Six Steps of the Writing Process:

Step #1: Prewriting

This step involves choosing a subject, brainstorming, planning, and researching.

You will send these ideas to the teacher in an e-mail message.

 

Step #2: Writing

This step is the initial writing phase. It involves free writing, writing for an audience, and writing with a purpose (using a thesis --controlling statement-- for a focus in essays).

You will post this page through the listserv for other classmates to read.

Step #3: Responding

This step involves learning from comments given by readers of your work in progress.

Your classmates and the teacher will send you comments about your work. This is not as scary as it may sound!

Step #4: Revising

This step involves rethinking, reorganizing, and making additions, deletions, and substitutions.

This is a "silent" and "unseen" phase of this course. The teacher will see the results of revising in the final draft.

Step #5: Editing

This step involves correcting spelling, punctuation, grammar, paragraphing, etc.

E-mail your final draft to the teacher when you finish revising and editing.

Step #6: Evaluating

This step requires you to judge the quality of your own final draft.

E-mail your thoughts on your creative process to your teacher.

Note: Good writing always has a beginning, middle, and end. Sometimes this formula will require a formal introduction, body, and conclusion, but often an informal introduction to a topic is acceptable.

Each paragraph needs a beginning, middle, and end, also. The "beginning" must be the topic sentence, the "middle" must include examples or details to enhance the topic sentence, and the "end" must be a concluding or summary sentence. Be sure to include transitions between paragraphs to allow your writing to flow smoothly from one idea to another.

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