Workshop Leaders: Jose and Sul

SLOs (Student Learning Outcomes) Objectives of the Workshop: By the end of this workshop, you should be able to do the following: 1) Use at least one method of PREWRITING. 2) Understand the difference between a DRAFT and REVISING. 3) Learn at least one method of REVISING. 4) Learn at least one method of EDITING.

What is the Writing Process? The Writing Process is made up of the FOUR steps to complete a work of writing: 1) PREWRITING 2) DRAFTING 3) REVISING 4) EDITING

Prewriting Exercise 1 You have just completed your prewriting on your delicious dessert. What did you come up with in your brainstorm?

Types of Prewriting Clustering Listing Freewriting Outlining NOTE: Try them all out. Choose the one that works best for you.

LISTING You just composed of list of ingredients at the start of the workshop. Lists are easy to do, and our brains like to make lists, so it relaxes your mind as you do it.

LISTING FOR FLAN What kind of flan? Vanilla Eggs Condensed Milk Sugar Plastic little cups Small sauce pan Caramel

CLUSTERING Clustering is for visual learners. It allows you to “see” the connections easily. It prevents you from writing in complete sentences, reducing the amount of things you need to process as you start your brainstorming.

We chose FLAN!

Our Dessert: FLAN Here is some information you might not have known about FLAN: Flan is a French word that means “flat bread” or “flat cake”. Flan can come in a different variety of flavors, including Vanilla, Chocolate, Pumpkin, Pineapple, Coconut, and even Asparagus!

Flan Ingredients Sugar Eggs Milk Caramel Preparation Process Preheat Oven to 325º Condensed Evaporated

CLUSTERING Now you try one! Go ahead and use a CLUSTER on your dessert.

OUTLINING I. Flan A. Ingredients 1. Eggs 2. Sugar 3. Condensed Milk B. Materials 1. Plastic Cups

FREEWRITING In FREEWRITING, you write whatever comes to your mind without worrying about punctuation or grammar. You do write in complete sentences. You can handwrite it or on the computer if you are a strong typer.

STEP 2: DRAFTING ROUGH DRAFT Typed using complete sentences. Organize into paragraphs as best as you can. Try to get to page requirement if you can. Don’t worry about grammar or punctuation. Remember, it’s a draft NOT a final copy ready to turn in.

STEP 3: REVISING The MOST IMPORTANT step in the Writing Process. This is where your paper goes from being rough to almost complete.

REVISING What to look for when Revising: 1) Check your THESIS Statement

WORKSHOP THESIS STATEMENT WORKSHOP On 3/30/11 6:00-7:00p.m.

REVISING Check your ORGANIZATION Make sure you have written enough support for your ideas. If not, add more support or specific examples. REREAD the prompt if you have to. Make sure you are following the prompt requirements. Take it to the Writing Center with plenty of time! Show it to one of your peers in your class (someone you trust).

REVISING EXERCISE

STEP 4: EDITING Now you start looking at the PUNCTUATION and GRAMMAR. This is where you POLISH your paper. Check all your commas. Make sure there are no FRAGMENTS. Check your VERB TENSES Check your other PUNCTUATION such as apostrophes, semi-colons, and dashes. Check your MLA FORMAT

WORKSHOP RUN-ON SENTENCES On 4/26/11 2:00-3:00p.m.

WORKSHOP MLA FORMAT On 4/27/11 6:00p.m.-7:00p.m.

EDITING Bring your paper to THE WRITING CENTER at least a few days before it’s due. Spell check it. MS Word is mostly reliable.

THE PROCESS IS DONE! THE PAPER IS FINISHED. TURN IT IN AND RELAX!

PLEASE FILL OUT A WORKSHOP EVULATION FORM BEFORE YOU LEAVE.