Steps of the Writing Process
6+1 Traits
Literary Terms I
Literary Terms II
Plot Diagram - HBF
100
Editing
What is the 5th stage of the writing process?
100
Ideas
What is the first trait?
100
Characters
Who is the story about?
100
Conflict
What is the main problem in the story?
100
Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer
What are characters?
200
Publishing
What is the 6th step of the writing process?
200
Organization and Voice
What are the 2nd and 3rd traits?
200
Setting
Where and when does the story take place?
200
Climax
What is the highest point of action called - when the conflict must be decided one way or the other?
200
Pap wants Huck to give him all his money and to be just like Pap.
What is the conflict?
300
Prewriting & Drafting
What are the first two steps of the writing process?
300
Presenting
What is the 7th trait?
300
Falling action
What are the plot events that happen after the climax and lead to the resolution of the conflict?
300
Rising Action
What are the plot events that happen between the introduction of the conflict and the climax called?
300
Hannibal, Missouri, late 1800s
What is the setting?
400
Revising
What is 4th step of the writing process?
400
Sentence Fluency & Conventions
What are the 5th and 6th traits?
400
Resolution
What is the wrap up of the story - the end - how the conflict is finally resolved?
400
Theme
What is the main point the author wants us to learn from the story - the moral called?
400
Pap dies without getting Huck's money and the Widow says Huck can still live with her.
What is the resolution?
500
Sharing
What is the 3rd step of the writing process?
500
Word Choice
What is the 4th trait?
500
Plot Diagram
What is the chart we put these terms on called?
500
Pixar Shorts
What are the videos we watched to learn about plot diagramming called?
500
Huck escapes the cabin and runs away to live on the island where he finds Jim.
What is the climax?