the writing process

The Writing Process

• Brainstorming

• Planning

• Fast Writing

• Drafting

• Improving

• Presenting

Brainstorming

• Make sure you’ve understood the topic

• Quickly write down all the ideas you can think of

• Don’t worry about grammar or spelling

Planning

• Group similar ideas together

• Cross out irrelevant ideas

Fast Writing

• Quickly write down your points for each of the main ideas

• If you can’t think of a word in English write it in your own language

• At this stage , don’t write complete sentences

Drafting

• Now you’re ready to begin writing

• Write in pencil.

• Leave margins for notes

• Write quickly .

• Don’t worry about neatness or accuracy

Improving

• Read what you’ve written again

• Mark the things you need to improve

• Add connectors to join sentences

• Use adjectives and adverbs to modify

• Check your spelling and grammar

Checklist- before Presenting

• CONTENT AND ORGANISATION

• Did I begin with a strong opening sentence?

• Present my ideas clearly?

• Support my ideas with details and examples?

• Did I use connectors to link my ideas?

• Did I end with a good closing sentence?

• Did I use pronouns to refer to the key nouns in the paragraph?

GRAMMAR, SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION

• Did I check my grammar?

• Did I check my spelling?

• Did I use suitable punctuation?

• Did I use capital letters correctly?

AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE

• Did I make my purpose clear to the reader?

• Did I use a suitable style of language?

Presenting

• Present it in a neat, attractive manner

• Leave a margin on the left-hand side

• Make sure your paragrahs are clearly indicated