1. The Writing Process

2. A PROCESS is the series of steps you go through to achieve a final result.

3. The PROCESS is important – you can’t just assume others know the same information you know

4. There are 6 steps in the writing process

5. The 6 steps… Prewriting Rough Draft Evaluate Revise Edit Publish

6. Basic Structure of a Paragraph A topic sentence Supporting sentences (at least three) including examples and research A closing sentence or “clincher”

7. Basic Structure of a Paragraph IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE SURE THAT EVERY SENTENCE IN THE PARAGRAPH DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE MAIN IDEA THAT YOU IDENTIFIED IN YOUR TOPIC SENTENCE!!