1. The Writing Process & Essay Writing By: Rodrigus Evans

2. 4 Stages of Writing Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing

3. Prewriting Choose a topic Get Ideas Select & Organize Ideas Purpose & Audience

4. Prewriting Strategies • Free writing • Brainstorming • Journal writing • Clustering, Webbing, Mapping, Bubbling • Outlining • Ask Questions/ 5 W’s & H

5. Drafting • Writing down ideas • Organize ideas into sequence • Provide reader with understanding

6. Revising / Editing • Evaluate Content, Organization and Style • Make changes to improve the draft • Proofread for correct spelling, usage and mechanics • Seek feedback and revise

7. Thesis • Identifies the subject of the essay • Standard Thesis/ Subject and Developmental Strategy • Expanded Thesis/ Plan of Development

8. Introduction • Information on your topic leading to the thesis • Arouse interest • Hook the reader • Shock & Amaze

9. Engage the reader • Questions • Anecdotes (Short Stories) • Quotations • Startling statistics and facts • Broad to Narrow

10. Specific Details • Description • Facts/Opinions • Personal Experience • Examples • Beliefs • Events

11. Quality of an Essay • Unity/Nothing off topic/ Detail • Coherence/ Sequence/ Transition • Organization/ Logical Pattern/ Orderly • Adequate Support/Elaboration/ Specific Details

12. Conclusions • Persuade readers to do something • Take an action on issue • Change a policy • Make an observation • Understand a topic differently

13. The Writing Process & Essay Writing By: Rodrigus Evans