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English Section

UNIT 1.2 Reviewing and applying the Writing Process

RATIONALE:

Generally, we can't write a well written essay in one go. It's therefore
helpful to think of writing an essay as a process, or as a series of steps,
starting with generating our ideas, moving on to organizing the best
ideas into an outline, expanding the outline into a first draft, and finally
revising and editing.

TASKS

Practicing the writing process by writing an outline in your engineering

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To develop the skills needed to create ideas for an essay


2. To learn to develop an outline
3. To use the outline to develop a first draft of an essay
4. To develop the skills to revise the draft
5. To develop the skills to edit the draft

1. Process (n): a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result.

2. Procedure (for sth): [n] a way of doing something, especially the usual or
correct way:
The Writing Process
Step 1: Exploring/generating ideas
(thinking about your topic):

Step 2: Planning/Organizing ideas


developing an outline

Step 3: Drafting
(using your ideas and plans to write a first draft)

Step 4: Revising
(improving the focus, content, and organization)

Step 5: Editing
(checking grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and word choice)

Step 6: Write your final draft


The Writing Process
Exploring/Generating Ideas
Before you can write about a topic, you need to collect some good ideas. Some useful
ways to develop ideas are (1) brainstorming, (2) clustering, (3) freewriting, (4)
keeping a journal

Planning/Organizing Ideas
Once you have collected ideas about a topic, the next step is to decide how to organize
them. Ideas in a paragraph or essay should be logically organized. You will need to
think carefully about what idea should go first and why, and what will logically follow it
in the body of your essay. You will want to think about developing a thesis statement
for your introduction which tells the reader what your focus is. You will want to plan a
conclusion which gives the essay a satisfactory ending.

Drafting
A first draft expresses your outline in sentence and paragraph form. Think of it as your
first attempt to get your ideas down on paper without worrying about grammar,
punctuation, precise wording, or spelling. Keep thinking of the bigger picture
which is writing your ideas as meaningful sentences in a logical order.

Revising
Revising is a process of rethinking your ideas. When you revise, you examine what you
have written and make it clearer, more complete, and more interesting. Revising often
involves changing, adding, deleting and rearranging your ideas and words. You
might revise an essay several times, going through several drafts, before you feel
satisfied with its final form.

Editing (Proofreading)
Editing is checking errors. Look for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
See an example of the process of writing an essay below.

Topic: Write an essay of 500 words on why it is important to get a good


education.
-A good thing to do first is to paraphrase the topic to make sure you
understand what you are being asked to write about.

*Why it is important to get a good education? -What are the reasons for

spending a lot of time studying at school / university?


-Next try brainstorming technique such as clustering.
-Which of the ideas(reasons) you have brainstormed interest you most?
-Which of them can you develop fully?

*Plan on choosing 3 or 4 reasons since you have been asked to write a 500-word
essay.

* Now begin to develop an outline or plan, starting with the body of the essay first.
You needn’t write sentences, focus more on making each idea clear and relevant.
The Writing Process – Developing an Introduction and Conclusion
-Once you have developed a plan or the body of the essay, you should focus on
ideas for the introduction and conclusion.
Unit 1.2 Peer editing checklist below may be useful as you edit and revise your first draft.
Choose another student to be your peer editor and ask him/her for comments and
suggestions on your draft.
Peer editing checklist
Peer Editor’s comments
and suggestions
Essay Organization
1. Introduction: Does the introductory paragraph have
both general sentences and a clear thesis statement?
2. Body: Is the method of organization (chronological
order, .comparison/ contrast, etc.) appropriate for the
topic?
3. Conclusion: Is there a concluding sentence that is
either a paraphrase of the thesis or a summary of the
main points? Is there a final comment (if one is
appropriate)?

Paragraph organization
4 Topic sentences: Do each paragraph have a topic
sentence? Does each topic sentence have a controlling
idea?

5. Supporting sentences: Do the supporting


sentences flow smoothly? Are there sufficient concrete
details to support each point? Are transition signals
used effectively both within and between paragraphs?
Does the paragraph have unity?

6. Concluding sentences: Are concluding sentences


used (if they are necessary)?

Sentence Structure
7. Are there any unclear sentences? Can you suggest a
way to improve them?
Grammar and Mechanics
8. Are there any errors in grammar and
mechanics?
“Writing Academic English” Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue (p.120) Longman 1999.
Introduction:
-a hook: the opening statement in the introductory paragraph that makes
the reader want to continue to read the rest of your essay
-connecting information – several sentences as background to the topic
-Thesis statement: state the main points which you will develop in the
body of your essay

Body:
Main idea 1
Main idea 2
Main idea 3

Conclusion
-restatement of the thesis statement:
-your own opinion about the topic
-prediction
-suggestions

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