1. The Five Step Writing Process Language Arts By: Rebekah Goff

2. Introduction This presentation is for your benefit to understanding the five steps to writing a good story. This is part of the academic content standard and is directed towards grades 5 through 7. The objectives are to help you to learn, understand and memorize the five steps therefore, writing becomes natural for each of you. This is an interactive Power Point, so hold on tight and lets get started!

3. Prewriting Prewriting- This takes place before you begin writing. It’s where you can think about what you want to write about. A great way to start is by making a story web. This then includes the plot, characters, problems/solutions, etc. Creating a web helps to visualize and bring out the creative side in each of you.

4. Write, Write, Write! Writing-This is the step to writing your first draft. You put all your ideas that you had into paragraph form. This draft then gets revised and corrected before you continue

5. Edit! Edit- Once your first draft is written, the editing process begins. You can give your paper to your parents, a friend or even a teacher. They must check for grammar, punctuation, sentence flow, spelling and making sure capitalizations and periods are in the correct places

6. Proofreading Proofreading- Ok now you must read over your story. Look carefully and make sure there aren’t any mistakes and that you like that way your story flows.

7. PUBLISH!!! Publishing- Wow!! It is already time for you to write your final copy. Take your rough draft and rewrite it on paper or computer, then hand it on in for points, along with your rough draft!

8. Example of a Web Plot Character & problem Character & problem Character & problem

9. Edit this… jackie was over at Tessa’s house when her mom called and exclaimed “whats time we supposed to be at basketball practice!” Jackie wasnt aware that practice was that evening and didnt brought any of her clothes.

10. Question 1 What comes first? A.Edit B.Publish C.Prewriting D.Web layout

11. Question 2 In editing, the editor should look for… A.Spelling B.Grammar C.Punctuation D.All of the above

12. Question 3 Before publishing, you should… A.Make sure your story has been edited and proof read. B.Make more mistakes just for fun C.Just have it proof read D.Just have it edited

13. Incorrect! Make sure you remember the process!

14. Incorrect!!!! Review the slides and make sure you remember the differences

15. CORRECT! HORRAY! CONGRATULATIONS! YIPPIE! WAY TO GO! GREAT JOB!

16. Bibliography ODE - English Language Arts Academic Content Standards. (n.d.). ODE - Home. Retrieved February 26, 2010, from http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pa ges/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRel ationID=1699&ContentID=489&Content=675 93 http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pa The 5 Step Writing Process. (n.d.). Oracle ThinkQuest Library. Retrieved February 26, 2010, from http://library.thinkquest.org/5115/