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Title: EQ: What is the first step of the Writing Process?


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EQ What is the first step of the Writing
Process?
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Prewriting (think about it)
  • Pre-writing is one of the most important steps
    (and it happens even before you start writing.)
  • 1. Consider your audience
  • Who is reading your paper?
  • Your friend
  • A teacher
  • The public
  • The president
  • 2. Think about your purpose
  • Why are you writing?
  • Do you want to tell a story to amuse or
    entertain?
  • Do you want to describe something?
  • Do you want to inform your reader about a topic
    or do you want to explain something?
  • Do you want to persuade the reader of something?

3
Prewriting (think about it)
  • Brainstorm word lists, thoughts, and ideas
  • Picture the idea in your mind and write what you
    see
  • Gather information
  • Use a graphic organizer
  • Prewriting could be
  • Journaling
  • Free writing
  • Brainstorming
  • Clustering
  • Collecting information

4
Drafting (write it down)
  • Dont worry about being perfect just get the
    ideas into sentences and paragraphs.
  • Select ideas to use and develop them
  • Put information or story in order
  • Begin drafting (writing)
  • Your paper needs
  • Introduction
  • Body paragraphs
  • Conclusion

5
Revising (make it better)
  • Read what you wrote
  • Think about what other people say
  • Rearrange words or ideas - Add, delete or move
    parts
  • Change ideas to make it easier to understand
  • Complete unfinished or unclear thoughts
  • Replace overused, unclear, or boring cliché
    words with better word choices
  • Other words for said
  • Accused
  • announced
  • assured
  • bellowed

Note You may have to revise and edit your paper
a few times.
6
Editing (make it correct)
  • Check for spelling, and circle words youre
    uncertain about. (Then use your dictionary and
    thesaurus.)
  • Check capitalization and punctuation
  • When you are editing, you should use the proof
    reading symbols to find and fix your mistakes.

(correct)
7
Publishing (final copy)
  • Rewrite your paper in proper form with all of
    the changes
  • Dont forget the title
  • Indent paragraphs
  • DONT skip lines
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