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Process Writing

Dorothy ZemachRussia 2018

The Writing Process

Brainstorming

Organizing

Drafting

Editing / Peer editing / Revising

Publishing

The Writing Process

Brainstorming

Organizing

Drafting

Editing / Peer editing / Revising

Publishing

Types of Brainstorming

List / Double list

(Freewriting)

Word map

Pair interview

Discussion

Activity time!

An idea every other group had

An idea no other group had

The most creative idea

The most useful idea

etc.

Handling Brainstorming

Do it in class as much as possible!

Organize it

Analyze its effectiveness

Hand it in with the assignment

Organization

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

I. Introduction

II. Topic

III. Topic

IV. Topic

V. Conclusion

II. Topic sentence

A. idea

B. idea

III. Topic sentence

A. idea

B. idea

IV. Topic sentence

A. idea

B. idea

II. Topic sentence

A. idea

1. example

2. example

B. idea

1. explanation

III. Topic sentence

A. idea

1. explanation

B. idea

1. quote

2. example

Peer Reviews

What are helpful comments?

Ones that say why:Strong thesis statement—I could anticipate every body paragraph.

I loved this example—it made me laugh!

Ones that explain any confusion:I didn’t know if “he” was your father or your brother.

Your introduction said your plan will save money. But I didn’t see money mention in any other paragraph.

The Whole Assignment

Activity time!

Macmillan Writing Series

Writing Sentences (“I Am From” poem): teaches sentence patterns, with an emphasis on accuracy, and leads to paragraphs

Writing Paragraphs: Teaches process writing and different genres (peer review examples were taken from this book)

Writing Essays: Takes students from paragraphs to essays

Writing Research Papers: Takes students from an essay to a research paper

Thank you!