Eng 10 Writing Process

TO PREPARE FOR PARAGRAPH

·       Friendly advice about Expectations for writing

What a teacher looks for:

1.      Format

2.|      Topic sentence- clear, purposeful, on topic

3.      Quality of sentences- common problems- agr, vt, vf, punc

4.      Variety of sentences- simple, compound, complex

STRUCTURE

Grabber 

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences

1 points

subpoints

2

3

4

Concluding sentence

English 12 provincial exam - short answer (125w)

essay (250w)

concise, concentrated, high-quality

Writing Process
PLAN, and then WRITE

PLAN
1. Read the question, carefully.
Read the question six times. Read every word.
What are being asked to do?
"compare" "discuss" "summarize" "why"

2. Generate ideas
brainstorm
mindmap
making a list
freewriting

Priming the pump!

"Scrambled Eggs"
"Yesterday"

3. Organize our ideas - coherence

TIME - chronologically

SPACE -physical
camera- top to bottom, side to side, zoom

IMPORTANCE- least important to most important
use transition terms - "moreover" "most importantly"



WRITE
4. Write sentences
-grabber
-topic sentence
-support sentences
-concluding sentence

5. Proofread, edit

6. Good copy
No need to rewrite if it is legible.