Launching A Writer's Notebook
We all have a little writer in us.
The First Fifteen Days Of Writing
Personalizing A Writing Folder
This writing folder is for your ideas so make sure it reflects who YOU are as a person.
Flagging A Story
Choose Two to Three stories that you would like to focus in on. Make sure you choose two-three that you can really develop a story about. After you've decided your stories share with a shoulder partner which story ideas you've decided on and WHY you chose those.
Creating A Writing Plan
The writing process is created to help you develop a writing piece that is at it's VERY best by the end. Step One: Prewrite Step Two: Draft Step Three: Revise Step Four: Edit Step Five: Publish
Creating Your Writing Plan
Teacher's Resources
Prewriting- Step One
Prewriting simply means what you do “before you write." Prewriting should not be skipped, because it is an important part of the writing process.
Drafting- Step Two
This is where sentences and paragraphs start to form from the graphic organizer. The goal of the first draft is to get your ideas from the graphic organizer on paper. Skip lines when writing their first draft.
Today we are going to make a plan for the story that we plan on writing.
First, we are going to create a timeline of the events in the story you've selected (similar idea to our SPECIAL even timeline). Remember, good stories are snapshots, not three hour movies! Let me show you what I mean.
Now that I've begun I'm going to fill in my writing log so I know where I'm at in my writing.
Your turn!
Select one of the flagged ideas you've had and create a prewriting plan-timeline. THEN share your story with the class or a shoulder partner... make sure to refer back to the plan you've chosen.
Revising- Step Three
Does it sound right? Revising is where you improve your writing. True authors go through many revisions before actually publishing their work. It IS okay to make changes to your work
once you get the first draft completed. You SHOULD make changes to your work, because there’s always room for improvement.
Things you may want to do during revisions:
WALL READ
Add more information that the reader would need to know
Rearrange information so it is more logical and effective
Remove unnecessary information or extra details
Replace words or details with clearer and stronger expressions
Revising is NOT fixing spelling, capitalization, punctuation, or grammar mistakes.
Editing- Step Four
Does it look right? Editing is simply “fixing it.” This is where you check for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, subject/verb agreement,
consistent verb tense, and word usage.
Self Edit Checklist:
Read your own work backwards (read the last sentence, the second to last
sentence, etc.)
Does each sentence make sense when you read it on its own?
Do you see or hear any errors in that sentence?
Peer Edit Checklist:
Are the main words in the title capitalized?
Are paragraphs indented?
Does each sentence begin with a capital?
Does each sentence end with punctuation?
Does each sentence have a subject and predicate and make sense?
Circle any spelling errors.
Are quotations used correctly?
Are proper nouns capitalized?
What is the difference between REVISING and EDITING?!
Revising-
You change the lead/beginning.
You add more details.
You change words to make them more powerful.
You change the order.
You add a section.
You delete a section.
You focus in on a part.
Editing-
Punctuation
Grammar
Capitalization
Paragraphs
Spelling
Spacing
Finally, PUBLISHING- Step Five
Publishing is the final step of the writing process. This is the “final copy.”
Publishing should be copying exactly what you have on paper. If you find a mistake or decide you’d like to add something – that’s okay – BUT you will need to go back to the revising step. Publishing is simply taking the first draft with revisions and edits, and writing it neatly on a new piece of paper.