The Writing Process Steps in Writing an Essay Pre-Writing
Planning and Organizing Drafting Revising and Editing Final Draft!
RESEARCH!!!
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Introduction What is the writing process ? Writing an essay
takes time. Thats why writing is often referred to as a process. In
other words, there are several steps to go through before you have
a complete essay ready to turn in for a grade. Research takes place
throughout the entire process, although for this project, we will
do most in the beginning, right after pre-writing. They are:
Pre-Writing Pre-Writing Organizing Organizing Drafting Drafting
Revising and Editing Revising and Editing Handing in a Final Copy
Handing in a Final Copy
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Pre-Writing Step One Pre-writing literally means, before
writing. Before you actually begin writing your essay, you will
need to do the following things: brainstorm or generate ideas for
your topic choose a topic to write on focus in on central
ideas
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Research Review what types of sources are required for your
project (book, website, magazine) Think about the ideas you focused
in on while completing your pre-writing. Find the sources and the
facts needed for your paper. Be sure to keep track of where the
information is coming from!
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Organizing Step Two Making an outline can help you organize
what you want to write. This is a rough plan for your essay and can
help make the process of writing much easier. Essay Outline
I.IntroductionThesis: _____________________ II.Body1. Topic
Sentence: _____________ - supporting idea - supporting idea 2.
Topic Sentence: ____________ - supporting idea 3. Topic Sentence:
____________ - supporting idea III.Conclusion
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Drafting Step Three After getting ideas and making an outline
of your essay, it is time to start writing the essay. When you
begin writing your rough draft, try to remember the following
guidelines. Dont worry about writing the perfect paper the first
time. Your goal in writing a rough draft is to develop and support
the ideas listed in your outline. Dont focus on spelling and
grammar as you write your rough draft. You can check this later in
the writing process.
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Revising and Editing Step Four After you write your first
draft, go back over it and look for ways to improve your essay in
content and organization. This step is called revision. After you
revise for content and organization, begin editing your draft for
spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure errors.
Content and Organization Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, etc.
RevisionEditing
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The Final Copy Step Five The last step is turning in your essay
to be graded. Look at the guidelines below for turning in the final
draft of your essay. word-processed all new paragraphs indented
five spaces 8 by 11 inch white paper double spaced, size 12 font
one inch margins on all sides
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Evaluation Now, you are ready to review what youve learned.
Click on the button below to return to Unit A. Do the interactive
exercise. Then click on the essay rubric link to see how your essay
will be evaluated.
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References PowerPoint Presentation by Ruth Luman: Modesto
Junior College. Reid, J. (1993). Teaching ESL Writing. New Jersey:
Prentice Hall Regents. This project incorporates portions of
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