The Writing Process
What stage of the writing process do you brainstorm ideas & begin creating your outline?
Prewriting
What is the point or overall message of a text?
Main Idea or Main Topic
Flamingos start with white feathers. If they eat a lot of shrimp their feathers turn pink. How does this happen?
Their feathers randomly change colors.
They control their feathers with their minds.
Something in the shrimp turns their feathers pink.
3. Something in the shrimp turns their feathers pink.
Choose the verb form that agrees with the subject:
All the students (marks, mark) their own papers.
Mark
Name the part of speech:
What is the word drew?
Verb
During what stage of the writing process do you begin creating a rough copy of your writing?
Drafting or Rough Draft
What supports the Main Idea in a text?
Key Details
The player kicked the ball with his foot. The ball flew far away. The player began crying and holding his ankle. What happened?
The player hurt his ankle.
The player was tired and wanted to go home.
The player hurt his knee.
1. The player hurt his ankle.
Name the correct verb tense:
Yesterday, Joseph (experiment) with some new rhymes.
Experiment
What part of speech is the word Arkansas?
Proper Noun
Editing
What is the main idea of the following text:
Kittens need special care. You have to feed kittens twice a day. They have a lot of energy. You will have to watch them closely.
Kittens or Kittens need special care.
A bug was flying in the forest. It hit a spider web and got stuck. The spider crept towards the bug. What happened next?
The spider helped the bug.
The spider danced with the bug.
The spider ate the bug.
3. The spider ate the bug.
Name the correct tense of the verb:
Tomorrow, he (visit) Trey’s house after school.
will visit
What part of speech is the word sisters?
Plural Noun
During what stage of the writing process do you improve your work (Add detail, dialogue, descriptive words)?
Revising
What is a key detail from the following text:
Kittens need special care. You have to feed kittens twice a day. They have a lot of energy. You will have to watch them closely.
You have to feed kittens twice a day, or they have a lot of energy, or you will have to watch them closely.
The children were playing pin the tail on the donkey. One of the boys was very short. His hand only reached the donkey’s feet. What do you think happened next?
The little boy pinned the tail in the right spot.
The little boy pinned the tail to the feet.
The little boy grew.
2. The little boy pinned the tail to the feet.
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence:
Then Chase and True (march or marches) up to Skye’s desk.
March
What part of speech is the word quickly?
Adverb
During what stage of the writing process do you create final copy?
Publishing or Final Draft
What questions can you ask yourself to help identify the main idea?
What is the author's purpose
Sally’s dad brought home a silly hat. He put it on and asked Sally how he looked. Sally laughed. Why did Sally laugh?
Her dad looked funny in the hat.
She thought of a funny joke.
She was being tickled.
1. Her dad looked funny in the hat.
Name the correct verb tense:
Kaden hopes that Kellan (help) on their assignment.
will help
Change the part of speech to a noun: teach
Teacher