THE WRITING PROCESS

The five steps in the process of writing.

Language ArtsGrade 5

Purpose: Prepare students to write efficiently using the five steps of the writing process.

Objectives:

o Students will be able to list and define the five steps of the writing process with 100% accuracy.

o Students will be able to spend the necessary amount of time to revisit, rework and refine pieces of writing.

o Students will be able to use revision strategies.o Students will be able to edit to improve sentence fluency,

grammar and usage.o Students will be able to prepare writing for publication.

The Five Steps

Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing

Publishing

Prewriting

Choose a Topic Consider the purpose Identify the genre the writing will take Use a graphic organizer to organize ideas

Main Topic

Detail

Detail

Detail

Detail

Drafting

Write a rough draft Use wide spacing to leave room for

revising and editing Worry about ideas first and correctness

later Make sure it is marked as a rough draft

Revising

Reread the rough draft Participate in writing groups Make changes due to what peers say Conference with the teacher

Editing

Proofread the revised draft Correct mechanical errors (grammar,

spelling, punctuation) Conference with the teacher

Publishing

Make the final copy Share the writing with an appropriate

audience (teacher, parents, classmates, community)

Resources

Tompkins, G. (2010). Literacy in the middle grades. (2 ed., p. 45). Fresno, CA: Pearson Education.

Quick Quiz

Question #1 Question #2 Question #3

Question #1

Worrying about ideas first and correctness later is important in what part of the writing process?

Editing

Revising

Drafting

Question #2

It is important to use a graphic organizer when…

Prewriting

Editing

Publishing

Question #3

You will correct mechanical errors during this part of the writing process.

Drafting

Publishing

Editing

CORRECT!

Worrying about ideas first and correctness later is

important when drafting!

Question #2

Wrong Answer

Please look at the following information, and answer Question

#1 again.

CORRECT!

It is important to use a graphic organizer when

prewriting.

Question #3

Wrong Answer

Please look at the following information, and answer Question

#2 again.

CORRECT!

You will correct mechanical errors during the editing process.

Wrong Answer

Please look at the following information, and answer Question

#3 again.

Drafting

Write a rough draft Use wide spacing to leave room for

revising and editing Worry about ideas first and correctness

later Make sure it is marked as a rough draft

Quick Quiz

Prewriting

Choose a Topic Consider the purpose Identify the genre the writing will take Use a graphic organizer to organize ideas

Main Topic

Detail

Detail

Detail

Detail

Quick Quiz

Editing

Proofread the revised draft Correct mechanical errors (grammar,

spelling, punctuation) Conference with the teacher

Quick Quiz