Comm 11/12 Writing Process

process- steps, method, way

Writing Process

Prewriting/ Planning

1. Analyze the topic. (few minutes)
- what kind of writing- narrative, descriptive, process, compare/contrast, persuasive
- format- paragraph, short answer, essay
- length- 
- past tense, present tense
- Who is the audience?

2. Generate ideas
- Brainstorming, group discussions
- Listing -write down key in a disorganized list
- Clustering/ Mindmapping - generating ideas and organizing at the same time
quick, gets the creative juices flowing
"The Water Pump" 
-Freewriting -writing without stopping, never mind spelling, grammar TIME-CONSUMING, but it is very creative
-Asking Reporter's questions Who? What? Where?When? Why? How? (p13)
-Keeping a journal / diary
-Write down words/phrases that I hear or read
(songwriter)

3. Organizing ideas
TIME -chronological (past to present)
play with chronology
narrative

SPACE -physical

IMPORTANCE - OPTION 1 put the most important one last
OPTION 2 (journalism) put the most important thing first

YOU MUST CONSCIOUSLY DECIDE


Writing

4. Rough copy/draft
Start writing sentences- SIMPLE, COMPOUND COMPLEX Every time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Topic sentence
support sentences
concluding sentence

5. Proofread / Edit
correction- verb tense, spelling, subject verb agreement #1 error, verb form, punctuation, capital letters

polishing vocab

format- indenting, double-space

6. Good copy? Don't bother making it pretty. The teacher knows it is a first-draft.


Writing process
1. Analyze
2. Generate ideas
3. Organize
4. Rough copy
5. Edit
6. Good copy No time