Process Writing

Please read handout 1

Approaches to Process
Writing
 The 5 stages in PWA
STAGES FUNCTIONS
STAGE 1: PRE WRITING Planning

STAGE 2: DRAFTING Does not focus on mechanics nor language

input
STAGE 3: REVISING Clarifying ideas and form

STAGE 4: EDITING Sentence structure, spelling, punctuation

& capitalization
STAGE 5: PUBLISHING Final product

Refer to handout 1
Pre -writing
 Pre-writing

‘basically, the pre-writing stage is about

planning, gathering and organizing ideas
for writing. This can occur as oral
discussion or as written organization with
tools such as an outline, maps or notes’.

~ Dorn & Soffos, 2001~

Pre-Writing Tools
Drafting
Read the text below.

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd what I

was rdgnieg.

THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t

mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny
iprmoatnt is that the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit
porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe.

Amzanighuh?
Source: UdderBufoonery.com
RAFTS Technique
Revising
REVISION: FUNCTION
 TAG Conference

Tell something you like

Ask questions

Give advice
Editing
 CUPS Strategy

Capital letters
Usage and Grammar
Punctuation
Spelling
 Publishing
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