Template of Writing Practice

1. Pre-Writing
a. When you are starting to write, what do you do to find and choose a topic/idea? Do
you narrow down a topic?
Answer: (show me how you narrow down your topic—perhaps by drawing)

b. To extend your idea, do you do brainstorming? Make clustering? Listing?

Freewriting?
Answer: (show me how you extend your idea—write here your
clustering/listing/freewriting)

c. Do you think to narrow down the topic and brainstorming beneficial for your process
of writing? Why?
Answer:
2. Planning (Outlining)
a. After getting a topic, do you make an outline to help you develop your paragraph
writing?
Answer: (if you do so, write your outline here)

b. Do you decide your topic sentence afterward?

Answer: (write your topic sentence here)

3. Writing and Revising

Writing the first rough draft
a. When you are starting to write your first draft, do you consider the elements of a
paragraph? How do you consider it?
Answer: (write the elements of your paragraph)

b. When writing your draft, do you make sure your draft has a good paragraph structure
like we have discussed in the class? Explain!
Answer:
c. Do you make sure your second draft has a unite idea? How do you make sure?
Answer:

d. Do you think your second draft coherence? Why do you think so?
Answer:

Revising content and organization

a. The Organization: Do you think the organization/structure of the writing has followed
the model? Explain!
Answer:

b. The content/idea: Do you think the idea is original and interesting? Do you think the
content of the entire text goes smoothly and neatly elaborated? Explain!
Answer:
 Proofreading the second draft
a. Vocabulary: What do you think about the vocabulary used in the text?
Answer:

b. Grammar: Do you give any correction to the grammar? What are they?
Answer:

c. Mechanics: Do you give any correction regarding the punctuation? What are they?
Answer:

4. Writing the Final Copy

a. Do you consider the proofreader’s comment when writing your final copy?
Answer:

b. How do you finalize your writing? Do you double check your organization, content,
vocabulary you use, grammar and mechanics?
Answer:
Pre-Writing (write your pre-writing here)
Planning/Outlining (write your plan/outline here)
Writing the first rough draft (write your draft here)
Revising (write your second draft here – after you reread and revise)
Proofreading (do proofread and then write here)
Writing the final draft (write your final draft here)