Writing Process

What is the first step in the writing process?

______________ is when we group our writing into sections around a specific main idea. Subheading can help with this.

This is when we expand on our ideas with details, facts, and examples.

What was the topic of Mr. Christensen's sample informational writing?

Additions to a text to help organize, explain, and engage the reader are known as...

This step of the writing process focuses on identifying and correcting errors in writing conventions (rules).

Information writing projects are due next Friday.

Each time we revise, we look for a specific thing. This is know as revising through specific...

What are the 5 steps in the writing process (in order)?

We follow the writing process no matter what genre of writing we are creating.

In this step of the writing process, we quickly generate a rough copy using our prewriting work.

This is the part of our writing where we summarize our ideas and leave our audience with a thought or question.

An author can be thought of as a _________ as they guide their audience through their ideas.

When we share our final copy with our audience, this is known as...

In addition to the topic, what two other things musta writer must also consider when pre-writing?

Why do we have a writing process?

This part of our writing is where we engage the reader and present an overview of our big ideas.

Revising invloves...

Checking our writing for common mistakes such as spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar is known as...

We should spend the most time in which steps of the writing process?