1. Lecture 2 The process of writing

2. The Writing Process Discovering a thesis Developing solid support for the thesis Organizing the thesis and supporting material and writing it out in a first draft Revising and then editing carefully to ensure an effective, error-free paper

3. 4 goals Unity Support Organization Error-free sentences

4. Prewriting 1.Freewriting 2.Questioning 3.Making a list 4.Diagramming 5.Preparing a scratch line

5. 1. Freewriting To warm up To write nonstop 1.The things I dislike most about ECNU 2.My problems with writing in English 3.Bad habits

6. 2. Questioning A way to generate ideas and details What, when, where, who, why & how Writing about an issue (euthanasia) –Who made me aware of the issue? (audience) –What is the issue? What is my position?(topic) –Where did I learn about the issue?(evidence) –When did it become an issue?(evidence) –Why do I think the way I do?(purpose) –How has the issue affected me or others?(implications)

7. 3. Brainstorming To collect ideas To retrieve content & language 1.What I hope to accomplish in the next four years? 2.College students taking part- time jobs

8. 4. Clustering Visually represent how ideas relate

9. Outlining Framework Activity1 p42-43 Activity 2 p44-46

10. Losing touch Thesis: Technology estranges human beings Topic1: business Topic2: entertainment Topic3: education

11. Drafting Revising: content (P33), sentences Editing

12. Journal_2 A behavior I wish people would change Requirements: –Make use of one of the prewriting strategies –Write in no less than 150 words. –Be logical.

13. Redundancy: nouns To accelerate the pace of economic reform There have been good harvests in agriculture Living standards for the people in both urban and rural areas continue to rise The development of our economy in the future will, to a large extent, depend on… We should adopt a series of measures to ensure that… The key to the solution lies in the curtailment of expenditure. A serious mistake in the work of planning We must oppose the practice of extravagance.

14. Thank You!