Writing Process Writing Process
Prewriting • Select a main topic. Prewriting • Select a main topic.
• Brainstorm details. • Brainstorm details.
• Plan your writing by organizing your ideas. • Plan your writing by organizing your ideas.
Drafting • Use your plan to write your story. Drafting • Use your plan to write your story.
• Don’t worry about editing; just get your thoughts • Don’t worry about editing; just get your thoughts
down on the paper. down on the paper.
Revising • Revise your story so that it SOUNDS better. Revising • Revise your story so that it SOUNDS better.
• Add details. • Add details.
• Substitute or change words. • Substitute or change words.
• Remove words or move words. • Remove words or move words.
Editing • Edit your story to make it LOOK better. Editing • Edit your story to make it LOOK better.
• Look for mistakes with capitalization, • Look for mistakes with capitalization,
punctuation, spelling, and grammar. punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Publishing • Write or type your revised and edited draft. Publishing • Write or type your revised and edited draft.
• Share your story with others. • Share your story with others.
• Add an illustration to your story. • Add an illustration to your story.
Writing Process Writing Process
Prewriting • Select a main topic. Prewriting • Select a main topic.
• Brainstorm details. • Brainstorm details.
• Plan your writing by organizing your ideas. • Plan your writing by organizing your ideas.
Drafting • Use your plan to write your story. Drafting • Use your plan to write your story.
• Don’t worry about editing; just get your thoughts • Don’t worry about editing; just get your thoughts
down on the paper. down on the paper.
Revising • Revise your story so that it SOUNDS better. Revising • Revise your story so that it SOUNDS better.
• Add details. • Add details.
• Substitute or change words. • Substitute or change words.
• Remove words or move words. • Remove words or move words.
Editing • Edit your story to make it LOOK better. Editing • Edit your story to make it LOOK better.
• Look for mistakes with capitalization, • Look for mistakes with capitalization,
punctuation, spelling, and grammar. punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Publishing • Write or type your revised and edited draft. Publishing • Write or type your revised and edited draft.
• Share your story with others. • Share your story with others.
• Add an illustration to your story. • Add an illustration to your story.
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CUPS To Help
You Edit
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CUPS To Help
You Edit
Capitalization: Capitalize the beginning of
sentences, names, places, months, titles, and
the pronoun I.
the pronoun I.
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Usage: Check your nouns and your verbs,
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Usage: Check your nouns and your verbs,
and make sure that they match. and make sure that they match.
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Spelling: Check all of your words. Use your
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Spelling: Check all of your words. Use your
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CUPS To Help
You Edit
Capitalization: Capitalize the beginning of
sentences, names, places, months, titles, and C
CUPS To Help
You Edit
Capitalization: Capitalize the beginning of
sentences, names, places, months, titles, and
the pronoun I. the pronoun I.
U U
Usage: Check your nouns and your verbs, Usage: Check your nouns and your verbs,
and make sure that they match. and make sure that they match.
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Punctuation: . ? ! , “ ” Punctuation: . ? ! , “ ”
S S
Spelling: Check all of your words. Use your Spelling: Check all of your words. Use your
resources to help. resources to help.
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Revise Revise
A A
Add sentences and words to make your story Add sentences and words to make your story
sound and flow better. sound and flow better.
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Remove words and sentences that are Remove words and sentences that are
repeated or don’t make sense/match the repeated or don’t make sense/match the
story. story.
M M
Move sentences or words to help your story Move sentences or words to help your story
flow better. flow better.
S S
Substitute (change out) words or sentences Substitute (change out) words or sentences
for better words or sentences that provide a for better words or sentences that provide a
clear picture. clear picture.
arms arms
To Help To Help
You You
Revise Revise
A A
Add sentences and words to make your story Add sentences and words to make your story
sound and flow better. sound and flow better.
R R
Remove words and sentences that are Remove words and sentences that are
repeated or don’t make sense/match the repeated or don’t make sense/match the
story. story.
M M
Move sentences or words to help your story Move sentences or words to help your story
flow better. flow better.
S S
Substitute (change out) words or sentences Substitute (change out) words or sentences
for better words or sentences that provide a for better words or sentences that provide a
clear picture. clear picture.
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