5 Steps of the Writing Process

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5 Steps of the Writing Process
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Step 1 Prewriting

• Form ideas about what you want to write.
• Make a list of these ideas using your snip-it
  notebook.
• Ask others about what they want to know about the
  ideas on your list.
• Think about what you want to say.

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Step 2 Drafting

• Choose your best idea to write about.
• Plan how you will write it.
• Write a first draft (sloppy copy) of your work.
• Read your story to others and ask them their
  thoughts about it.

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Step 3 Revising

• Read what you wrote again.
• Think about what others said about your writing.
• Change words or ideas to better ones.
• Add or take out parts.
• Complete any unfinished thoughts.
• Make sure you have used many details and juicy
  words.

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Editing and Proofreading Marks

• Make a capital letter
• close up, no space
• left out, insert
• delete, take out
• insert period .
• make a lower case letter /
• spelled incorrectly sp.

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Step 4 Proofreading

• Make sure all sentences are complete.
• Check spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
• Make needed corrections.
• Have someone check your work.

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Step 5 Publishing

• Neatly rewrite your story.
• Give your story a title.
• Read it to others.
• Display it at home or at school.
• Congratulate yourself on a job well done.

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• Does your writing follow all of our steps? Go
  back and check to make sure!!