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
Notes emails letters essays stories
Signs advertisements subtitles articles
Diaries/journals magazines plays recipes
Labels/brands brochures maps textbooks
How we write
These are the steps in
the writing process
.
What are the steps?
PrewritingDrafting
Editing / Revising
Presenting
#1 Prewriting Planning and Thinking
Getting yourthoughts down on paper.
Free-write, outline, notesDiscuss, think
EXAMPLES
• Brainstorming / Vocabulary
• Surveying / forms• Researching / Discussion
Authors must think about….
• The purpose of their writing• The audience they are writing for• The content (structure / sequence) ( genre / register)
#2 Writing First Draft
Putting your ideas and thoughts
togetherForming sentences
and paragraphs
#3 – Editing
Revising and Reflecting
Rewriting or rearranging sentences.
Getting feedbackProofreading
# 4 Presenting
Final Draft
Sharing your work
publishing, speaking
The whole process
Conclusions? What are the BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS of using the Writing
Process in our classrooms?
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.
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.
• “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
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
Simple sentences Complex sentencesVoiced Thought / Read
Pronounce SpellFeedback No feedback
Pause / Intonation Punctuation
Speaking Vs Writing
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