2. There are five steps in the writing process. Hand book page 1

3. Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Publish

4. Prewriting- Getting your Ideas together BEFORE you write: Make a list Make a web Ask someone for ideas Let your ideas flow Free Write Use a graphic organizer

5. Drafting- Look at the ideas you came up with in prewriting… see if there is any order to them. Begin writing with the ideas that are most familiar to you. Keep your writing purpose and audience in mind.

6. Revising-Make it better. Put your writing through THE WASH. Revise for traits: Ideas and Content Organization Voice Word Choice Sentence Fluency Ask others for input.

7. Edit...Make it Correct Put your writing through THE WASH. Edit for Conventions: Spelling Punctuation Capitalization Grammar Usage Paragraphing Ask others for input.

8. Revising and Edit Marks (Handbook pg 2) Delete Capitalize Make lower case Add a word Run-on sentence Sentence fragment Spelling Error Reverse letter or words Add a period Add a comma Add an apostrophe Add quotation marks Begin a new paragraph Make a space Close the space

9. Publish …Make it Beautiful Use your best handwriting or a computer. Polish your document for presentation