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5 Stages of Writing5 Stages of Writing
Writing Process
Prewriting Drafting Revising
Editing Publishing
Prewriting
Prewriting
Brainstorm Freewrite Research
Keep a notebook
Of thoughts,
Ideas, and
observations
Use thinking
Maps and
outlines
Participate in
Class or group
discussions
Come up with
A thesis
statement
Determine who
Your
Audience is
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
Processing Questions:
1. What factors did you consider to narrow down your
group’s topic?
2. What did you do during your brainstorming activity?
Who led the brainstorming activity?
3. How did the pictures help you in brainstorming ideas
for your possible essay topic?
4. Did you find any brainstorming techniques or strategies
helpful in gathering ideas?
5. What insights or discoveries did you gain in this
prewriting activity?
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.
Correct run-ons
And fragments
Peer review
Use pronouns
correctly
Check subject-
Verb agr.
Find punctuation
And grammar
errors
Use dictionary
Editing
Editing
•Use the Harbrace to check for
grammar and mechanics
•Have at least 2 peers read your
paper
•Ask the teacher for suggestions
Publishing
Make a final
Copy
Post work for
Viewing or
Reading
Submit work
to newspapers
Or magazines
Turn in paper
For a grade
Publishing
5 stages of writing
Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Publishing
Brainstorm
Freewrite
Research
Keep notebook
Thinking
maps
Get thoughts
On paper
Don’t worry about
Spelling or mech.
Try to come’
Up with a title
Make stab at
wording
Move text around
Read aloud
Get feedback
Add dialogue
Use imagery
Rewrite hook
Add details
Strengthen
Write clincher
Correct run-ons
And fragments
Check spelling
Find punctuation
Errors
Use pronouns
Correctly
Peer review
Make final copy
Post work
Submit