The Writing Process
Steps in the Writing Process
Steps are:
Prewriting
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Publication
Prewriting
Topic
Audience
Content
Prewriting
• Topic
• Brainstorming words, ideas
• Webbing
• Bright Ideas Book-when kids have stories that
interrupt class have them write it down in the
“bright idea book” so they have ideas for
creative writing time.
• Audience
• Content
Prewriting
• Topic – given prompt/free writing
• Audience - Will you be writing for
o class
o newspaper
o hall bulletin board
• Content - ???
Prewriting
• Topic?
• Audience?
• Content
What is the most important part of the
composition that needs to be stressed?
Prewriting
Help students organize their thoughts.
Story Frame Issue Issue
Beginning
Middle Issue Issue
End
Issue Issue
Drafting
> “Getting It Down”
> Rough Draft
SLOPPY COPY
Draft Copy
Put the students on the
computer at this stage.
Let them compose
at the keyboard.
Teachers need to model writing
especially the rough draft copy.
We were just finishing up eating and
T
the phone call was just what we wanted to
A family with young children were
hear. Someone was anxious to have a
new puppy and we had three puppies.
Revising
> Conferencing
> Refine Content
> Sequence
> Strong/ Weak Points
Revising
> Conferencing
Writer reads composition to:
the Teacher &/or
Peers
> Refine Content
> Strong/ Weak Points
Revising
> Conferencing
> Refine Content
Students may be making changes as they
read the composition.
Students may ask opinion.
> Strong/ Weak Points
Revising
> Conferencing
> Refine Content
> Strong/ Weak Points
Use the sandwich approach
Be specific
Teach do not preach
Ask questions rather than spout rules.
The Sandwich Approach
Strong/ Weak Points
Questions like:
> If you would draw three pictures of your story, what
would they be and what would happen first,
second, and third?
> When you picture this story in your mind. What
colors do you see, or size, or whatever?
> What do you think is the most important fact in your
essay?
> What happened between paragraph 2 and
paragraph 3?
> What do you like about your story?
> How did you select this topic?
Editing
> Punctuation
> Spelling-don’t expect primary school
students to spell “incomprehensible”
> Complete Sentences
Editing:
Strategy
C Capitals COPS
don’t spell out word;
O Overall AppearanceCOPS have them circle 4-5
words that they think
(organization-indenting, etc.) are spelled wrong;
COPS give positive first
P Punctuation then tell student what
COPS they did wrong for
S Spelling spelling.
Publication-story that students
want to read or show off.
Publication
Publish in a variety of ways and
for a variety of audiences.
• Check out stories in the
• Make books
library
• Hang on bulletin
• School newspaper
boards
• Local newspaper
• Hang in halls
• Student magazines
• Read to administrators
• Teacher magazines
• Read to other classes
• Internet
tedious but
Step are ………..
1 Prewriting
2 Drafting The Writing
3 Revising
Process is
Recursive.
4 Editing
5 Publication
are essentials!
Poetry:
Couplet
– Two people write a COUPLE of lines of a rhyming poem.
– Ex. The playful raccoon
flew in a hot air balloon.
Triplet
– Three people write three lines of a rhyming poem.
– Ex. The playful raccoon
flew in a hot air balloon
while going through a typhoon.
Limerick
– Five lines where lines 1, 2, & 5 rhyme and shorter lines 3 & 4 rhyme.
– Beginning of poem……………..A
Line two…………………………A
Line three……B
Line four……..B
Last line………………………….A
Poetry Continued
Sinquain-5 lines
– Line 1: a noun; line 2: two adjectives describing the noun;
line 3: three action words; line 4: four words (statement); line
5: can be a synonym, antonym, or any type of relation to the
first word (noun).
– Ex. Cat
Furry, Fun
Pouncing, Creeping, Sneaking
Into the garbage can
Meow
Poetry Continued
Haiku-(5-7-5)
– Line 1: 5 syllables; line 2: 7 syllables; line
3: 5 syllables.
– Ex. Flowers burst open (5)
Rain pitter patters on plants (7)
Spring has now begun (5)
Poetry Continued
100 Words
– Give students a 100-word list have them
randomly circle 5 words each in groups of
two. Then they write a poem using the 10
selected words.
End of Lecture
