Writing Process: 

Steps to complete a piece of written work.

1.  Invention:  Coming up with ideas.

2.  Organize:   Shaping the ideas for others

3.  Draft:          Practicing the essay

4.  Revise:        Fixing the essay

5.  Edit:             Final look to fix last errors

6.  Publish:      Publish means perfect.

6- traits:

Voice:             Your personality.  The way you sound.

Ideas:             What it’s about. is it important or valuable?

Conventions:                grammar

Organization:                Shape

Word Choice:                Choosing the best word.

Sentence Fluency:        how it flows..

TAP: 

Topic:  What you are writing about

Audience:  Who you are writing for

Purpose:  Why you are writing it….

Thinking Skills:

Connect:          Place in relation to something else

Compare:        Point out similarities

Clarify:                        To make clear

Contrast:         To point out differences

Classify:           To arrange in like groups

Distinguish:     To tell the difference between two things

Define:            To determine what’s essential

Explain:           To make understandable

Evaluate:         To determine the worth

Elaborate:       To tell in greater detail or length

Analyze            To determine nature and parts

Infer                To determine based on evidence

Identify:           To recognize or name

Predict:            To point out a  future occurrence.

Summarize:     To tell in a short version

Synthesize       To bring together

Genres of writing…

Narrative         Argumentative            Personal/Creative       Informational              Process

Expository       Compare Contrast      Research         Descriptive