2. The Writing Process Editing Ajarn Eric

3. Let’s review! What are the five stages of the writing process? 1.Prewriting 2.Drafting 3.Revising 4.Editing 5.Publishing

4. Prewriting Prewriting helps the writer get ideas out of their head and onto paper. Examples: Freewriting, brainstorming Prewriting also helps the writer organize their thoughts and ideas. Example: Making an outline

5. Drafting Drafting is organizing your thoughts and putting them together to form sentences and paragraphs. Drafting is writing!

6. Revising Revising is rearranging or rewriting your sentences and paragraphs to make sense to the reader.

7. Editing What is editing? Editing consists of correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Editing ensures that your writing follows the rules of written English.

8. Common Grammar & Usage Errors Their, They're, or There? Their: possessive form of the word they They're: contraction of “they” and “are” There: at or in that place

9. Common Grammar & Usage Errors Your or you're? Your is a possessive form of a personal pronoun. Ex: I like your website. You're: contraction of “you” and “are” Ex: Someone said you're leaving.

10. Capitalization 1.The first word of every sentence. 2.The first-person singular pronoun, I. 3.The first, last, and important words in a title. 4.Proper nouns 5.Names of relationships only when they are a part of or a substitute for a person's name.

11. How many errors can you find? Some epic heroes of ancient literature is King Arthur of the Round Table, the Babylonian Gilgamesh, hercules, and Beowulf. In more recent times, Superman, Batman, and other superheroes from comic books had many qualities of an epic hero. Modern science fiction stories and movies often have main characters who possesses many traits of the classical epic hero

12. Did you find five errors? Some epic heroes of ancient literature are King Arthur of the Round Table, the Babylonian Gilgamesh, Hercules, and Beowulf. In more recent times, Superman, Batman, and other superheroes from comic books have many qualities of an epic hero. Modern science fiction stories and movies often have main characters who possess many traits of the classical epic hero.