1. The Process of Writing

2. Pre-writing Involves strategies, techniques, and procedures for generating ideas ◦ Free writing ◦ Journal keeping ◦ Note taking ◦ Outlining ◦ Brainstorming ◦ Webbing ◦ Research

3. Writing Ideas generated from the pre-writing stage become the basis for writing ◦ First Draft  Ideas are organized and coherent  Written in paragraph form  Each paragraph develops a single idea ◦ Feedback  Criticism from an objective reader ◦ Revision

4. Re-writing Second Draft Editing and proofreading ◦ Sentence structure ◦ Usage ◦ Word choice ◦ Spelling ◦ Grammar ◦ Punctuation ◦ Final Draft