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References
Institute for Writing and Rhetoric. (2015).
Teaching writing as process. Dartmouth University. Retrieved from http://writing-speech.dartmouth.edu/teaching/first-year-writing-pedagogies-methods-design/teaching-writing-process
The Purdue OWL. (2016). The writing
process. Purdue Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/1/
What's the game plan?
- First, consult assignment/syllabus and review all requirements.
- Then, create a writing schedule.
- Conduct research
- Narrow the topic
- Develop the thesis
- Organize ideas
- Write the first draft
- Expresses the main idea of your essay
- Your thesis should:
1. Suggest your essay's direction/scope
2. Be direct and straightforward
3. Be discussable or argueable, not an announcement, statement of opinion, or statement of fact
- Each paragraph in your essay should support your thesis statement and focus on one specific idea.
- Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that states the main idea of the paragraph.
- Support ideas with evidence from credible sources (outside research).
- Use transitional words/phrases
- Strive for coherence
- Consider how your essay will be organized
(body paragraphs)
- Consider drafting of introduction and conclusion
- Draft = "dress rehearsal" for paper
- Fully develop paragraphs and use complete sentences
- Consider unity: everything connects back to the main point
- Plan to revise your draft several times throughout the writing process
* The writing process is recursive, not linear.
- Make lists of ideas on a topic
- Ask yourself these questions:
1. Does the topic interest me?
2. Do I have something to say about it?
3. Is it too specific or too vague?
3. Revise
Determine Your Audience
- Ask yourself these questions:
1. Who are my readers?
2. What do my readers know about the topic?
3. What do my readers need to know about my topic?
4. How do my readers feel about my topic?
Writing-as-Product
vs.
Writing-as-Process
Determine Your Purpose
- Ask yourself these questions:
1. What is your reason for writing?
2. What tone will you assume when writing?
3. From which point-of-view (perspective) will you be writing?
- Identify issues with content (big picture)
- Ask yourself the following questions:
1. Does everything refer back to the main point?
2. Does each topic sentence refer back to the thesis?
3. Does each body paragraph contain enough supporting evidence?
4. Are all points connected to form a whole?
5. Do transitions move one idea to the next?
Process: writing as a way of knowing (writer-based)
Product: writing as a way of telling (reader-based)
Good product depends on good process!