WHAT A WRITER NEEDS TO KNOW??

CONVENTIONSLike most social activities.

It has conventions that have to be followed:

THINKING SKILLS

The need of discriminating- what is important and what is not

Needs the power of logic

Needs imagination and creativity

- combine old facts in new ways

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

Able to produce well-formed paragraphs with clear main ideas & supporting ideas.

Produce a coherent text by using appropriate cohesive devices.

E.g: logical connectors (because, therefore)

Sequence markers( firstly, secondly,

finally)

VALUE SYSTEMS

A writer holds view about:

- what is important in a subject

- what is beautiful writing

- what is the appropriate way of

communicating with older people

- whether one should treat readers like

treating children

MECHANICS

Able to write legibly( handwriting, spelling, layout, punctuation)

Aware of the use of punctuation

Differentiate different kinds of texts.

THE WRITING PROCESS

Selecting a topic

Getting ideas

Drafting Revising

EditingProof-

readingPublishing