excellent