Process Writing

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Process Writing

• Prepared and presented by
• Mary Jane Kurabinski
• NJ Department of Education

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What is Process Writing?

• a continual movement among the different steps of
  the writing model
• a fluid process created by writers as they write
• a way to become a writer through writing

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5 Stages of the Model

• Prewriting
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing
• Publishing

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Prewriting

• Planning
• Gathering information
• Graphic organizers
• Brainstorming

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Drafting

• Rough draft/sloppy copy
• Purpose, Audience, Genre
• Composition

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• Dont write about man,
• write about a man.
• - E. B. White

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Revising

• Improving the first draft
• Rereading
• Sharing with a partner or small group
• Conferencing with the teacher

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• Dont say the old lady screamed. Bring her on
  and let her scream.
• - Mark Twain

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Revising

• Focusing on the revisions
• Word selection
• Sentences
• Organization of the total piece of writing

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Editing

• Correcting mechanical errors
• Being accountable against a
• list of unacceptable errors

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Publishing

• Informal vs. Formal
• Newsletter
• Bulletin Board
• Contests
• Recording of writing
• Illustrating/performing the writing
• Class book/anthology
• Reading to principal
• Literacy/Family night to showcase work

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Writing Workshop

• Block of time every day for students to write
  using the process
• Mini-lessons
• Conferencing and individualized instruction based
  on students
• background
• interests
• perceptions
• ideas, etc.

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Mini-lessons

• Categories of lessons (Atwell, p. 153)
• Procedural (rules, routines)
• Craft (what authors consider when they write)
• Conventions (what we need to do to be understood)
  
• Strategies of good writers

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Mini-lessons

• Figurative language
• Main character development
• Sequels
• Voice/point of view
• Author studies
• Types of writing

• Writers craft
• Mechanics
• Teacher-modeled writing (Be transparent!)

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Conferencing

• Meet with child regularly
• Discuss
• Selection of topic
• Improvement of work
• Importance of work to the student/task
• Related work
• Value to the childs portfolio
• Next steps

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What does the classroom look like?

• During the mini-lesson
• During the writing block
• The rest of the day

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• Questions/Discussion