PROJECT-BASED WRITIING

In project-based writing, students are responsible for their own work from conception to
delivery, with no external support from outside sources.
Project-based writing: It takes much more than a collection of concepts or academic
units to teach writers how to organize their time and define their goals.

The 7 steps of the project-based writing framework:

 Discovering an idea
 Framing the work
 Planning the work
 Doing the work
 Reframing the work
 Finalizing the work
 Revealing the work

DISCOVERING AN IDEA - It is the first step that requires the student writer to discover
a writing idea.

FRAMING THE WORK - It requires students to pitch the idea to the class and also write
a 300- to 500-word proposal to the teacher.

PLANNING THE WORK - In this next step, it includes setting goals and scheduling
tasks for the project.

DOING THE WORK - The next step is actually doing the work of writing.

REFRAMING THE WORK- In this flow is submitting an inquiry draft to the class along
with inquiry questions, then getting feedback from the class, and reframing the work
based on the data received from their annotations and verbal responses.

FINALIZING THE WORK - In the penultimate step of the project-based flow, students
write a reflection about their project and create an individual evaluation tool that their
peers use to score their final product.

REVEALING THE WORK - This is the final step where each student evaluates every
other student’s final product based on the individual evaluation categories that writer
has chosen. In addition to scoring each final product, each student also provides a short
argument using textual evidence to justify their score.      
 PBW 7 Steps and 16 Deliverables

Seven Steps A student  16 What is This? Assessment

is… Deliverables  
Discover an discovering 1. Writing could be a physical Student
Idea an idea Notebook notebook or an online designed rubric
journal for daily
practice
Frame the pitching an 2. Pitch 2-5-minute oral pitch Pitch rubric
Work idea
proposing a 3. Proposal 300-500-word Proposal rubric
product informational text
Plan the stating 4. Product four sentences stating Goals checklist
Work goals for a Goals the writer’s
product literary/rhetorical goals
scheduling 5. Daily Goals calendar where Timeline
daily tasks (Calendar) students write checklist
projected daily goals
Do the Work finding 6. Project a table where students Project
supporting Library code, summarize, and Library checklist
texts for the respond to various
project texts they select and
read during the course
of the project
tracking 7. Daily Work log where students Daily work log
daily studio Logs (tracking) track actual daily checklist
time activities
creating an 8. Inquiry draft a completed draft of Inquiry draft
inquiry draft the product checklist
creating  8.Inquiry four questions that Inquiry draft
inquiry questions direct the say-back checklist
questions sessions
Reframe the annotating 9. Annotated evidence of annotation Annotation
Work classmates’ online drafts on all inquiry drafts participation
inquiry checklist
drafts
participatin 9.Say-back participation in a Say back
g in say- participation collaborative participation
back discussion to provide checklist  
feedback to all writers
Finalize the creating a 10.Individual four categories by IEF checklist  
Work final evaluation form which teacher, writer,
product (IEF) and peers evaluate the
evaluative final project
 tool
reflecting 11.Project 300-500 argument that Reflection
on the reflection reflects on the product checklist
project   and process of the
project cycle
Reveal the submitting Final product→ 12.product assessed Individual
Work product to by teacher Evaluation  
community 13.product assessed
score by peers
14.product assessed
by writer
participatin 15.Community each student scores Community score
g in score and submits checklist
community participation justification for scores
score for all other writers in
the room
submitting 16. 4P students supply proof 4P checklist
the final certification of submission for
draft to a publication,
realworld performance,
audience production, or
presentation