1. The Writing Process Mrs. Woytko

2. 5 Steps Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Publishing

3. Assignment In a 5 paragraph essay, describe your summer.

4. 1.Introduction 2.Subtopic 1 3.Subtopic 2 4.Subtopic 3 5.conclusion

5. Prewriting - thinking TAP T opic – narrow down or expand A udience – who is reading this? P urpose – persuade, inform, opinion, entertain

6. Prewriting Once you have TAP, it’s time to organize ideas.

7. Assignment : Describe your summer -5 paragraphs Topic: summer Audience: Mrs. Woytko Purpose: describing Do we have TAP?

8. Prewrite

9. Prewriting - Details

10. Drafting Get your ideas on paper. Add details!!!! do not worry about mistakes Skip lines!!!!!!

11. Drafting – Paragraph 1 Introduce your topic. List your 3 subtopics. Skip lines!!!!!

12. Revise Think ARMS A dd details and examples. R emove words that don’t make sense. M ove ideas around to make your writing clearer. S ubstitute descriptive words.

13. Revise walkedstrolled, raced, ran, galloped the beachhot, sandy beach nice dogscruffy, adorable, lovable, loyal, cute dressred and blue striped dress sunny dayscorching, hot day

14. Revising

15. Edit/ Proofread Spelling Capital letters Punctuation Grammar and sentence structure Word choice

17. Publish Write as neat as you can OR format correctly in Microsoft Word Be PROUD of your work!

19. Your Introduction (first paragraph) is done

20. Paragraph 2 – subtopic 1 Introduce your first subtopic in a topic sentence. Good topic sentence. Not a detail sentence. First, I went on a fabulous vacation to the beach with my family. I played cards at the beach.

21. Paragraph 2 Now add examples and details to complete your paragraph. End with a closing sentence.

22. Identify details

23. Transition Words Help connect ideas and details rather than sounding like a grocery list. First, last, after that, then, in conclusion, also

24. Identify transition words

25. Now – work on Paragraph 3 Topic sentence Detail sentences Transition words Closing sentence

26. Now – work on Paragraph 4 Topic sentence Detail sentences Transition words Closing sentence

27. Conclusion- paragraph 5 Summarize your summer. Restate your 3 subtopics in a different way.