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Mastering the Writing Process: A Comprehensive Guide to Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, and Editing

This guide outlines the essential steps of the writing process, focusing on prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Begin with brainstorming ideas using circle maps and organize them with tree maps. Learn to draft your thoughts into coherent sentences and paragraphs, embracing mistakes as part of growth. Revise using the ARMS method (Add, Remove, Move, Substitute) and edit with CUPS (Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling). Finally, focus on presenting a polished, neat copy for readers.

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Mastering the Writing Process: A Comprehensive Guide to Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, and Editing

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  1. The Writing Process Mrs. Streetman Unit 2

  2. Prewriting • Brainstorm- get your ideas out (circle map) • Organize- choose the ideas you want to write about from your brainstorm and make a plan for your paper (tree map)

  3. Drafting • Write your ideas from your plan (tree map) into sentences and paragraphs. • You will make mistakes! We will fix them later • Spell the best you can! • Skip lines

  4. Revising • Make your draft better • Remember ARMS- Add, Remove, Move, Substitute

  5. Add • Introduction with hook and overall topic sentence • Topic Sentences/Headings for sections • Transition words • Elaborate-add details to make your ideas clear • Conclusion • Remove any sentence that does not stay on topic in your writing. “Squirrel” • Move any sentence to a different paragraph if it fits better with the paragraph’s topic sentence. • Substitute • Specific vocabulary • A few simple sentences for compound or complex sentences

  6. Edit • Fix your mistakes! • Remember CUPS- Capitalize, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling C- Capitalization U- Usage P- Punctuation S- Spelling

  7. Capitalize • First word in each sentence • Proper nouns • The pronoun I • Usage • Complete sentences • Subject/verb agreement • Pronoun/antecedent agreement • Verb tense • Punctuation • End marks, commas, quotation marks, apostrophes • Spelling • Important words • Use a dictionary

  8. Publish • Neat copy for your reader • Rewrite • Put in changes from revising and editing • Be careful not to make new mistakes • Neat handwriting • Do not skip lines!

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