1. Ms. McLeod 7th Grade ELA Woodland Middle School
The Writing Process
Ms. McLeod
7th Grade ELA
Woodland Middle School

2. What are the steps? PreWriting Drafting Revising Editing Publishing
Kristi Hartley
Taylor County Middle School

3. Step 1: PreWriting Find your Inspiration!
Determine your most useful form to PreWrite (lists, mapping, webbing, graphic organizers, etc.)
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Kristi Hartley
Taylor County Middle School

4. Step 2: Drafting
Select your writing ideas from your Pre- Writing
Introduction: Hook
Body paragraph:
Main Idea 1 (cite evidence)
Main Idea 2 (cite Evidence)
Main Idea 3 (cite evidence)
Conclusion: Restate the topic
Opinion and make an inference
Have you completed your thoughts through your writing?
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Kristi Hartley
Taylor County Middle School

5. Step 3: Revising Steps A.R.R.R. Adding Rearranging Removing Replacing
Adding: Is there any other information that the reader needs to know? Rearranging: Is the information presented in the most logical order? Removing: Are there any unnecessary details? Replacing: Could I change anything to make my expressions stronger?
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Kristi Hartley

6. Step 4: Editing Self Editing Peer Editing Steps
Spelling Capitalization Punctuation Grammar Sentence Structure Subject/Verb Agreement Word Usage
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Kristi Hartley

7. Step 5: Publishing Steps Blue or black ink or word processor.
Center title on top line with a line space that follows.
Name, class, and date in top right hand corner.
Double spaced
Neat- no scribbles or overuse of liquid paper.
Staple in top left hand corner.
Include a copy of rubric for grading.
Steps
March 23, 2007
Kristi Hartley
Taylor County Middle School