Getting the Most from Reading and Writing Nichelle Puder INRW 0420 Integrated Reading and Writing II Houston Community College System

The Writing Process Getting Started

Analyze Your Assignment Time Restraints (In or Out of Class) Sources Library Interviewing Purpose What Is My Reason For Writing? Audience Who Am I Writing To? Tone What Kind of Impression Should My Writing Give?

Analyze Your Assignment Cont. Point-of-View What side of the story should I tell? First Person: I, me, my. Second Person: You, Yours, We, Us, Our Third Person (Academic): He, She, It, They, Names, Nouns

A Second Look At Purpose Persuade Inform Entertain Express Feelings and Attitudes Analyze Debate Criticize Define Compare/Contrast Narrate/Describe Amuse Academic Audience Expects: Correct Information Standard Grammar and Spelling Logical Presentation of Ideas Stylistic Fluency (Word Choice and Sentence Structure) Define Terms and Support Generalizations with Specifics Express Thoughts Clearly and Accurately

Choose a Topic and Prewrite Focused Free writing 5-15 Minutes of Concentrated, Nonstop Writing about Your Topic. Then, Review What You Have Written. Listing or Brainstorming A Way of Listing Information About Your Topic.

Choosing Topic/Prewriting Cont. Clustering Asking Journalistic Questions (5Ws and H) (Who, What, Why, Where, When, and How Discuss With a Partner

Narrow Your Topic Through Previous Prewriting Clustering and Listing Work Well

Plan – Focus On a Main Idea Map Out an Approach Thesis Statement The Central Point the Essay Supports More Than a Title, a Statement of Fact, or an Announcement Carefully Worded and Accurately Predicts Your Essay’s Direction, Emphasis, and Scope Clustering Outlying Formal Informal

Write – Draft the Essay Introduction and Thesis Start Where You Think Your Writing Is Going to Be Productive If Need Be Skip the Introduction and Return To It Later Use the Thesis As Your Guide Body Paragraphs and Conclusion Remember to Include Topic Sentence Support Through Examples and Details Order Organization/Transitional Words and Phases Strong Conclusion

Revise Re-See What You Have Written Look For Major Improvements In Content Enlarging or narrowing the thesis. Adding more examples or cutting irrelevant ones. Organization Reorganizing Points Changing Paragraph Order

Edit Check Grammar Word Choice Spelling Punctuation Mechanics