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2. Why write?
• To communicate over distances
• To communicate across time
• To participate in society
• To remember and record
• To “make thought visible” and express
your inner self

3. Notes emails letters essays stories
Signs advertisements subtitles articles
Diaries/journals magazines plays recipes
Labels/brands brochures maps textbooks
How we write

5. These
are the
steps in
the
writing
process.

6. What are the steps?

7. Prewriting
Drafting
Editing / Revising
Presenting

8. #1 Prewriting
Planning and Thinking
Getting your
thoughts down on paper.
Free-write, outline, notes
Discuss, think

9. EXAMPLES
• Brainstorming /
Vocabulary
• Surveying / forms
• Researching / Discussion

10. Authors must think about….
• The purpose of their writing
• The audience they are writing
for
• The content
(structure / sequence)
( genre / register)

11. #2 Writing
First Draft
Putting your ideas
and thoughts together
Forming sentences
and paragraphs

12. #3 – Editing
Revising and Reflecting
Rewriting or
rearranging sentences.
Getting feedback
Proofreading

13. # 4 Presenting
Final Draft
Sharing your work
publishing, speaking

14. The whole process

15. Conclusions?
What are the BENEFITS
AND DRAWBACKS
of using the Writing
Process in our
classrooms?

16. DRAWBACKS
• Takes too much time
• Loss of student focus / interest
• Not suited to some personalities
• Students need to be taught it
(peer editing / planning / stages)
• Restricts spontaneity and range
of writing activities.

17. Benefits
• The creation of a product
• Writing seen as a communicative
and purposeful activity
• Teaches students to plan and
research
• Student collaboration is developed.
• Feedback and response given.

18. • “Writing is a way of talking without
being interrupted.” -- Jules Renard
• Isn't it surprising how many things, if not
said immediately, seem not worth saying
ten minutes from now? ~Arnot L.
Sheppard, Jr.
Speaking Vs Writing

19. Speaking Vs Writing
We have produced a Venn Diagram object. Each part is a separate PowerPoint object,
so you can colour them as you please
Impermanent Permanent
Immediate (unplanned) Delayed (planned)
Variation / Casual Conventional / Stylized
Low lexical density High lexical density
High Paralinguistics Low Paralinguistics
Communal activity Solitary Activity
Universal Learned

20. Simple sentences Complex sentences
Voiced Thought / Read
Pronounce Spell
Feedback No feedback
Pause / Intonation Punctuation
Speaking Vs Writing

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