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5 Stages of Writing

high school lesson on the stages of the writing process and all of their components. Includes thinking maps.

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5 Stages of Writing

high school lesson on the stages of the writing process and all of their components. Includes thinking maps.

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5 Stages of Writing

Writing Process

Prewriting Drafting Revising

Editing Publishing
Prewriting

Prewriting Determine who


Come up with
A thesis Your
statement Audience is

Keep a notebook
Use thinking Participate in
Of thoughts,
Brainstorm Freewrite Research Ideas, and
Maps and Class or group
outlines discussions
observations
Prewriting
• Do not try to write a rough draft in
this stage
• Give yourself time to think of ideas
before you begin writing
• Thinking Maps are a great way to
organize your thoughts
Thinking Maps
playful

litterbox loyal

Cats Dogs

Outside
smaller
walks

pet
Drafting
Get your thoughts on paper. Don’t
Worry about spelling or punctuation.

Experiment with different genres and


points of view

Try to come up with a title

Make a stab at phrasing something, even


If the wording isn’t exactly right
Drafting
• Hand write your draft
• Skip a line on your paper to leave
room for corrections
• Plan where to put research
references within the paper
Revising
• Move the text around
• Read your paper out loud
• Get feedback from peers
• Add dialogue
• Find words that create a sharp mental
picture. (imagery)
• Rewrite the lead to “hook” the reader
Revising
• Strengthen arguments
• Add details and examples
• Combine sentences to make them
sound better
• Check for good variety in sentence
structure
Revising- sentence
structure
• Try to make writing flow smoothly by
combining simple sentences to form
complex sentences Ex:
The dog was asleep.
The dog was dreaming.
The dog was running in his sleep.
Change to: The sleeping dog was running in
stride to the action in his dream.
Use dictionary

Find punctuation
Correct run-ons
And grammar
And fragments
errors

Editing

Check subject-
Peer review
Verb agr.

Use pronouns
correctly
Editing
• Use the Harbrace to check for
grammar and mechanics
• Have at least 2 peers read your
paper
• Ask the teacher for suggestions
Publishing Post work for
Make a final
Viewing or
Copy
Reading

Publishing

Turn in paper
Submit work For a grade
to newspapers
Or magazines
5 stages of writing

Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Publishing

Move text around


Get thoughts Correct run-ons
Brainstorm Read aloud
On paper And fragments
Freewrite Get feedback
Don’t worry about Check spelling Make final copy
Research Add dialogue
Spelling or mech. Find punctuation Post work
Keep notebook Use imagery
Try to come’ Errors Submit
Thinking Rewrite hook
Up with a title Use pronouns
maps Add details
Make stab at Correctly
Strengthen
wording Peer review
Write clincher

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