ECW Week Four. March 24-28

Remember: HASTE MAKES WASTE!!! and 'Don't count your chickens before they hatch.'

I believe, by now you've become true experts on the Writing Process Steps, right? Since, that is the case, what follows is:

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK

Choose one of these topics - sports, music, food, studying English, travelling- and write a paragraph following all of the six steps of the writing process. YOU HAVE TO SHOW ME ALL THE STESP YOU DID IN THE WRITING PROCESS. In other words, I need to see you brainstorming sheet, your first draft and your second (final) draft.

The length? One full A4 page, double-spaced.
PRE-WRITING
STEP ONE: Choose a topic. When you choose which general topic you will write about, narrow down your topic. E.g. if you chose traveling, you may write about your favourite place to travel. E.g. I want to write about Indonesia. Choose a title: “ Indonesia - an Interesting Place to Visit.”
STEP TWO: Gather ideas (brain storming by freewriting, mapping, list)
-beautiful islands; many different people live there; met my boyfriend; my wallet was stolen; great sightseeing; people are very friendly; Indonesians are Malay; Bali is a great place; many temples; there are other ethnic group: Javanese, Balinese, Chinese; culture is very interesting; historical sights; religious groups sometimes fight so it’s a bit scary; Jakarta is great; I got drunk there; I want to travel to Australia one day; etc, etc.
STEP THREE: Organize. Decide which ideas are not important. (the ones that I boldfaced are not important: met my boyfriend , I got drunk there, I want to travel to Australia one day; religious groups sometimes fight so it’s a bit scary.

DRAFTING
STEP FOUR: Write your paragraph from start to finish.

REVIEWING AND REVISING (EDITING) – The checklist on page 44 is really helpful

STEP FIVE: Review structure and content. Read your paragraph. Can you add more information somewhere? Do you have any unnecessary information?
REWRITING

STEP SIX: Revise structure and content. Rewrite your text, making improvement to structure and content, perhaps explaining more clearly, or adding more details; maybe changing your organization to make your paper more logical.
Proofread: Read again and check for your spelling, grammar, word choice.
Make final corrections: make sure that all errors are corrected. Now you are finished!
FINAL PARAGRAPH ( It's on your handout).