Writing Process-

Invent-                  Create ideas. 

Organize-              Plan your work, work your plan

Draft-                   Practice.  Work my plan, fast.  Get done.

Revise-                  Sentences, words, organization, paragraphs, order.

Edit-                     Grammar, conventions…

Publish-                Publish means perfect *

6-traits-

Voice                                       Your personality-  Professional voice.

Ideas and Content-                             Topic-  Interesting….to others.

Conventions-                            Grammar                                 

Organization-                           Shape, set up-- paragraphs

Sentence Flow-                         way sentences fit together…

Word Choice-                           choosing the best word.

TAP-

Topic-                                      What it’s about.

Audience-                                 Who it’s for

Purpose                                    Why I’m writing.

Event                                        Started in the middle of the story.

Back story

Back story

Event

Lesson.

Common Grammar Mistakes:

Comma splice                            I love dogs, I love cats.

Run on                                     I love dogs I love cats.

Fragment                                  I love dogs when.

Verb Tense agreement              I loves dogs.

Pronoun agreement                  I love dogs because it is nice.  Jon is someone that is nice.

Parallelism-                               I love to ride, walk and running.

Tense shift-                              I love to ride and I loved to walk.