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Student Learning Outcomes

feel more comfortable when given

any

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Students

will

topic

Students

will

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be able to organize their thoughts

using prewriting techniques

Students will understand what goes into a first

draft

Students will understand the difference

between global and local revisions

Students will be able to express their ideas in

the best manner and order possible

Students will be able to recognize grammar,

spelling, and punctuation errors in their own

writing.

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Stages of Writing

 P r e w ritig

 D r a f t i n g

 R e v i s i n g

 E d i t i n g

Prewriting

Prewriting is the process of coming

up with

an ideas for your topic.

This is not a formal, polished writing.

In prewriting you:

Examine your purpose. i.e. External

motivation or Internal motivation

Determine your goals. i.e. communicating to

persuade, to instruct, to inform or to build

trust

Consider your Audience

Gather your Data

Brainstorming

Freewriting

Outlining

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Outlining comes after you already have the

ideas

for your paper.

It is a way of laying out your thoughts

before you begin writing.

Use bullet points to write down each

concept you want to mention in the order

you want to mention them.

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Drafting

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The draft is the first attempt to organize

information.

Typically called a rough draft for a

reason.

YOU WILL MAKE MISTAKES!

Your topic structure does not need to be

perfect.

Single Sourcing

Revising

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Reworking your topic so that the ideas are

expressed

in the best way possible.

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Revising is not the

editing

stag

e.

Global Revision Local Revision

Content Grammar, spelling, etc.

Structure

Thesis

Strong supporting points

Editing

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Editing is eliminating punctuation,

grammar, and

spelling mistakes.

Should be saved for the end of the writing

process. SpellCheck can be a false friend!

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