WRITING 1

UNIT 5: THE EXPRESSIVE MACRO SKILL

Prepared by Group 7
 Agenda
1 NATURE AND PURPOSE OF WRITING

2 MECHANICS OF WRITING

3 PROCESS OF WRITING

4 CONCERN AND STRATEGIES IN PRE WRITING, DRAFTING,

5 CONCERN AND STRATEGIES OF REVISING AND EDITING

CONCERN AND STRATEGIES OF PROOFREADING AND

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PUBLISHING

Nature and
Purpose of
Writing
BY TEACHER ABEGAILLE BULICDAY
Nature and Purposes of Writing

Writing is the process of using symbols (letters of the

alphabet, punctuation, and spaces) to communicate
thoughts and ideas in a readable form.
Considered as the most complex macro skill
Qualities of a Good Writing

1. Focus
✓Clear main idea

Qualities of a Good Writing

2.Development
✓Expand the idea

Qualities of a Good Writing

3.Unity
✓ Must be related to the main idea

 Qualities of a Good Writing

4.COHERENCE 5.CORRECTNESS

✓Organized logically ✓Accurate or

✓Flow smoothly error-free
✓"stick" together
 Writers must …
1. Develop unique writing style

2. Make use of wide vocabulary

3. Get a writing partner

4. Express your thoughts confidently

5. First draft are never perfect

PURPOSE OF
WRITING
 PURPOSE OF WRITING
1. To inform 2. To express
To educate, inform, or To express opinions,
explain thoughts, and emotions

Ex. Diaries,
Ex. Newspaper articles, Autobiography, Personal
Encyclopedia, Reference letter
books
 PURPOSE OF WRITING
3. To persuade 4. For
To pursue or literary
work express
convince A form of creative writing
aims to entertain than to
inform.

Ex. Printed ads. Ex. Poem, Novel, Short

Magazines stories
Mechanics of
Writing
BY TEACHER SAMMUEL S. ELISAN
What is Mechanics in
Writing?
GOVERNING RULES OF WRITING
ALSO CALLED WRITING CONVENTIONS
Mechanics in Writing:
CAPITALIZATION
PUNCTUATION
PARTS OF SPEECH
ABBREVIATIONS
SPELLING
ELIMINATING REPEATED WORDS
HOMOPHONES AND HOMOGRAPHS
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
RUN-ON SENTENCES
TRANSITIONAL WORDS
(1) Mechanics in Writing
Capitalization
highlights all the vital
details in a sentence.

it separates identity
to every written
paragraph.

capitalize the nouns

and the first word of
every sentence.
Example:

Mechanics in Writing
(2) Mechanics in Writing
Punctuation
to bring
comprehension to
your output and
report.

clarifies sentence
structure by
separating some
texts and grouping
others.
Example:

‘Let’s play, John’ and ‘let’s eat Fred’

Mechanics in Writing
Different types of
Punctuation marks:
Period (.) Colon (:)
Comma (,) Parenthesis ( ( ) )
Question Mark (?) Brackets ( [ ] )
Exclamation point (!) Braces ( { } )
Semicolon (;) Quotation Marks ( “ ’’ ) (‘’)
Hyphen (-) Ellipsis ( … )
Dash (—) Apostrophe ( ’ )

Mechanics in Writing
(3) Mechanics in Writing

Parts of Speech
a category to which a
word is assigned in
accordance with its
syntactic functions.

1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Verb
4. Adverb
5. Adjective
6. Conjunction
7. Preposition
8. Interjection
 (4) Mechanics in Writing

Abbreviation Acronym Initialism

A way to shorten a Forms up a new word by Also use the first letter of
long word. shortening a phrase and each word or a sentence
combining the first letter of and we pronounce each
use initial letters each word. letter individually.
of a long word.
choose the first Acronyms are pronounceable examples:
and last letters.
we choose random examples: IQ, ATM, SMH, IYKYK
letters.
FAQ's, YAHOO, GIF, NASA
examples:
gym, lab, Oct,
exam, photo
(5) Mechanics in Writing
Spellings
the way the word is
spelled
(6) Mechanics in Writing

Eliminating Repeated words

(7) Mechanics in Writing
Homophones and Homographs

Homophones Homographs Homonyms

words that sound words with exact words that has

similar but different in spellings but different multiple meanings
spelling and meaning. pronunciations and
meanings.
Examples: Examples:
Examples:
‘there’ and ‘their’
'address' ''can'
‘your’ or ‘you’re’
'subject' 'tear'
'I' and 'eye'
'permit' 'suit'
'mail' and 'male'
(8) Mechanics in Writing
Subject-verb Agreement
If the subject is
singular, the verb
must be singular
too.
If the subject is
plural, the verb
must also be plural.
 (9) Mechanics in Writing
Run-on sentences

“I love to eat pies I would eat one every day if I got the chance.”
(10) Mechanics in Writing
Transitional words
also called linking
words, connecting
words.
used to link together
different ideas in
your text.
 Process
of Writing
BY TEACHER ALEXYSSE M. TOLERO
1.Prewriting
2. Drafting

Initial composition
 3. Revising
Students review, modify, and reorganize their work
4. Editing and
Proofreading
5.Publishing
Concern and
Strategies in pre
writing and
drafting.
 Concerns
° I can't think of what to write
° Topic
° Audience
° Purpose
Strategies in Pre writing
1. Listing
2. Clustering
3. Free writing
4. Looping
5. The journalist questions
Stategies in Drafting
1. Start with free writing
2. Structure your information
3. Elaborate ideas
4. Write a complete draft
5. Ignore the urge to proofread
Concern and
strategies of
revising and
editing
BY ALFONSO BISCAYA
 REVISING VS EDITING
Re-seeing Stage
Involves major changes to Sentence level
content, structure and/or See opportunities to
organization enhance your rhetorical
Looking at the big picture
effect
changes
Questions/Concerns:
Coherence/Unity
Goal-oriented
Organization
Effect
YOU STRATEGICALLY REVISE WHEN YOU:
Focuses on the paper's controlling ideas
Backed by evidences
Tested by Highlighter Approach
Checklist
Understand it yourself
Questions/Concerns
WORDS
Grammar
Transitions
Sentence Structure

 Common Sentence Errors:

Run-on Sentences
-We cannot find Eva everyone is worried
-I am enjoying this book it is well-written and interesting
Sentence Fragments
-John is selling his house. Because he wants to move to Brisbane.
-Avondale is a privately-owned tertiary college. In the Cooranbong
area.
Overloaded Sentences
-Teachers need to realise that the education of a child is a critical
undertaking and should be carried out with care and consistency so that the
child can gain maximum benefit from each educational episode in order to
set a solid foundation for any follow-up teaching, especially during the early
years of primary school
You strategically edit when you:
Delete Unnecessary Words
Substitute less precise or effective words
Read the paper aloud and listen for errors
Read one sentence at a time
Look for Pattern on Errors
 Concern and
strategies of
proofreading
and publishing
BY JERICHO BARROS
PROOFREADING
Why do I need to proofread?

Verification
Improve Quality
Fix general language mistakes
Communication
TIPS IN PROOFREADING
List down your progress
Read aloud
Have other people look at your work
Alternate editing focus
Print your work and grab a pen
Don't rely on automated spelling and grammar checkers
Know your tendencies
PUBLISHING

Why publsih my work?

Allows to communicate with professional in a field.

Establishes Credibility.
PARTICIPATION

Responding to comments.
Clarification
Suggestions
Disagree
New Knowledge
“You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.”
-Jodi Picoult
Thank you!