Writing Process & 6+1 Traits

Writing Process & 6+1 Traits Jenna Lundy

WRITING PROCESS

Pre-Writing

This is the time to gather all of your thoughts! A chance to experiment with ideas without stressing the topic too much yet. Find out what really interests you to write about and start to roll with it! Think of a topic and then different details to go with that topic.

Draw
Make Notes
Concept Maps
Idea Webs
Make a List

Drafting

This is the stage where you take your topic and you roll with it. You start writing and let the topic lead you. use your prewriting ideas for references to build and elaborate on. Just start writing and keep going until you've written about everything you wanted to include.

Use pre-writing ideas as fuel
Start writing
Be confident in your writing

Sharing

During this stage you share your work with your peers! Your peers will give you feedback on how you are doing. This way you can hear how you are doing, what people like about your work, and also gather ideas of how you can improve your work!

Don't be afraid of constructive criticism
Don't be afraid of giving constructive criticism
Buff a negative with two positives: "I like.....and.....but I wish you would do/add this...."

Revising

This is where you re-visit your writing. Now you have gained the perspective of your readers. Here is where you start to think how can I write to cater to my readers? How can I keep my readers interested?

Add things
Move things around
Cut some things out
Its okay to leave some things alone

Editing

When thinking of editing think; Writing conventions: Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage. Proof read your writing. Try and catch mistakes! pass it along to another person for them to edit just incase you might have missed something!

Use a dictionary for spelling
Familiarize yourself with different punctuation
Ask questions!

Publishing

Make your work look presentable to your audience! How can you make it look more appealing to your audience?

YOU COULD:

Type it
Illustrate it
Bind it
Add a cover
Make it look neat

6+1 TRAITS

Ideas

The Main Message

Brainstorm your thoughts! write all of your ideas down!

Things to Brainstorm:

The heart of the message
Content of the piece
Main theme and supporting details

Ways to Brainstorm:

Lists
Concept Maps
Idea Webs
T-Charts
Doodles/Drawings

Organization

The Internal Structure of the Piece

Time to take your ideas and put them in order. Categorize them figure out which ideas relate to each other. Start to think about the order of importance and the order you want to write about them in.

Internal Structure
Thread of Central Meaning
Logical Pattern of Ideas

Logical order of ideas
Details relate to each other

Voice

Personal Tone and Flavor of the Author's Message.

Make your work sound like you. Write with energy, expression, and enthusiasm. Choose a style that will keep the readers interest.

Heart and Soul of the Piece
The Magic
The Wit
Unique personal expression emerging through words.

Let your personality shine through your writing!

Word Choice

The Vocabulary a Writer Chooses to Convey Meaning.

Spice up your word choice! Use descriptive words and phrases when writing. A thesaurus is a great tool to use if you are stuck on trying to find the best word to fit in your writing.

Paint a picture with your words
Rich
Colorful
Percise
Move or enlighten the reader with your word choice

Sentence Fluency

The rhythm and flow of the language

How well does the writing flow? What does it sound like whenI read aloud? Does it have any awkward word patterns?

Read with ease
appealing to the ear not just the eye

Conventions

The Mechanical Correctness.

The Five Elements:

Spelling
Punctuation
Capitalization
Grammar/Usage
Paragraphing

Presentation

How the writing actually looks on the page.

A way to show off your work and make it presentable to your audience!

Balance of white space with visuals and text
Graphics
Neatness
Handwriting
Font Slection
Borders
Overall appearance

Resources:

Google.com/images
http://www.smekenseducation.com/6-Traits-Lessons.html
http://educationnorthwest.org/traits/trait-definitions
https://www.ttms.org/PDFs/04%20Writing%20Process%20v001%20(Full).pdf

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