Step

Description

Strategies

1.) Prewriting

An activity that causes the writer to think about the subject.  The writer organizes her/his thoughts before starting to write.

Graphic Organizer

4-square

Web

T-Chart

Outline

2.) Drafting

The process of putting ideas down on paper.  The focus is on content and not mechanics.

Taking notes,

Organizing thoughts

into paragraphs,

Writing a first draft

3.) Revising

The process of refining the piece of writing.  The writer adds to a writing piece.  The writer reorganizes a piece of writing.  The writer shares her/his story and gets input from peers or teacher.

Peer editing

Conferencing

Share Chair or Author’s Chair

4.) Editing

Mechanical, grammatical and spelling errors are fixed in the writing piece.

Checklists

Rubrics

Editing Checklists

Proofreading

5.) Publishing

The writing piece is prepared in final form, including illustrations.  The writer shares his writing with others.

Reading aloud

Reading to a group

Displaying in the room

Printing the final piece