Writing and

Proofreading
What are some common types of writing?
 Common types of writing

-School assignments

-Business emails

-Admission essays

-Journalism and paid writing

-Notes and text messages

 The writing process

- Brainstorm ideas for your writing

- Write an outline to organize your thoughts

- Write your first draft

- Proofread your writing to make sure there

aren't any mistakes
 What is proofreading?

- Checking writing for mistakes and looking for

ways to improve it

- Important because it makes your writing look

more professional and....

- Can help you get higher grades on written

assignments and essays
 Why proofread?

- Your final exam in English class includes an

essay. Essays with too many mistakes will get a
low score

- You want to go to university in London.

The school only accepts students who write the
best admission essays
 Why proofread?

- You work for a company and need to send

important emails. Your boss will see them and
decide whether to promote you based on your
skill

- You decide to write a book, but you can only sell

it if the writing doesn't have too many mistakes
 Common writing mistakes

Typos 
     -When aer we going to the basketbal game?

Grammar
     -You're sister haven't answered my text yet.
 Common writing mistakes

Usage and Style

     -Did you go on any holidays last annual?

Punctuation and formatting

     -well what are you waiting for! The pizza is ready
 Common writing mistakes

1. I worked for apple for twenty years in the finance depatrment.

2. When I get to Australia, I could'nt wait to see a kangaroo.

3. He new he was in love the first   time he met her.

4. the bus departures form Kuala Lumpur International Airport at

6:00 PM.

5. They won't believe me when I speak them about my new pet?

 How to fix them

- Spellcheck

- Grammarly or other free services

- Look up things you don't know

- Read books and articles in English

- Proofread your writing

 Proofreading strategies

- Double-check your spellign 

- Was your verbs in the right tense?

- Did you use CAPITALS and, perhaps, commas?

- Avoid plagiarism
 Proofreading strategies

- Take a break for a few minutes, then read it again

- Read it out loud

- Read it backwards

- Ask a friend to read it for you

The invention that change eveyrthing
 with the invention of the personal computer and
hte Internet, a new age in communications will
begin. now people could communicate fastest and more
easily than ever before. Writign, editing, and
storing information became quick and easy. It was no
longest necessary to write draft after draft when
changes could be made so easily using a Computer
program. Messages, could now be sent in no time to
anywhere in the world, without addressing envelopes
or licking stamps. 
The invention that change eveyrthing
 with the invention of the personal computer and
hte Internet, a new age in communications will
begin. now people could communicate fastest and more
easily than ever before. Writign, editing, and
storing information became quick and easy. It was no
longest necessary to write draft after draft when
changes could be made so easily using a Computer
program. Messages, could now be sent in no time to
anywhere in the world, without addressing envelopes
or licking stamps. 
The invention that changed everything
With the invention of the personal computer and
the Internet, a new age in communications began.
Now people could communicate faster and more easily
than ever before. Writing, editing, and storing
information became quick and easy. It was no longer
necessary to write draft after draft when changes
could be made so easily using a computer program.
Messages could now be sent in no time to anywhere in
the world, without addressing envelopes or licking
stamps. 
Write the perfect college admission essay

- Many universities require students to write

essays as part of their application

- The Common Application is used by over 900

universities, and uses different essay prompts
each year
My first visit to singapore
My first visit to Singapore were in 2015. I went
there with my friends Eddy to go shopping. When we
arrived, we was very confused. the airport was so
bing and crowded that it took    three hour to find a
bus to the our hotel. We left our bag at the motel
and jumped over to the mall. We will try to buy
things, but we forgot our money at the hotel! We have
need to go back and get the money firts, but a man
helped us get a taxi. It was a difficult experence,
but I learned how to face challenges without getting
angry and always find way to succeed.
My first visit to singapore
My first visit to Singapore were in 2015. I went
there with my friends Eddy to go shopping. When we
arrived, we was very confused. the airport was so
bing and crowded that it took    three hour to find a
bus to the our hotel. We left our bag at the motel
and jumped over to the mall. We will try to buy
things, but we forgot our money at the hotel! We have
need to go back and get the money firts, but a man
helped us get a taxi. It was a difficult experence,
but I learned how to face challenges without getting
angry and always find way to succeed.
My first visit to Singapore
My first visit to Singapore was in 2015. I went there
with my friend Eddy to go shopping. When we arrived,
we were very confused. The airport was so big and
crowded that it took three hours to find a bus to our
hotel. We left our bag at the hotel and drove/hopped
over to the mall. We tried to buy things, but we
forgot our money at the hotel! We had/needed to go
back and get the money first, but a man helped us get
a taxi. It was a difficult experience, but I learned
how to face challenges without getting angry and
always find a way to succeed.
 Business emails
Include a greeting and your contact information:
    
Dear Mr./Ms. Name,              

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

Regards,
Your Name
Phone number
Email
 Business emails

Use a formal tone:

   
- The sales department made impressive financial
gains during the last year.

- We did really great and got lots of money.

Your company produces high-quality pens and you want to sell
them to other businesses. Which email should you send? Why?

Dear Ms. Ahok,

Hey, 
I heard your workers need stuff to
write with. We make awesome
pens, so you should buy from us.
They're more expensive than other
pens but they're totally worth it.
Email me back if you're down.
From,  Dave Smithers
Dave at Pen Island Inc.
Every business needs tools to write, and
we provide the best ones. If you buy pens
from us, every letter you send and every
report you write will be perfect. Contact
me through email or phone if you are
interested in making a purchase or reading
a testimonial from one of our other
valued customers.
Regards,
Pen Island Incorporated
+62-5643-8912
Smithers@PenIsland.com
 Write your own
You work for the engineering department at Tesla and need
information to design a new car. Write an email to the
research department to ask for information.
 Common Application essay prompt

- Read the following prompt from last year and

write an outline for your essay

1. The lessons we take away from bad situations can

be very important to later success. Write about a
time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure.
How did it affect you, and what did you learn from
the experience?
Outline