Ms. Stetka Basha High School

Ms. Stetka Basha High School

What are the steps? Examining Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Publishing Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School

Examining the Prompt Review your assignment sheet for your writing assignment closely. ASK QUESTIONS! If you do not understand the assignment/prompt, you are already off to a rough start. Make sure you are clear in what you are supposed to be doing before moving on to the next step. March 23, 2007 Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School

Step 1: PreWriting Find your Inspiration! Determine your most useful form to PreWrite (lists, mapping, webbing, graphic organizers, etc.) Steps Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School

Step 2: Drafting Select your writing ideas from your PreWriting Exercise. Write, Write, Write! Don’t worry about format, grammar, etc. Just focus on putting ideas down on paper. Rough Drafts shouldn’t be perfect! Have you completed your thoughts through your writing? Steps Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School

Step 3: Revising A.R.R.R. Adding Rearranging Removing Replacing Adding: Is there any other information that the reader needs to know? Rearranging: Is the information presented in the most logical order? Removing: Are there any unnecessary details? Replacing: Could I change anything to make my expressions stronger? Kristi Hartley Steps

Step 4: Editing Self Editing Peer Editing Spelling Capitalization Punctuation Grammar Sentence Structure Subject/Verb Agreement Word Usage Kristi Hartley Steps

Step 5: Publishing TYPED FINAL DRAFT IN MLA FORMAT Center title. Name, class, and date in top left hand corner. Double spaced Make sure all edits and revisions are included. Read through a final time before submitting. Staple in top left hand corner. Include a copy of rubric for grading. Steps March 23, 2007 Kristi Hartley Taylor County Middle School