The Writing Process and The Six Traits

The Writing Process

100

The 5 steps of the writing process in order

1. Prewriting 2. Drafting 3. Revising 4. Editing 5. Publishing

200

Who is your writing audience?

The reader

300

What does prewriting entail?

Brainstorming and organizing your ideas

400

What does drafting entail?

Organizing your ideas into full sentences and full paragraphs

500

What is the difference between revising and editing?

revising strengthens ideas, word choice, and flow

editing corrects punctuation and grammar

The Writing Process

100

What are two of the tools that you could use during the prewriting stage?

answers vary: Webs Venn Diagrams Graphic Organizers Flow Charts Lists

200

What is publishing, in your own words?

answers may vary

300

You are working with a friend and reviewing their paper. You notice that they are making several grammatical errors and they are having difficulty spelling. In which step of the writing process does this take place?

editing

400

You have been given a writing topic you aren't familiar with. You are trying to research and brainstorm everything you already know to help you organize facts and information. Which step of the writing process are you working to complete?

Prewriting

500

What is revising, in your own words? You must be extremely thorough and descriptive to earn these points.

Revising is when you sit down with a partner or by yourself and you read the paper out loud to scan for errors in sentence structure, organization, strengths, and weaknesses. You are rearranging and changing what you need to to make your paper sound its best.

The Six Traits

100

What are conventions, in your own words?

answers will vary

200

What is sentence fluency, in your own words?

answers may vary

300

What is word choice, in your own words?

answers may vary

400

What is voice, in your own words?

answers may vary

500

What are ideas, in your own words?

answers may vary

The Six Traits

100

Name 3 of the 6 traits of writing in 5 seconds or less

answers may vary

200

What does an organized paper look and sound like?

Answers may vary

300

You are editing a paper with your friend and you notice that they are having trouble spelling and punctuating correctly. Which trait do they need improvement on?

Conventions

400

You are looking over your paper during the revising process and you realize that you aren't being very clear with the topic and message in your paper. Your supporting details are not strong and you need to fix it. Which trait do you need to focus on fixing?

ideas

500

What is the difference between the six traits of writing and the writing process?

answers may vary

Writing Genres

100

What are the four main types of writing?

1. Expository 2. Persuasive 3. Narrative 4. Descriptive

200

How would you describe narrative writing to a friend?

answers may vary

300

You want to ask your principal to get rid of the school uniform policy and you want to do it by writing him/her a letter. Which genre might this type of letter fall under?

persuasive

400

Come up with a sample narrative prompt.

answers may vary

500

Give an example of a descriptive writing prompt.

answers may vary